paths

NOUN

course, way

Synonyms

STRONGEST

aisle avenue direction highway lane line passage pathway procedure rail road roadway route street track trail walkway

STRONG

artery beat boulevard byway crosscut drag footpath groove pass rut shortcut stroll terrace thoroughfare walk

WEAK

beaten path

Antonyms

STRONG

closing

WEAK

blockage

Example Sentences

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Paths bend instead of cut; curving benches — cast in smooth, gently tapering concrete — echo the museum’s fiber-reinforced cement roofline.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 18, 2025

Pamela Maynard, CEO of global IT consultancy Avanade, shares her advice on how to get ahead at work, for our Paths to Success series.

From BBC • Sep. 12, 2023

Paths through a seagrass- and native-plant-covered landscape leads to gray-sand beaches tufted with sea stones.

From Seattle Times • May 24, 2023

Paths of electrically weakened air spread like cracks in a car windshield.

From Science Magazine • Jan. 16, 2023

‘Twice now, lord, I have heard of the Paths of the Dead,’ he said.

From "The Return of the King" by J.R.R. Tolkien