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way has 12 distinct synonyms spread across 6 of its 13 senses. Each sense below keeps its own list, because a synonym belongs to a meaning and not to a word: swapping one sense's substitute into another sense's sentence is how a thesaurus makes writing worse. WordNet records no antonym for it — antonymy is a relation between word forms rather than concepts, so it is deliberately sparse.
Counts are distinct word forms across every sense. A synonym that appears under three senses is counted once here and shown three times below, under each sense it belongs to.
thing or person that acts to produce a particular effect or achieve an end
“a means of control”
the condition of things generally
“that's the way it is”
a journey or passage
“they are on the way”
the property of distance in general
“it's a long way to Moscow”
doing as one pleases or chooses
“if I had my way”
a general category of things; used in the expression `in the way of'
“they didn't have much in the way of clothing”
a portion of something divided into shares
“they split the loot three ways”
to a great degree or by a great distance; very much (`right smart' is regional in the United States)
“way over budget”
Synonyms, antonyms and the broader and narrower relations for way come from Princeton University’s WordNet. Full sources and licences.