headway
noun
1 headway
Vertical space available to allow easy passage under something.
synonyms: clearance, headroom.
Roget 267:
navigation;
aquatics;
boating,
yachting;
ship
etc.
273;
oar,
paddle,
screw,
sail,
canvas,
aileron.
natation†,
swimming;
fin,
flipper,
fish's tail.
aerostation†,
aerostatics†,
aeronautics;
balloonery†;
balloon
etc.
273;
ballooning,
aviation,
airmanship;
flying,
flight,
volitation†;
wing,
pinion;
rocketry,
space travel,
astronautics,
orbital mechanics,
orbiting.
voyage,
sail,
cruise,
passage,
circumnavigation,
periplus†;
headway,
sternway,
leeway;
fairway.
mariner
etc.
269.
flight,
trip;
shuttle,
run,
airlift.
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Roget 282:
progress,
progression,
progressiveness;
advancing
etc.
v.;
advance,
advancement;
ongoing;
flood,
tide,
headway;
march
etc.
266;
rise;
improvement
etc.
658.
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2 headway
Forward movement:
— The ship made little headway against the gale.
synonym: head.
Moby thesaurus: Great Leap Forward, advance, advancement, advancing, amelioration, amendment, anabasis, ascent, bettering, betterment, boost, career, course, driftway, enhancement, enrichment, eugenics, euthenics, forward motion, forwardal, forwarding, furtherance, furthering, gain ground, get ahead, get going, go, go ahead, go-ahead, improvement, leeway, lift, make headway, march, melioration, mend, mending, move forward, ongoing, onward course, passage, pickup, preferment, proceed, proficiency, progress, progression, progressiveness, promotion, recovery, restoration, revival, rise, rolling, rolling on, steerageway, sternway, travel, upbeat, uplift, upping, upswing, uptrend, upward mobility, way ... show more.
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