on the high road to
noun
Roget 627:
method,
way,
manner,
wise,
gait,
form,
mode,
fashion,
tone,
guise;
modus operandi,
MO;
procedure
etc.
(line of conduct)
692.
path,
road,
route,
course;
line of way,
line of road;
trajectory,
orbit,
track,
beat,
tack.
steps;
stair,
staircase;
flight of stairs,
ladder,
stile;
perron†.
bridge,
footbridge,
viaduct,
pontoon,
steppingstone,
plank,
gangway;
drawbridge;
pass,
ford,
ferry,
tunnel;
pipe
etc.
260.
door;
gateway
etc.
(opening)
260;
channel,
passage,
avenue,
means of access,
approach,
adit†;
artery,
lane,
loan [Scot.],
alley,
aisle,
lobby,
corridor;
back-door,
back-stairs;
secret passage;
covert way;
vennel†.
roadway,
pathway,
stairway;
express;
thoroughfare;
highway;
turnpike,
freeway,
royal road,
coach road;
broad highway,
King's highway,
Queen's highway;
beaten track,
beaten path;
horse road,
bridle road,
bridle track,
bridle path;
walk,
trottoir†,
footpath,
pavement,
flags,
sidewalk;
crossroad,
byroad,
bypath,
byway;
cut;
short cut
etc.
(mid-course)
628;
carrefour†;
private road,
occupation road;
highways and byways;
railroad,
railway,
tram road,
tramway;
towpath;
causeway;
canal
etc.
(conduit)
350;
street
etc.
(abode)
189;
speedway.
adv..
how;
in what way,
in what manner;
by what mode;
so,
in this way,
after this fashion.
one way or another,
anyhow;
somehow or other
etc.
(instrumentality)
631;
by way of;
via;
in transitu [Lat.]
etc.
270;
on the high road to.
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adjective
Roget 858:
hoping
etc.
v.;
in hopes
etc.
n.;
hopeful,
confident;
secure
etc.
(certain)
484;
sanguine,
in good heart,
buoyed up,
buoyant,
elated,
flushed,
exultant,
enthusiastic;
heartsome†;
utopian.
unsuspecting,
unsuspicious;
fearless,
free from fear,
free from suspicion,
free from distrust,
free from despair,
exempt from fear,
exempt from suspicion,
exempt from distrust,
exempt from despair;
undespairing†,
self reliant.
probable,
on the high road to;
within sight of shore,
within sight of land;
promising,
propitious;
of promise,
full of promise;
of good omen;
auspicious,
de bon augure [Fr.];
reassuring;
encouraging,
cheering,
inspiriting,
looking up,
bright,
roseate,
couleur de rose [Fr.],
rose-colored.
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adverb
Roget 278:
towards;
on the road,
on the high road to;
en avant;
versus,
to;
hither,
thither,
whither;
directly;
straight as an arrow,
forwards as an arrow;
point blank;
in a bee line to,
in a direct line to,
as the crow flies,
in a straight line to,
in a bee line for,
in a direct line for,
in a straight line for,
in a bee line with,
in a direct line with,
in a straight line with;
in a line with;
full tilt at,
as the crow flies.
before the wind,
near the wind,
close to the wind,
against the wind;
windwards,
in the wind's eye.
through,
via,
by way of;
in all directions,
in all manner of ways;
quaquaversum [Lat.],
from the four winds.
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