Headway \Head"way`\ (-w[^u]rk`), n.
1. The progress made by a ship in motion; hence, progress or
success of any kind.
[1913 Webster]
2. (Arch.) Clear space under an arch, girder, and the like,
sufficient to allow of easy passing underneath; clearance;
headroom.
[1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
headway
n 1: vertical space available to allow easy passage under
something [syn: headroom, clearance]
2: forward movement; "the ship made little headway against the
gale" [syn: head]
WordNet (r) 2.0
65 Moby Thesaurus words for "headway":
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
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
clearance, head, headroom
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