gate Synonyms & Antonyms
What Is Another Word for Gate?
Instead of gate you can say logic gate, doorway or entrance depending on the context.
Choose a meaning, then find a word that fits your sentence.
Gate as a Noun
A doorlike structure outside a house.
A doorway, opening, or passage in a fence or wall.
A movable barrier.
The gate in front of the railroad crossing went up after the train had passed.
A passageway (as in an air terminal) where passengers can embark or disembark. A place for a vehicle or aircraft to stop and be boarded, numbered or otherwise labelled.
A place for a vehicle or aircraft to stop and be boarded, numbered or otherwise labelled.
A location which serves as a conduit for transport, migration, or trade.
The amount of money made by selling tickets to a concert or a sports event.
A logical pathway made up of switches which turn on or off. Examples are and, or, nand, etc.
The controlling terminal of a field effect transistor (FET).
In a lock tumbler, the opening for the stump of the bolt to pass through or into.
The channel or opening through which metal is poured into the mould; the ingate; tedge.
The waste piece of metal cast in the opening; a sprue or sullage piece. Also written geat and git.
The gap between a batsman's bat and pad.
Singh was bowled through the gate, a very disappointing way for a world-class batsman to get out.
A mechanism, in a film camera and projector, that holds each frame momentarily stationary behind the aperture.
A line that separates particle type-clusters on two-dimensional dot plots.
A tally mark consisting of four vertical bars crossed by a diagonal, representing a count of five.
An individual theme park as part of a larger resort complex with multiple parks.
A place where drugs are illegally sold.
A man; a male person.
A tunnel serving the coal face.
A way, path.
A journey.
A street; now used especially as a combining form to make the name of a street e.g. "Briggate" (a common street name in the north of England meaning "Bridge Street") or "Kirkgate" meaning "Church Street".
Manner; gait.
Doorway, opening, or passage in a fence or wall.
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Movable barrier.
The gate in front of the railroad crossing went up after the train had passed.
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(flow cytometry) A line that separates particle type-clusters on two-dimensional dot plots.
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Passageway (as in an air terminal) where passengers can embark or disembark.
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The channel or opening through which metal is poured into the mould; the ingate.
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Gate as a Verb
To keep something inside by means of a closed gate.
To punish (a student) by not allowing to leave the college grounds.
To furnish with a gate.
To turn (an image intensifier) on and off selectively, as needed or to avoid damage from excessive light exposure. See autogating.
To selectively regulate or restrict (access to something).
Access to the building is gated by a security system.
To punish, especially a child or teenager, by not allowing them to go out.
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To turn (an image intensifier) on and off selectively as needed, or to avoid damage. See autogating.
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Gate in a Sentence
The gate in front of the railroad crossing went up after the train had passed.
Singh was bowled through the gate, a very disappointing way for a world-class batsman to get out.
Access to the building is gated by a security system.
Word Forms & Grammar
gate (plural gates)
gate (third-person singular simple present gates, present participle gating, simple past and past participle gated)
Words That Rhyme With Gate
Origin of Gate
Origin 1: From Middle English gate (the forms ȝate and ȝeat yielded the dialectal doublet yate), from the plural of Old English ġeat (specifically gatu), from Proto-West Germanic *gat, from Proto-Germanic *gatą (“hole, opening”).
Origin 2: See also Old Norse gat, Swedish and Dutch gat, Low German Gaat, Gööt.
Origin 3: Borrowed from Old Norse gata, from Proto-Germanic *gatwǭ. Cognate with Danish gade, Swedish gata, German Gasse (“lane”). Doublet of gait.
Gate in Brief
| Part of speech | noun, verb |
|---|---|
| Pronunciation | //ˈɡeɪ̯t// |
| Syllables | 1 |
| Meaning | A doorlike structure outside a house |
| Synonyms | logic gate, doorway and entrance |
| Plural | gates |
| Verb forms | gates, gating, gated |
How to Pronounce Gate
Gate is pronounced //ˈɡeɪ̯t// and has 1 syllable.
Gate: Your Questions Answered
Is gate a noun or a verb?
Gate is mainly used as a noun, but it can also be used as a verb.
What is a synonym for gate as a noun?
As a noun, synonyms for gate include logic gate, doorway, entrance and passage.
What is a synonym for gate as a verb?
As a verb, synonyms for gate include ground.
What is the plural of gate?
The plural of gate is gates.
What is the past tense of gate?
The past tense of gate is gated. The present participle is gating.