gangway

Examples

• All

• Okay, drop down and go into the first-class gangway door.

  Titanic (1997)

• Now I bet you can't run to the top of the gangway on your own.

  Voyage of the Damned (1976)

• Hey, do you need a hand down the gangway?

  Last Breath (2025)

• -My boat's at the end of this gangway.

  Blood Work (2002)

• Watch your footing on the gangway.

  Unconquered (1947)

• My foot slipped on the gangway, and I nearly fell overboard.

  In Which We Serve (1942)

• At the bottom of the gangway, a limousine with closed curtains was waiting.

  Fiction book (1991)

• Alison stands at the gangway, clipboard in hand, looking necessary and ornamental all at once.

  Fiction book (2002)

• A cane tapped firmly down the gangway that led from the sidewalk promenade to the barge.

  Fiction book (1999)

• I carefully walked along the gangway to board the cruise ship.

Synonyms

G

gangplank

vsgangway

5 7.1

A movable bridge people use to get on or off a ship at a dock

is similar but also covers crossing mud and uneven ground

G

gangboard

vsgangway

• Archaic

9.9

A temporary plank people use to walk between a ship and the dock

is a temporary passage also used for crossing mud or uneven ground

B

bridgeway

vsgangway

6.3

A covered or open passage that connects two buildings

is temporary outdoors passage for boarding ships or crossing uneven ground

Antonyms

B

barrier

163 2.8

A thing that blocks movement or keeps places apart

O

obstruction

43 4.4

A thing that blocks a passage like a pipe or artery

How Narrow

catwalk

14 4.9

monkey bridge

• Specialized

9.0

gangway

6 6.4

walkway

51 2.0

deck

808 1.3

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology