Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun collision_course

2 senses of collision course

Sense 1
collision course -- (a course of a moving object that will lead to a collision if it continues unchanged)
       => path, track, course -- (a line or route along which something travels or moves; "the hurricane demolished houses in its path"; "the track of an animal"; "the course of the river")

Sense 2
collision course -- (a course of action (following a given idea) that will lead to conflict if it continues unabated)
       => course, course of action -- (a mode of action; "if you persist in that course you will surely fail"; "once a nation is embarked on a course of action it becomes extremely difficult for any retraction to take place")