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

2 senses of pathway

Sense 1
nerve pathway, tract, nerve tract, pathway -- (a bundle of myelinated nerve fibers following a path through the brain)
       => white matter, substantia alba -- (whitish nervous tissue of the CNS consisting of neurons and their myelin sheaths)

Sense 2
pathway, footpath -- (a trodden path)
       => path -- (a way especially designed for a particular use)