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

3 senses of portal

Sense 1
portal -- (a grand and imposing entrance (often extended metaphorically); "the portals of the cathedral"; "the portals of heaven"; "the portals of success")
       => entrance, entranceway, entryway, entry, entree -- (something that provides access (to get in or get out); "they waited at the entrance to the garden"; "beggars waited just outside the entryway to the cathedral")

Sense 2
portal site, portal -- (a site that the owner positions as an entrance to other sites on the internet; "a portal typically has search engines and free email and chat rooms etc.")
       => web site, website, internet site, site -- (a computer connected to the internet that maintains a series of web pages on the World Wide Web; "the Israeli web site was damaged by hostile hackers")

Sense 3
portal vein, hepatic portal vein, portal, vena portae -- (a short vein that carries blood into the liver)
       => vein, vena, venous blood vessel -- (a blood vessel that carries blood from the capillaries toward the heart; "all veins except the pulmonary vein carry unaerated blood")