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

3 senses of right of way

Sense 1
right of way -- (the privilege of someone to pass over land belonging to someone else)
       => easement -- ((law) the privilege of using something that is not your own (as using another's land as a right of way to your own land))

Sense 2
right of way -- (the right of one vehicle or vessel to take precedence over another)
       => right -- (an abstract idea of that which is due to a person or governmental body by law or tradition or nature; "they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights"; "Certain rights can never be granted to the government but must be kept in the hands of the people"- Eleanor Roosevelt; "a right is not something that somebody gives you; it is something that nobody can take away")

Sense 3
right of way -- (the passage consisting of a path or strip of land over which someone has the legal right to pass)
       => passage -- (a way through or along which someone or something may pass)