Meanings
plural way stations · alternative way-station · alternative waystation
- A small railway station between the principal stations or a station where the train stops only on a signal.
Synonyms: stopover, whistle-stop, staging post
- figurativelyA service area or temporary lodging used during a longer journey.
At one of the way-stations on his long journey a barmaid at a tavern speaks to Gilgamesh and tries to give him common sense on the human condition.
1981, William Irwin Thompson, The Time Falling Bodies Take to Light: Mythology, Sexuality and the Origins of Culture, London: Rider/Hutchinson & Co., page 201
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA small railway station between the principal stations or a station where the train stops only on a signal.
More synonyms by meaning
nouna small railway station between the principal stations or a station where the train stops only on a signal
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Rhymes & wordplay
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way station. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/way%20station
“way station.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/way%20station. Accessed November 2, 2026.
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