Usually means: Margin for freedom or error.
Definitions [Related words] [Phrases(New!) ] [Mentions] [Lyrics] [History]
We found 36 dictionaries that define the word leeway:

General (26 matching dictionaries)
  1. leeway: Merriam-Webster.com
  2. leeway: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. leeway: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. leeway: Collins English Dictionary
  5. leeway: Vocabulary.com
  6. Leeway, leeway: Wordnik
  7. leeway: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. leeway: Wiktionary
  9. leeway: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. leeway: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. leeway: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. Leeway, leeway: Dictionary.com
  13. leeway: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  14. LeeWay, Leeway (band), Leeway: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  15. Leeway: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  16. leeway: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  17. leeway: Rhymezone
  18. Leeway: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  19. leeway: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  20. leeway: Free Dictionary
  21. leeway: Mnemonic Dictionary
  22. leeway: LookWAYup Translating Dictionary/Thesaurus
  23. leeway: Dictionary/thesaurus
  24. leeway: Wikimedia Commons US English Pronunciations

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. leeway: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. leeway: Encyclopedia

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. leeway: A Word A Day

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Leeway: Urban Dictionary

Sports (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Leeway: Sports Definitions

Tech (5 matching dictionaries)
  1. Glossary of Meteorology (No longer online)
  2. leeway: Chapters in the Sky
  3. LEEWAY: Glossary of Nautical Terms
  4. SeaTalk Dictionary of English Nautical Language (No longer online)
  5. Leeway: Latitude Mexico

(Note: See leeways as well.)

Google, News, Wikipedia, Reddit, X, BlueSky, Kagi
Definitions from Wiktionary (
)
American English Definition British English Definition
▸ noun:  The drift of a ship or aeroplane in a leeward direction.
▸ noun:  A varying degree or amount of freedom or flexibility.
▸ noun:  (British) An adverse discrepancy or variation in a cumulative process, usually in the phrase make up leeway.

Similar:
margin, allowance, tolerance, drifting, loose, slack, free rein, license, variable, plain sailing, more...

Opposite:
constrict, restrict, limit

Types:
latitude, wiggle room, margin, buffer, cushion, elbow room, more...

Phrases:
leeway space, make up the leeway, make up leeway, made up leeway, made up the leeway, more...

Adjectives:
more, considerable, little, greater, enough, certain, sufficient, wide, substantial, ample, broad



▸ Words similar to leeway

▸ Usage examples for leeway

▸ Idioms related to leeway

▸ Wikipedia articles (New!)

▸ Popular adjectives describing leeway

▸ Words that often appear near leeway

▸ Rhymes of leeway

▸ Invented words related to leeway

Similar:
margin, allowance, tolerance, drifting, loose, slack, free rein, license, variable, plain sailing, more...

Opposite:
constrict, restrict, limit

Types:
latitude, wiggle room, margin, buffer, cushion, elbow room, more...

Phrases:
leeway space, make up the leeway, make up leeway, made up leeway, made up the leeway, makes up leeway, makes up the leeway, making up leeway, making up the leeway, Joe Leeway, give leeway, give too much leeway, more...

Adjectives:
more, considerable, little, greater, enough, certain, sufficient, wide, substantial, ample, broad



Writing poetry or lyrics? You can find related words that match a given meter.
This feature is permanently available from the "Related words" tab and from the Thesaurus.


(Click a button above to see words related to "leeway" that fit the given meter.)



Home   Reverse Dictionary / Thesaurus   Datamuse   Compound Your Joy   Threepeat   Spruce   Feedback   Dark mode   Help


Our daily word games Threepeat and Compound Your Joy are going strong. Bookmark and enjoy!