'Leeway' definitions:
Definition of 'leeway'
(from WordNet)
Definition of 'Leeway'
From: GCIDE
- Leeway \Lee"way`\ (l[=e]"w[=a]`), n. (Naut.) The lateral movement of a ship to the leeward of her course; drift. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'leeway'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- aesthetic distance,
- air space,
- ample scope,
- blank check,
- caesura,
- carte blanche,
- clearance,
- compass,
- deep space,
- depths of space,
- discontinuity,
- distance,
- distance between,
- divergence,
- double space,
- drift,
- driftway,
- elbowroom,
- em space,
- en space,
- extent,
- farness,
- field,
- free course,
- free hand,
- free play,
- free scope,
- freeboard,
- freedom,
- full scope,
- full swing,
- hair space,
- half space,
- headroom,
- headway,
- hiatus,
- infinity,
- interim,
- intermediate space,
- interruption,
- interspace,
- interstice,
- interval,
- jump,
- lacuna,
- latitude,
- leap,
- length,
- light-years,
- long rope,
- maneuvering space,
- margin,
- mileage,
- no holds barred,
- open space,
- parsecs,
- perspective,
- piece,
- play,
- progress,
- range,
- reach,
- remoteness,
- room,
- room to spare,
- rope,
- scope,
- sea room,
- separation,
- single space,
- slack,
- space,
- space between,
- span,
- spare room,
- steerageway,
- sternway,
- stretch,
- stride,
- swing,
- time interval,
- tolerance,
- way,
- ways,
- wide berth