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ITINERARY
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A proposed route of travel
Synonyms:
itinerary; travel plan
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Hypernyms ("itinerary" is a kind of...):
plan of action (a plan for actively doing something)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A guidebook for travelers
Synonyms:
itinerary; travel guidebook
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("itinerary" is a kind of...):
guide; guidebook (something that offers basic information or instruction)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "itinerary"):
baedeker (any of a series of travel guidebooks published by the German firm founded by Karl Baedeker)
Sense 3
Meaning:
An established line of travel or access
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Hypernyms ("itinerary" is a kind of...):
line (a spatial location defined by a real or imaginary unidimensional extent)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "itinerary"):
trade route (a route followed by traders (usually in caravans))
direction; way (a line leading to a place or point)
fairway (the usual course taken by vessels through a harbor or coastal waters)
flyway; migration route (the geographic route along which birds customarily migrate)
line of fire (the path of a missile discharged from a firearm)
supply line; supply route (a route over which supplies can be delivered)
crosscut (a diagonal path)
circuit (an established itinerary of venues or events that a particular group of people travel to)
beeline (the most direct route)
paper round; paper route (the route taken when delivering newspapers every day)
electron orbit; orbit (the path of an electron around the nucleus of an atom)
celestial orbit; orbit (the (usually elliptical) path described by one celestial body in its revolution about another)
line of march (the route along which a column advances)
line of flight (the path along which a freely moving object travels through the air)
bus route (the route regularly followed by a passenger bus)
beat; round (a regular route for a sentry or policeman)
flight path (the path of a rocket or projectile or aircraft through the air)
approach pattern; pattern; traffic pattern (the path that is prescribed for an airplane that is preparing to land at an airport)
air lane; airway; flight path; skyway (a designated route followed by airplanes in flying from one airport to another)
data track; track ((computer science) one of the circular magnetic paths on a magnetic disk that serve as a guide for writing and reading data)
main line (the principal route of a transportation system)
feeder line (a branching path off of a main transportation line (especially an airline))
Instance hyponyms:
Northwest Passage (a water route between the Atlantic Ocean and the Pacific Ocean along the northern coast of North America; Europeans since the 16th century had searched for a short route to the Far East before it was successfully traversed by Roald Amundsen (1903-1906))
