passageway - a passage between rooms or between buildingsaisle, gangway - passageway between seating areas as in an auditorium or passenger vehicle or between areas of shelves of goods as in stores arcade - a covered passageway; often between streets with shops or stalls areaway - a passageway between buildings or giving access to a basement corridor - an enclosed passageway; rooms usually open onto it heading, drift, gallery - a horizontal (or nearly horizontal) passageway in a mine; "they dug a drift parallel with the vein" gangway - a temporary passageway of planks (as over mud on a building site) gate - passageway (as in an air terminal) where passengers can embark or disembark passage - a way through or along which someone or something may pass shaft - a vertical passageway through a building (as for an elevator) tunnel - a passageway through or under something, usually underground (especially one for trains or cars); "the tunnel reduced congestion at that intersection" walk-through - a pedestrian passageway through the ground floor of a building |