All direction synonyms

noun direction

• course — Course is often used in the expression 'of course', or instead of 'of course' in informal spoken English. See of course.
• control — Control of an organization, place, or system is the power to make all the important decisions about the way that it is run.
• guidance — the act or function of guiding; leadership; direction.
• leadership — the position or function of a leader, a person who guides or directs a group: He managed to maintain his leadership of the party despite heavy opposition. Synonyms: administration, management, directorship, control, governorship, stewardship, hegemony.
• order — an authoritative direction or instruction; command; mandate.
• outlook — the view or prospect from a particular place.
• angle — An angle is the difference in direction between two lines or surfaces. Angles are measured in degrees.
• orientation — the act or process of orienting.
• area — An area is a particular part of a town, a country, a region, or the world.
• trend — the general course or prevailing tendency; drift: trends in the teaching of foreign languages; the trend of events.
• aspect — An aspect of something is one of the parts of its character or nature.
• way — manner, mode, or fashion: a new way of looking at a matter; to reply in a polite way.
• objective — something that one's efforts or actions are intended to attain or accomplish; purpose; goal; target: the objective of a military attack; the objective of a fund-raising drive.
• path — a way beaten, formed, or trodden by the feet of persons or animals.
• line — a thickness of glue, as between two veneers in a sheet of plywood.
• tendency — a natural or prevailing disposition to move, proceed, or act in some direction or toward some point, end, or result: the tendency of falling bodies toward the earth.
• trajectory — the curve described by a projectile, rocket, or the like in its flight.
• current — A current is a steady and continuous flowing movement of some of the water in a river, lake, or sea.
• inclination — a disposition or bent, especially of the mind or will; a liking or preference: Much against his inclination, he was forced to resign.
• proclivity — natural or habitual inclination or tendency; propensity; predisposition: a proclivity to meticulousness.
• viewpoint — a place affording a view of something; position of observation: to sketch a river from the viewpoint of a bluff.
• track — a structure consisting of a pair of parallel lines of rails with their crossties, on which a railroad train, trolley, or the like runs.
• drift — a driving movement or force; impulse; impetus; pressure.
• spot — a rounded mark or stain made by foreign matter, as mud, blood, paint, ink, etc.; a blot or speck.
• slant — to veer or angle away from a given level or line, especially from a horizontal; slope.
• tack — a lease, especially on farmland.
• standpoint — the point or place at which a person stands to view something.
• region — an extensive, continuous part of a surface, space, or body: a region of the earth.
• aim — If you aim for something or aim to do something, you plan or hope to achieve it.
• range — the extent to which or the limits between which variation is possible: the range of steel prices; a wide range of styles.
• beeline — the most direct route between two places (esp in the phrase make a beeline for)
• side — one of the surfaces forming the outside of or bounding a thing, or one of the lines bounding a geometric figure.
• road — a long, narrow stretch with a smoothed or paved surface, made for traveling by motor vehicle, carriage, etc., between two or more points; street or highway.
• government — the political direction and control exercised over the actions of the members, citizens, or inhabitants of communities, societies, and states; direction of the affairs of a state, community, etc.; political administration: Government is necessary to the existence of civilized society.
• administration — Administration is the range of activities connected with organizing and supervising the way that an organization or institution functions.
• supervision — the act or function of supervising; superintendence.
• charge — If you charge someone an amount of money, you ask them to pay that amount for something that you have sold to them or done for them.
• command — If someone in authority commands you to do something, they tell you that you must do it.
• oversight — an omission or error due to carelessness: My bank statement is full of oversights.
• superintendence — a district or place under a superintendent.
• bearing — Someone's bearing is the way in which they move or stand.
• set — to put (something or someone) in a particular place: to set a vase on a table.
• bent — Bent is the past tense and past participle of bend.
• stream — a body of water flowing in a channel or watercourse, as a river, rivulet, or brook. Synonyms: rill, run, streamlet, runnel.
• tide — the periodic rise and fall of the waters of the ocean and its inlets, produced by the attraction of the moon and sun, and occurring about every 12 hours.
• bias — Bias is a tendency to prefer one person or thing to another, and to favour that person or thing.
• management — the act or manner of managing; handling, direction, or control.
• route — a course, way, or road for passage or travel: What's the shortest route to Boston?
• focus — a central point, as of attraction, attention, or activity: The need to prevent a nuclear war became the focus of all diplomatic efforts.
• target — an object, usually marked with concentric circles, to be aimed at in shooting practice or contests.