course of action, course - a mode of action; "if you persist in that course you will surely fail"; "once a nation is embarked on a course of action it becomes extremely difficult for any retraction to take place"

ambages - (archaic) roundabout or mysterious ways of action

straight and narrow, strait and narrow - the way of proper and honest behavior; "he taught his children to keep strictly to the straight and narrow"

Sunna, Sunnah, hadith - (Islam) the way of life prescribed as normative for Muslims on the basis of the teachings and practices of Muhammad and interpretations of the Koran

warpath - a course leading to warfare or battle

bridle path, bridle road - a path suitable for riding or leading horses (but not for cars)

crosswalk, crossover, crossing - a path (often marked) where something (as a street or railroad) can be crossed to get from one side to the other

lane - a well-defined track or path; for e.g. swimmers or lines of traffic

towing path, towpath - a path along a canal or river used by animals towing boats

paseo, walkway, walk - a path set aside for walking; "after the blizzard he shoveled the front walk"

way - any artifact consisting of a road or path affording passage from one place to another; "he said he was looking for the way out"

feeder line - a branching path off of a main transportation line (especially an airline)

main line - the principal route of a transportation system

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

approach pattern, traffic pattern, pattern - the path that is prescribed for an airplane that is preparing to land at an airport; "the traffic patterns around O'Hare are very crowded"; "they stayed in the pattern until the fog lifted"

flight path - the path of a rocket or projectile or aircraft through the air

beat, round - a regular route for a sentry or policeman; "in the old days a policeman walked a beat and knew all his people by name"

bus route - the route regularly followed by a passenger bus

line - a spatial location defined by a real or imaginary unidimensional extent

line of flight - the path along which a freely moving object travels through the air

line of march - the route along which a column advances

celestial orbit, orbit - the (usually elliptical) path described by one celestial body in its revolution about another; "he plotted the orbit of the moon"

electron orbit, orbit - the path of an electron around the nucleus of an atom

beeline - the most direct route; "he made a beeline for the bathroom"

circuit - an established itinerary of venues or events that a particular group of people travel to; "she's a familiar name on the club circuit"; "on the lecture circuit"; "the judge makes a circuit of the courts in his district"; "the international tennis circuit"

line of fire - the path of a missile discharged from a firearm

fairway - the usual course taken by vessels through a harbor or coastal waters

direction, way - a line leading to a place or point; "he looked the other direction"; "didn't know the way home"

trade route - a route followed by traders (usually in caravans)

line - a spatial location defined by a real or imaginary unidimensional extent

collision course - a course of a moving object that will lead to a collision if it continues unchanged

inside track - the inner side of a curved racecourse

round - the course along which communications spread; "the story is going the rounds in Washington"

steps - the course along which a person has walked or is walking in; "I followed in his steps"; "he retraced his steps"; "his steps turned toward home"

swath, belt - a path or strip (as cut by one course of mowing)

trail - a track or mark left by something that has passed; "there as a trail of blood"; "a tear left its trail on her cheek"