TAO Synonyms

• a belief (or system of beliefs) accepted as authoritative by some group or school

• a way of doing something, especially a systematic way; implies an orderly logical arrangement (usually in steps)

• an acting technique introduced by Stanislavsky in which the actor recalls emotions or reactions from his or her own life and uses them to identify with the character being portrayed

• a course of conduct

• a way especially designed for a particular use

• an established line of travel or access

• a line or route along which something travels or moves

• an open way (generally public) for travel or transportation

• a way or means to achieve something

• how something is done or how it happens

• to have the ability to produce a particular effect or achieve an end

• a line leading to a place or point

• the condition of things generally

• a course of conduct

• any artifact consisting of a road or path affording passage from one place to another

• a journey or passage

• space for movement

• the property of distance in general

• doing as one pleases or chooses

• a general category of things; used in the expression `in the way of'

• a portion of something divided into shares

• to a great degree or by a great distance; very much (`right smart' is regional in the United States)

• school of Mahayana Buddhism asserting that enlightenment can come through meditation and intuition rather than faith; China and Japan

• a Buddhist doctrine that enlightenment can be attained through direct intuitive insight

• street name for lysergic acid diethylamide

• of or relating to the popular Chinese religious system based on the teachings of Lao-tzu but including a pantheon of gods along with divination and magic

• of or relating to the philosophical system developed by Lao-tzu and Chuang-tzu advocating a simple honest life

• an adherent of any branch of Taoism

• a trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group; usually occurs in association with yttrium