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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2026

ˈway-ˈout, adj. [Informal.]

Informal Termsvery unconventional:some way-out theories on nutrition.

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::

way-out adj informal

extremely unconventional or experimental; avant-garde
excellent or amazing

'way-out' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):

Ariadne - egress - exit - issue - way - alibi - break - clew - cop - escape hatch - front - gangway - high-riser - ineluctable - labyrinth - lie - out - out-of-the-way - predicament - proportion - way out - slope

Synonyms: unconventional, experimental, nonconformist, esoteric, strange, more...

Forum discussions with the word(s) "way-out" in the title:

“on his way out”
a long way out to the sea
A second way <out>
a third of the way <out>
A way out it's hard to find
A way out there or Away out there
all the way out
all the way out here
all the way out to the horizon
all the way out to the stars
arrest our way out of
as I was stepping...on the way out..
attempts to talk his way out of the procedure
Be calm, we'll find a way out
behave your way out of gentrification
bench-press your way out of
Borrowing our way out of every crisis
but this was way out of the question
can't think his way out of a paper bag
countries carried on making their way out of lockdown
dance your way out of it
developing the economy is <the way out>
Don't let the door hit you on the way out
Don’t try to_____your way out
Even if he <had> found some secret way out
evolve our way out of
exit vs way out
Fardon said the city can't arrest its way out of the problem
Felt like there was no way out
get in front of a thief, blocking his way out
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