Gates

/ɡeɪts/

Last Updated: January 2, 2026 at 12:30 PM

Scrabble:6 ptsWWF:7 pts5 letters

Definition of Gates

noun

A doorlike structure outside a house.
Doorway, opening, or passage in a fence or wall.
Movable barrier.
"The gate in front of the railroad crossing went up after the train had passed."
A logical pathway made up of switches which turn on or off. Examples are and, or, nand, etc.
The gap between a batsman's bat and pad.
"Singh was bowled through the gate, a very disappointing way for a world-class batsman to get out."

verb

To keep something inside by means of a closed gate.
To punish, especially a child or teenager, by not allowing them to go out.
To open a closed ion channel.
To furnish with a gate.
To turn (an image intensifier) on and off selectively as needed, or to avoid damage. See autogating.

noun

A way, path.
A journey.
A street; now used especially as a combining form to make the name of a street e.g. "Briggate" (a common street name in the north of England meaning "Bridge Street") or Kirkgate meaning "Church Street".
Manner; gait.

Anagrams of Gates

Exact Anagrams

2 words using all 5 letters:

Words You Can Make

42 words can be made from the letters in "gates":

5-LETTER WORDS

4-LETTER WORDS

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3-LETTER WORDS

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+1 Letter Anagrams

Words formed by adding one letter to "gates" and rearranging:

+dgasted staged

+rgaster gaters grates greats retags

+ssagest stages

Related Word Patterns

GA...Words starting with "ga"...ESWords ending with "es"All 5-letter words Unscramble "gates"

Synonyms & Antonyms

SYNONYMS

logic gatedoorwayentrancepassageground

Rhyming Words

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