diff --git a/src/librustc/ich/impls_syntax.rs b/src/librustc/ich/impls_syntax.rs
index 0a1dda7a9cffd..85e62c0804a4f 100644
--- a/src/librustc/ich/impls_syntax.rs
+++ b/src/librustc/ich/impls_syntax.rs
@@ -368,7 +368,7 @@ impl_stable_hash_for!(enum ::syntax::ast::NestedMetaItemKind {
 });
 
 impl_stable_hash_for!(struct ::syntax::ast::MetaItem {
-    ident,
+    path,
     node,
     span
 });
diff --git a/src/librustc/lint/levels.rs b/src/librustc/lint/levels.rs
index 2430e83122803..1641439c2c565 100644
--- a/src/librustc/lint/levels.rs
+++ b/src/librustc/lint/levels.rs
@@ -220,7 +220,7 @@ impl<'a> LintLevelsBuilder<'a> {
                 match item.node {
                     ast::MetaItemKind::Word => {}  // actual lint names handled later
                     ast::MetaItemKind::NameValue(ref name_value) => {
-                        if item.ident == "reason" {
+                        if item.path == "reason" {
                             // found reason, reslice meta list to exclude it
                             metas = &metas[0..metas.len()-1];
                             // FIXME (#55112): issue unused-attributes lint if we thereby
@@ -260,7 +260,7 @@ impl<'a> LintLevelsBuilder<'a> {
                         let mut err = bad_attr(li.span);
                         if let Some(item) = li.meta_item() {
                             if let ast::MetaItemKind::NameValue(_) = item.node {
-                                if item.ident == "reason" {
+                                if item.path == "reason" {
                                     err.help("reason in lint attribute must come last");
                                 }
                             }
@@ -269,15 +269,15 @@ impl<'a> LintLevelsBuilder<'a> {
                         continue;
                     }
                 };
-                let tool_name = if meta_item.ident.segments.len() > 1 {
-                    let tool_ident = meta_item.ident.segments[0].ident;
+                let tool_name = if meta_item.path.segments.len() > 1 {
+                    let tool_ident = meta_item.path.segments[0].ident;
                     if !attr::is_known_lint_tool(tool_ident) {
                         span_err!(
                             sess,
                             tool_ident.span,
                             E0710,
                             "an unknown tool name found in scoped lint: `{}`",
-                            meta_item.ident
+                            meta_item.path
                         );
                         continue;
                     }
@@ -286,7 +286,7 @@ impl<'a> LintLevelsBuilder<'a> {
                 } else {
                     None
                 };
-                let name = meta_item.ident.segments.last().expect("empty lint name").ident.name;
+                let name = meta_item.path.segments.last().expect("empty lint name").ident.name;
                 match store.check_lint_name(&name.as_str(), tool_name) {
                     CheckLintNameResult::Ok(ids) => {
                         let src = LintSource::Node(name, li.span, reason);
diff --git a/src/librustc/session/config.rs b/src/librustc/session/config.rs
index 662cedbdd01d2..9c146295bfe84 100644
--- a/src/librustc/session/config.rs
+++ b/src/librustc/session/config.rs
@@ -1806,7 +1806,7 @@ pub fn parse_cfgspecs(cfgspecs: Vec<String>) -> ast::CrateConfig {
 
             match &mut parser.parse_meta_item() {
                 Ok(meta_item) if parser.token == token::Eof => {
-                    if meta_item.ident.segments.len() != 1 {
+                    if meta_item.path.segments.len() != 1 {
                         error!("argument key must be an identifier");
                     }
                     match &meta_item.node {
diff --git a/src/librustc_driver/lib.rs b/src/librustc_driver/lib.rs
index 52dbb618d0d11..eb323d3a67856 100644
--- a/src/librustc_driver/lib.rs
+++ b/src/librustc_driver/lib.rs
@@ -798,7 +798,7 @@ impl RustcDefaultCalls {
 
                     let mut cfgs = sess.parse_sess.config.iter().filter_map(|&(name, ref value)| {
                         let gated_cfg = GatedCfg::gate(&ast::MetaItem {
-                            ident: ast::Path::from_ident(ast::Ident::with_empty_ctxt(name)),
+                            path: ast::Path::from_ident(ast::Ident::with_empty_ctxt(name)),
                             node: ast::MetaItemKind::Word,
                             span: DUMMY_SP,
                         });
diff --git a/src/librustc_mir/dataflow/mod.rs b/src/librustc_mir/dataflow/mod.rs
index c24a776605cb8..9a926cb22a066 100644
--- a/src/librustc_mir/dataflow/mod.rs
+++ b/src/librustc_mir/dataflow/mod.rs
@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@ impl<'a, 'gcx: 'tcx, 'tcx: 'a, BD> DataflowAnalysis<'a, 'tcx, BD> where BD: BitD
                 } else {
                     sess.span_err(
                         item.span,
-                        &format!("{} attribute requires a path", item.ident));
+                        &format!("{} attribute requires a path", item.path));
                     return None;
                 }
             }
diff --git a/src/librustdoc/clean/cfg.rs b/src/librustdoc/clean/cfg.rs
index 7ebcf2cbd912c..6e852e6515d5a 100644
--- a/src/librustdoc/clean/cfg.rs
+++ b/src/librustdoc/clean/cfg.rs
@@ -430,7 +430,7 @@ mod test {
 
     fn dummy_meta_item_word(name: &str) -> MetaItem {
         MetaItem {
-            ident: Path::from_ident(Ident::from_str(name)),
+            path: Path::from_ident(Ident::from_str(name)),
             node: MetaItemKind::Word,
             span: DUMMY_SP,
         }
@@ -439,7 +439,7 @@ mod test {
     macro_rules! dummy_meta_item_list {
         ($name:ident, [$($list:ident),* $(,)?]) => {
             MetaItem {
-                ident: Path::from_ident(Ident::from_str(stringify!($name))),
+                path: Path::from_ident(Ident::from_str(stringify!($name))),
                 node: MetaItemKind::List(vec![
                     $(
                         dummy_spanned(NestedMetaItemKind::MetaItem(
@@ -453,7 +453,7 @@ mod test {
 
         ($name:ident, [$($list:expr),* $(,)?]) => {
             MetaItem {
-                ident: Path::from_ident(Ident::from_str(stringify!($name))),
+                path: Path::from_ident(Ident::from_str(stringify!($name))),
                 node: MetaItemKind::List(vec![
                     $(
                         dummy_spanned(NestedMetaItemKind::MetaItem($list)),
@@ -593,7 +593,7 @@ mod test {
             assert_eq!(Cfg::parse(&mi), Ok(word_cfg("all")));
 
             let mi = MetaItem {
-                ident: Path::from_ident(Ident::from_str("all")),
+                path: Path::from_ident(Ident::from_str("all")),
                 node: MetaItemKind::NameValue(dummy_spanned(LitKind::Str(
                     Symbol::intern("done"),
                     StrStyle::Cooked,
@@ -628,7 +628,7 @@ mod test {
     fn test_parse_err() {
         with_globals(|| {
             let mi = MetaItem {
-                ident: Path::from_ident(Ident::from_str("foo")),
+                path: Path::from_ident(Ident::from_str("foo")),
                 node: MetaItemKind::NameValue(dummy_spanned(LitKind::Bool(false))),
                 span: DUMMY_SP,
             };
diff --git a/src/librustdoc/html/render.rs b/src/librustdoc/html/render.rs
index 7f6a1df6ff928..1a4c5c3efc866 100644
--- a/src/librustdoc/html/render.rs
+++ b/src/librustdoc/html/render.rs
@@ -3717,7 +3717,7 @@ fn item_enum(w: &mut fmt::Formatter<'_>, cx: &Context, it: &clean::Item,
 }
 
 fn render_attribute(attr: &ast::MetaItem) -> Option<String> {
-    let path = attr.ident.to_string();
+    let path = attr.path.to_string();
 
     if attr.is_word() {
         Some(path)
diff --git a/src/libsyntax/ast.rs b/src/libsyntax/ast.rs
index a01a5bb0a3638..287ec4c2fdc4e 100644
--- a/src/libsyntax/ast.rs
+++ b/src/libsyntax/ast.rs
@@ -464,7 +464,7 @@ pub enum NestedMetaItemKind {
 /// E.g., `#[test]`, `#[derive(..)]`, `#[rustfmt::skip]` or `#[feature = "foo"]`.
 #[derive(Clone, RustcEncodable, RustcDecodable, Debug)]
 pub struct MetaItem {
-    pub ident: Path,
+    pub path: Path,
     pub node: MetaItemKind,
     pub span: Span,
 }
diff --git a/src/libsyntax/attr/builtin.rs b/src/libsyntax/attr/builtin.rs
index d97f817931077..234a127acad1c 100644
--- a/src/libsyntax/attr/builtin.rs
+++ b/src/libsyntax/attr/builtin.rs
@@ -217,7 +217,7 @@ fn find_stability_generic<'a, I>(sess: &ParseSess,
             let meta = meta.as_ref().unwrap();
             let get = |meta: &MetaItem, item: &mut Option<Symbol>| {
                 if item.is_some() {
-                    handle_errors(sess, meta.span, AttrError::MultipleItem(meta.ident.to_string()));
+                    handle_errors(sess, meta.span, AttrError::MultipleItem(meta.path.to_string()));
                     return false
                 }
                 if let Some(v) = meta.value_str() {
@@ -246,7 +246,7 @@ fn find_stability_generic<'a, I>(sess: &ParseSess,
                                     handle_errors(
                                         sess,
                                         mi.span,
-                                        AttrError::UnknownMetaItem(mi.ident.to_string(), expected),
+                                        AttrError::UnknownMetaItem(mi.path.to_string(), expected),
                                     );
                                     continue 'outer
                                 }
@@ -329,7 +329,7 @@ fn find_stability_generic<'a, I>(sess: &ParseSess,
                                         sess,
                                         meta.span,
                                         AttrError::UnknownMetaItem(
-                                            mi.ident.to_string(),
+                                            mi.path.to_string(),
                                             &["feature", "reason", "issue"]
                                         ),
                                     );
@@ -401,7 +401,7 @@ fn find_stability_generic<'a, I>(sess: &ParseSess,
                                             sess,
                                             meta.span,
                                             AttrError::UnknownMetaItem(
-                                                mi.ident.to_string(), &["since", "note"],
+                                                mi.path.to_string(), &["since", "note"],
                                             ),
                                         );
                                         continue 'outer
@@ -496,8 +496,8 @@ pub fn cfg_matches(cfg: &ast::MetaItem, sess: &ParseSess, features: Option<&Feat
             gated_cfg.check_and_emit(sess, feats);
         }
         let error = |span, msg| { sess.span_diagnostic.span_err(span, msg); true };
-        if cfg.ident.segments.len() != 1 {
-            return error(cfg.ident.span, "`cfg` predicate key must be an identifier");
+        if cfg.path.segments.len() != 1 {
+            return error(cfg.path.span, "`cfg` predicate key must be an identifier");
         }
         match &cfg.node {
             MetaItemKind::List(..) => {
@@ -563,7 +563,7 @@ pub fn eval_condition<F>(cfg: &ast::MetaItem, sess: &ParseSess, eval: &mut F)
                 },
                 _ => {
                     span_err!(sess.span_diagnostic, cfg.span, E0537,
-                              "invalid predicate `{}`", cfg.ident);
+                              "invalid predicate `{}`", cfg.path);
                     false
                 }
             }
@@ -618,7 +618,7 @@ fn find_deprecation_generic<'a, I>(sess: &ParseSess,
                 let get = |meta: &MetaItem, item: &mut Option<Symbol>| {
                     if item.is_some() {
                         handle_errors(
-                            sess, meta.span, AttrError::MultipleItem(meta.ident.to_string())
+                            sess, meta.span, AttrError::MultipleItem(meta.path.to_string())
                         );
                         return false
                     }
@@ -656,7 +656,7 @@ fn find_deprecation_generic<'a, I>(sess: &ParseSess,
                                     handle_errors(
                                         sess,
                                         meta.span(),
-                                        AttrError::UnknownMetaItem(mi.ident.to_string(),
+                                        AttrError::UnknownMetaItem(mi.path.to_string(),
                                                                    &["since", "note"]),
                                     );
                                     continue 'outer
diff --git a/src/libsyntax/attr/mod.rs b/src/libsyntax/attr/mod.rs
index 857325681c660..dd3bc3f0c3627 100644
--- a/src/libsyntax/attr/mod.rs
+++ b/src/libsyntax/attr/mod.rs
@@ -208,8 +208,8 @@ impl Attribute {
 impl MetaItem {
     /// For a single-segment meta-item returns its name, otherwise returns `None`.
     pub fn ident(&self) -> Option<Ident> {
-        if self.ident.segments.len() == 1 {
-            Some(self.ident.segments[0].ident)
+        if self.path.segments.len() == 1 {
+            Some(self.path.segments[0].ident)
         } else {
             None
         }
@@ -256,7 +256,7 @@ impl MetaItem {
     pub fn span(&self) -> Span { self.span }
 
     pub fn check_name(&self, name: &str) -> bool {
-        self.ident == name
+        self.path == name
     }
 
     pub fn is_value_str(&self) -> bool {
@@ -273,7 +273,7 @@ impl Attribute {
     pub fn meta(&self) -> Option<MetaItem> {
         let mut tokens = self.tokens.trees().peekable();
         Some(MetaItem {
-            ident: self.path.clone(),
+            path: self.path.clone(),
             node: if let Some(node) = MetaItemKind::from_tokens(&mut tokens) {
                 if tokens.peek().is_some() {
                     return None;
@@ -319,7 +319,7 @@ impl Attribute {
 
     pub fn parse_meta<'a>(&self, sess: &'a ParseSess) -> PResult<'a, MetaItem> {
         Ok(MetaItem {
-            ident: self.path.clone(),
+            path: self.path.clone(),
             node: self.parse(sess, |parser| parser.parse_meta_item_kind())?,
             span: self.span,
         })
@@ -357,15 +357,15 @@ pub fn mk_name_value_item_str(ident: Ident, value: Spanned<Symbol>) -> MetaItem
 }
 
 pub fn mk_name_value_item(span: Span, ident: Ident, value: ast::Lit) -> MetaItem {
-    MetaItem { ident: Path::from_ident(ident), span, node: MetaItemKind::NameValue(value) }
+    MetaItem { path: Path::from_ident(ident), span, node: MetaItemKind::NameValue(value) }
 }
 
 pub fn mk_list_item(span: Span, ident: Ident, items: Vec<NestedMetaItem>) -> MetaItem {
-    MetaItem { ident: Path::from_ident(ident), span, node: MetaItemKind::List(items) }
+    MetaItem { path: Path::from_ident(ident), span, node: MetaItemKind::List(items) }
 }
 
 pub fn mk_word_item(ident: Ident) -> MetaItem {
-    MetaItem { ident: Path::from_ident(ident), span: ident.span, node: MetaItemKind::Word }
+    MetaItem { path: Path::from_ident(ident), span: ident.span, node: MetaItemKind::Word }
 }
 
 pub fn mk_nested_word_item(ident: Ident) -> NestedMetaItem {
@@ -393,7 +393,7 @@ pub fn mk_spanned_attr_inner(sp: Span, id: AttrId, item: MetaItem) -> Attribute
     Attribute {
         id,
         style: ast::AttrStyle::Inner,
-        path: item.ident,
+        path: item.path,
         tokens: item.node.tokens(item.span),
         is_sugared_doc: false,
         span: sp,
@@ -410,7 +410,7 @@ pub fn mk_spanned_attr_outer(sp: Span, id: AttrId, item: MetaItem) -> Attribute
     Attribute {
         id,
         style: ast::AttrStyle::Outer,
-        path: item.ident,
+        path: item.path,
         tokens: item.node.tokens(item.span),
         is_sugared_doc: false,
         span: sp,
@@ -461,7 +461,7 @@ impl MetaItem {
     fn tokens(&self) -> TokenStream {
         let mut idents = vec![];
         let mut last_pos = BytePos(0 as u32);
-        for (i, segment) in self.ident.segments.iter().enumerate() {
+        for (i, segment) in self.path.segments.iter().enumerate() {
             let is_first = i == 0;
             if !is_first {
                 let mod_sep_span = Span::new(last_pos,
@@ -481,7 +481,7 @@ impl MetaItem {
         where I: Iterator<Item = TokenTree>,
     {
         // FIXME: Share code with `parse_path`.
-        let ident = match tokens.next() {
+        let path = match tokens.next() {
             Some(TokenTree::Token(span, token @ Token::Ident(..))) |
             Some(TokenTree::Token(span, token @ Token::ModSep)) => 'arm: {
                 let mut segments = if let Token::Ident(ident, _) = token {
@@ -522,11 +522,11 @@ impl MetaItem {
         let node = MetaItemKind::from_tokens(tokens)?;
         let hi = match node {
             MetaItemKind::NameValue(ref lit) => lit.span.hi(),
-            MetaItemKind::List(..) => list_closing_paren_pos.unwrap_or(ident.span.hi()),
-            _ => ident.span.hi(),
+            MetaItemKind::List(..) => list_closing_paren_pos.unwrap_or(path.span.hi()),
+            _ => path.span.hi(),
         };
-        let span = ident.span.with_hi(hi);
-        Some(MetaItem { ident, node, span })
+        let span = path.span.with_hi(hi);
+        Some(MetaItem { path, node, span })
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/src/libsyntax/ext/expand.rs b/src/libsyntax/ext/expand.rs
index 46342e162cf9b..f64c49acd57e8 100644
--- a/src/libsyntax/ext/expand.rs
+++ b/src/libsyntax/ext/expand.rs
@@ -929,7 +929,7 @@ impl<'a, 'b> MacroExpander<'a, 'b> {
                 invoc.expansion_data.mark.set_expn_info(expn_info);
                 let span = span.with_ctxt(self.cx.backtrace());
                 let dummy = ast::MetaItem { // FIXME(jseyfried) avoid this
-                    ident: Path::from_ident(keywords::Invalid.ident()),
+                    path: Path::from_ident(keywords::Invalid.ident()),
                     span: DUMMY_SP,
                     node: ast::MetaItemKind::Word,
                 };
diff --git a/src/libsyntax/mut_visit.rs b/src/libsyntax/mut_visit.rs
index 802b780869597..355e7fec3c9aa 100644
--- a/src/libsyntax/mut_visit.rs
+++ b/src/libsyntax/mut_visit.rs
@@ -548,7 +548,7 @@ pub fn noop_visit_meta_list_item<T: MutVisitor>(li: &mut NestedMetaItem, vis: &m
 }
 
 pub fn noop_visit_meta_item<T: MutVisitor>(mi: &mut MetaItem, vis: &mut T) {
-    let MetaItem { ident: _, node, span } = mi;
+    let MetaItem { path: _, node, span } = mi;
     match node {
         MetaItemKind::Word => {}
         MetaItemKind::List(mis) => visit_vec(mis, |mi| vis.visit_meta_list_item(mi)),
@@ -1340,4 +1340,3 @@ mod tests {
         })
     }
 }
-
diff --git a/src/libsyntax/parse/attr.rs b/src/libsyntax/parse/attr.rs
index e7937f57002f3..711a0f1ebeb72 100644
--- a/src/libsyntax/parse/attr.rs
+++ b/src/libsyntax/parse/attr.rs
@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@ impl<'a> Parser<'a> {
         };
         Ok(if let Some(meta) = meta {
             self.bump();
-            (meta.ident, meta.node.tokens(meta.span))
+            (meta.path, meta.node.tokens(meta.span))
         } else {
             let path = self.parse_path(PathStyle::Mod)?;
             let tokens = if self.check(&token::OpenDelim(DelimToken::Paren)) ||
@@ -250,10 +250,10 @@ impl<'a> Parser<'a> {
         }
 
         let lo = self.span;
-        let ident = self.parse_path(PathStyle::Mod)?;
+        let path = self.parse_path(PathStyle::Mod)?;
         let node = self.parse_meta_item_kind()?;
         let span = lo.to(self.prev_span);
-        Ok(ast::MetaItem { ident, node, span })
+        Ok(ast::MetaItem { path, node, span })
     }
 
     crate fn parse_meta_item_kind(&mut self) -> PResult<'a, ast::MetaItemKind> {
diff --git a/src/libsyntax/parse/parser.rs b/src/libsyntax/parse/parser.rs
index bb13077627491..646307b6820df 100644
--- a/src/libsyntax/parse/parser.rs
+++ b/src/libsyntax/parse/parser.rs
@@ -2318,7 +2318,7 @@ impl<'a> Parser<'a> {
         let meta_ident = match self.token {
             token::Interpolated(ref nt) => match **nt {
                 token::NtMeta(ref meta) => match meta.node {
-                    ast::MetaItemKind::Word => Some(meta.ident.clone()),
+                    ast::MetaItemKind::Word => Some(meta.path.clone()),
                     _ => None,
                 },
                 _ => None,
diff --git a/src/libsyntax/print/pprust.rs b/src/libsyntax/print/pprust.rs
index 49e3fad4af0ff..0fb8de984a95c 100644
--- a/src/libsyntax/print/pprust.rs
+++ b/src/libsyntax/print/pprust.rs
@@ -781,15 +781,15 @@ pub trait PrintState<'a> {
     fn print_meta_item(&mut self, item: &ast::MetaItem) -> io::Result<()> {
         self.ibox(INDENT_UNIT)?;
         match item.node {
-            ast::MetaItemKind::Word => self.print_attribute_path(&item.ident)?,
+            ast::MetaItemKind::Word => self.print_attribute_path(&item.path)?,
             ast::MetaItemKind::NameValue(ref value) => {
-                self.print_attribute_path(&item.ident)?;
+                self.print_attribute_path(&item.path)?;
                 self.writer().space()?;
                 self.word_space("=")?;
                 self.print_literal(value)?;
             }
             ast::MetaItemKind::List(ref items) => {
-                self.print_attribute_path(&item.ident)?;
+                self.print_attribute_path(&item.path)?;
                 self.popen()?;
                 self.commasep(Consistent,
                               &items[..],
diff --git a/src/libsyntax/test.rs b/src/libsyntax/test.rs
index 3afd55899c8f6..0c1a292a937db 100644
--- a/src/libsyntax/test.rs
+++ b/src/libsyntax/test.rs
@@ -439,7 +439,7 @@ fn get_test_runner(sd: &errors::Handler, krate: &ast::Crate) -> Option<ast::Path
                 "#![test_runner(..)] accepts exactly 1 argument").raise()
         }
         match meta_list[0].meta_item() {
-            Some(meta_item) if meta_item.is_word() => meta_item.ident.clone(),
+            Some(meta_item) if meta_item.is_word() => meta_item.path.clone(),
             _ => sd.span_fatal(test_attr.span, "`test_runner` argument must be a path").raise()
         }
     })