Domains [doh-meyn]  
Main Entry:
domain  [doh-meyn]
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: area of expertise, rule
Synonyms: authority, bailiwick, concern, demesne, department, discipline, district, dominion, empire, estate, field, home park, jurisdiction, land, neck of the woods, occupation, orbit*, power, province, quarter, realm, region, scope, slot, specialty, sphere, stomping grounds, terrain, territory, turf, walk, wing
* = informal/non-formal usage
Main Entry: arena
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: area of activity
Synonyms: battlefield, battleground, domain, field, province, realm, scene, sector, sphere, territory, theatre
Main Entry: class
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: kind, sort, category
Synonyms: branch, brand, breed, cast, caste, character, classification, collection, color, degree, denomination, department, description, designation, distinction, division, domain, estate, family, feather, frame, genre, genus, grade, grain, grouping, hierarchy, humor, ilk, kidney, league, make, mold, name, nature, order, origin, property, province, quality, range, rank, rate, school, sect, section, selection, set, source, species, sphere, standing, status, stripe, style, suit, temperament, value, variety
Main Entry: compass
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: boundary, periphery
Synonyms: ambit, area, bound, circle, circuit, circumference, circumscription, confines, domain, enclosure, environs, expanse, extent, field, limit, limitation, orbit, perimeter, precinct, purlieus, purview, radius, range, reach, realm, restriction, round, scope, sphere, stretch, sweep, zone
Main Entry: department
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: area of interest, expertise
Synonyms: activity, administration, assignment, avocation, bailiwick, berth, bureau, business, capacity, class, classification, domain, dominion, duty, field, function, incumbency, jurisdiction, line, niche, occupation, office, province, realm, responsibility, slot, specialty, sphere, spot, station, vocation, walk of life, wing
Main Entry: dominion
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: area of rule; authority
Synonyms: ascendancy, authorization, bailiwick, command, commission, control, country, demesne, district, domain, dominance, domination, empire, enclave, field, government, jurisdiction, management, power, preeminence, prepotence, prepotency, prerogative, privilege, property, province, realm, regency, regiment, regimentation, region, reign, rule, seniority, sovereignty, sphere, state, stomping grounds, supremacy, sway, terrain, territory, turf, walk
Antonyms: outside
Main Entry: element
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: place where one feels comfortable
Synonyms: domain, environment, field, habitation, medium, milieu, sphere
Antonyms: foreign land
Main Entry: empire
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: place ruled by sovereign; rule
Synonyms: authority, command, commonwealth, control, domain, dominion, federation, government, people, power, realm, sovereignty, supremacy, sway, union
Main Entry: environment
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: surroundings, atmosphere
Synonyms: ambiance, aura, backdrop, background, circumstances, climate, conditions, context, domain, element, encompassment, entourage, habitat, hood, jungle*, locale, medium, milieu, neck of the woods, neighborhood, purlieus, scene, scenery, setting, situation, status, stomping ground, surroundings, terrain, territory, turf, zoo
Notes: environment emerged linked with nature, implying 'natural' (not human, not cultural) surroundings; ecology emerged as a scientific effort to connect organisms (such as the human) to their environments
environment is the area in which something exists or lives; habitat is a the place or type of place where a person or thing is most likely to be found
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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