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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | range, magnitude |
| Synonyms: | admeasurement, ambit, amount, amplitude, area, bounds, breadth, bulk, capaciousness, compass, degree, dimensions, duration, elbowroom, expanse, expansion, extension, intensity, leeway, length, limit, mass, matter, measure, neighborhood, orbit, order, period of time, play, proliferation, proportions, purview, quantity, radius, reach, scope, size, space, spaciousness, span, sphere, stretch, sweep, term, territory, time, tract, tune, vicinity, volume, wideness, width |
| Main Entry: | margin |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | border; room around something |
| Synonyms: | allowance, bound, boundary, brim, brink, compass, confine, edge, elbowroom, extra, field, frame, hem, latitude, leeway, limit, lip, perimeter, periphery, play, rim, scope, selvage, shore, side, skirt, space, surplus, trimming, verge |
| Antonyms: | center, core, interior |
| Main Entry: | play |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | latitude, range |
| Synonyms: | action, activity, elbowroom, exercise, give, leeway, margin, motion, movement, operation, room, scope, space, sweep, swing, working* |
| Antonyms: | extreme |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | range |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | sphere, distance, extent |
| Synonyms: | ambit, amplitude, area, bounds, circle, compass, confines, diapason, dimension, dimensions, domain, earshot, elbowroom, expanse, extension, extensity, field, gamut, hearing, ken, latitude, leeway, length, limits, magnitude, matter, neighborhood, orbit, order, panorama, parameters, play, province, purview, radius, reach, realm, run, run of, scope, space, span, spectrum, sphere, spread, stretch, sweep, swing, territory, tune, vicinity, width |
| Antonyms: | extreme |
| Main Entry: | room |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | space, range |
| Synonyms: | allowance, area, capacity, chance, clearance, compass, elbowroom, expanse, extent, latitude, leeway, license, margin, occasion, opening, opportunity, place, play, range, reach, rein, rope, scope, sway, sweep, territory, vastness, volume |
| Main Entry: | space |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | room, scope |
| Synonyms: | amplitude, area, arena, blank, breadth, capacity, compass, distance, elbowroom, expanse, expansion, extension, extent, field, gap, headroom, headway, infinity, interval, lacuna, leeway, location, margin, omission, play, range, reach, slot, spaciousness, sphere, spot, spread, stretch, territory, tract, turf, volume, zone |
| Main Entry: | way |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | direction, route |
| Synonyms: | access, admission, admittance, advance, alternative, approach, artery, avenue, bearing, boulevard, byway, channel, course, distance, door, drag*, elbowroom, entrance, entry, entrée, extent, forward motion, gate, gateway, headway, highway, ingress, journey, lane, length, line, march, movement, opening, orbit, passage, path, pathway, progress, progression, ride, road, room, row, space, stone's throw, street, stretch, tendency, thataway, thoroughfare, track, trail, trend, walk |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | sea room |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | open space |
| Synonyms: | elbowroom, leeway, wide berth |
| Main Entry: | independency |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | freedom |
| Synonyms: | abandon, abandonment, ability, autonomy, bent, carte blanche, compass, discretion, elbowroom, exemption, facility, flexibility, free rein, full play, full swing, immunity, independence, indulgence, laissez faire, latitude, laxity, leeway, liberty, margin, opportunity, own accord, play, plenty of rope, power, prerogative, privilege, profligacy, rampancy, range, rein, right, rope, scope, self-government, sovereignty, sweep, swing, unrestraint |
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