enclave

Main Entry:
dominion [duh-min-yuhn]
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: reservation
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: habitat for large group
Synonyms: enclave, homeland, preserve, reserve, sanctuary, territory, tract
Main Entry: surround
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: enclose, encircle something
Synonyms: beleaguer, beset, besiege, blockade, border, bound, box in, circle, circumscribe, circumvent, close around, close in, close in on, compass, confine, edge, enclave, encompass, envelop, environ, fence in, fringe, gird, girdle, go around, hem in, inundate, invest, lay siege to, limit, loop, margin, outline, rim, ring, round, shut in, skirt, verge
Antonyms: free, let go, release
Main Entry: territory
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: domain, region
Synonyms: area, belt, block, boundary, colony, commonwealth, country, district, dominion, empire, enclave, exclave, expanse, extent, field, land, mandate, nation, neck of the woods, neighborhood, province, quarter, section, sector, sphere, state, stomping grounds, street, terrain, terrene, township, tract, turf*, walk, zone
Concept Thesaurus
Concept: Island.
Category: 2. Fluid matter; specific fluids
Synonyms:
-nouns
island, isle, islet, eyot, ait, holf, reef, atoll, breaker; archipelago; islander.
-adjectives
insular, seagirt; archipelagic.
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