Nearby Words
| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | range |
| Synonyms: | area, catalogue, compass, diapason, extent, field, panorama, scale, scope, series, spectrum, sweep |
| Notes: | gamut is a complete extent or range; gauntlet is a form of punishment or torture in which a person is forced to run between two lines of people facing each other and armed with clubs, whips, and other weapons to beat the victim, or to offer or accept a challenge, or a protective glove with long sleeve |
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| 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: | range |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | order, series |
| Synonyms: | assortment, chain, class, collection, file, gamut, kind, line, lot, rank, row, selection, sequence, sort, string, tier, variety |
| Antonyms: | part |
| Main Entry: | reach |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | extent, range; stretch |
| Synonyms: | ability, ambit, capacity, command, compass, distance, extension, gamut, grasp, horizon, influence, jurisdiction, ken, latitude, magnitude, mastery, orbit, play, power, purview, radius, scope, spread, sweep, swing |
| Antonyms: | limitation |
| Main Entry: | scale |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | graduated system |
| Synonyms: | calibration, computation, degrees, extent, gamut, gradation, hierarchy, ladder, order, pecking order, progression, proportion, range, ranking, rate, ratio, reach, register, rule, scope, sequence, series, spectrum, spread, steps, system, way |
| Notes: | octave is the distance covered by any eight notes of a scale; a scale is a series of eight notes played in alphabetical order |
| Main Entry: | stretch |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | expanse |
| Synonyms: | amplitude, area, branch, breadth, bridge, compass, dimension, distance, expansion, extension, extent, gamut, length, orbit, proliferation, purview, radius, range, reach, region, scope, space, span, spread, sweep, tract, wing |
| Main Entry: | spectrum |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | range |
| Synonyms: | compass, extent, field, gamut, scale, scope, span, sweep |
| Main Entry: | purview |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | range |
| Synonyms: | ambit, amplitude, area, bounds, circle, compass, confines, diapason, dimension, dimensions, domain, earshot, elbowroom, expanse, extension, extensity, extent, field, gamut, hearing, ken, latitude, leeway, length, limits, magnitude, matter, neighborhood, orbit, order, panorama, parameters, play, province, radius, reach, realm, run, run of, scope, space, span, spectrum, sphere, spread, stretch, sweep, swing, territory, tune, vicinity, width |
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| Main Entry: | breadth |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
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