purlieus

NOUN

environs

Synonyms

STRONGEST

suburb surroundings vicinity

STRONG

bound boundary compass confine district fringes limits locality outskirts precinct territory turf

NOUN

neighborhood

Synonyms

STRONGEST

area block district parish part precinct region section street suburb territory zone

STRONG

adjacency closeness confines contiguity environs hood jungle locale locality nearness propinquity proximity quarter tract turf vicinity ward zoo

WEAK

neck of the woods stomping ground vicinage

Antonyms

STRONGEST

whole

STRONG

distance remoteness

NOUN

outskirts

Synonyms

STRONGEST

periphery

STRONG

border boundary edge environs limit outpost purlieu sticks suburb suburbia vicinity

WEAK

bedroom community

Antonyms

STRONG

center inside interior middle

WEAK

downtown

NOUN

vicinity

Synonyms

STRONGEST

environs neighborhood proximity

STRONG

ballpark district environment hood locality nearness precinct propinquity range region surroundings territory turf

WEAK

around neck of the woods pretty near vicinage

Antonyms

WEAK

faraway

NOUN

bound/bounds

Synonyms

WEAK

boundary compass confine edge end environs extremity fringe limit limitation line march margin pale periphery precinct rim term termination verge

Antonyms

WEAK

inside interior minimum

NOUN

boundary

Synonyms

STRONGEST

barrier border borderline bounds confines edge frontier horizon line perimeter

STRONG

ambit beginning borderland brink circumference circumscription compass end environs extent extremity frame fringe hem limits march margin mark mere mete outline outpost pale periphery precinct radius rim side skirt terminal termination terminus verge

WEAK

abuttals line of demarcation

Antonyms

STRONGEST

center inside interior middle

STRONG

opening start

WEAK

minimum

NOUN

compass

Synonyms

STRONG

ambit area bound circle circuit circumference circumscription confines domain enclosure environs expanse extent field limit limitation orbit perimeter precinct purview radius range reach realm restriction round scope sphere stretch sweep zone

Antonyms

STRONG

freedom infinity inside interior middle open release

NOUN

confines

Synonyms

STRONGEST

bounds environs purview

STRONG

borders circumference compass country dimension edge end extent limits orbit periphery precinct proportions radius range reach region scope sweep term terrain territory

Antonyms

STRONG

center inside interior middle

WEAK

open

NOUN

locality

Synonyms

STRONGEST

district parish region zone

STRONG

adjacency area belt block closeness confines contiguity environs hood jungle locale nearness part precinct propinquity proximity quarter section slum street suburb territory tract turf vicinity ward zoo

WEAK

neck of the woods stomping ground vicinage

Antonyms

STRONG

distance remoteness whole

Example Sentences

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Or a cumulative juggernaut that is operating outside the purlieus of human agency.

From New York Times • Mar. 11, 2017

The people from the People's Republic are all dedicated revolutionaries, but they are also well-born intellectuals, educated elitists who have traveled widely and are no strangers to the purlieus of diplomacy.

From Time Magazine Archive

But pure imagination must have been responsible for Gary's artistic ease in inhabiting the soft purlieus of the feminine psyche otherwise occupied by Jimson's earthy early love, Sara Monday.

From Time Magazine Archive

French is still popular within the purlieus staked out by France's masterful 17th century diplomat, Cardinal Richelieu; it is used in Common Market areas * and is popular among Eastern European emissaries.

From Time Magazine Archive

“I was pricking through the purlieus of the forest after that Beast, you know, when I met with a solemn friar of orders grey, and he told me. It’s the very latest news.”

From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White

purlieus

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