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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | area, domain; scope |
| Synonyms: | arena, bailiwick, belt, block, clearing, country, demesne, district, division, domain, dominion, environs, expanse, field, ghetto, ground, inner city, jungle, land, locale, locality, neck of woods, neighborhood, part, place, precinct, province, quarter, range, realm, scene, section, sector, shire, sphere, stomping ground, suburb, terrain, territory, tract, turf*, vicinity, walk, ward, world, zone |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | segment |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | part of something |
| Synonyms: | articulation, bit, compartment, cut, division, member, moiety, parcel, piece, portion, section, sector, slice, subdivision, wedge |
| Notes: | a part is any of the components of a whole; a portion is a part allotted to or regarded as belonging to someone; a piece is a part separated from the whole; a division is a part formed by classifying, cutting, partitioning - and so is a section, though it is generally smaller; a segment is a part separated along natural lines of division; a fragment is a small part, usually broken off |
| Antonyms: | whole |
| Main Entry: | side |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | edge, exteriority of object |
| Synonyms: | aspect, attitude, border, bottom, boundary, direction, disposition, division, elevation, face, facet, flank, front, hand, haunch, hillside, jamb, lee, limit, loin, margin, part, perimeter, periphery, posture, quarter, rear, rim, sector, stance, stand, surface, top, verge, view, wing |
| Antonyms: | extremity, inside, middle, torso |
| Main Entry: | spot |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | location |
| Synonyms: | X marks the spot, X, hangout, hole*, joint*, layout, locality, locus, office, pad, place, plant, point, position, post, roof, scene, seat, section, sector, site, situation, slot, station, wherever |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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 |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | tract |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | area, lot |
| Synonyms: | amplitude, belt, district, estate, expanse, extent, field, parcel, part, piece, plat, plot, portion, quarter, region, section, sector, spread, stretch, zone |
| Main Entry: | zone |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | district |
| Synonyms: | area, band, belt, circuit, ground, realm, region, section, sector, segment, sphere, territory, tract |
| Main Entry: | locale |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | setting |
| Synonyms: | area, bailiwick, belt, district, domain, haunt, hole, home, locality, location, locus, neighborhood, place, position, region, scene, sector, site, sphere, spot, stage, stomping ground, territory, theater, tract, turf, venue, vicinity, zone |
| Notes: | a location is a place, a locality is an area within a place, and a locale is a place regarded as an environment |
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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| Main Entry: | district |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
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Antarctalian, Arctalian, Lutetian, Novanglian, amphigean, azonic, civil, classical, costumbrista, gerontogeous, holarctic, illocal, local, manx, orarian, parochial, provincial, sympatric, tedesco, territorial, topopolitan, transpadane
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