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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | society, area of people |
| Synonyms: | association, body politic, center, colony, commonality, commonwealth, company, district, general public, hamlet, locality, nation, neck of the woods, neighborhood, people, populace, public, residents, society, state, stomping ground, territory, turf |
| Main Entry: | environment |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | surroundings, atmosphere |
| Synonyms: | ambiance, aura, backdrop, background, circumstances, climate, conditions, context, domain, element, encompassment, entourage, habitat, hood, jungle*, locale, medium, milieu, neck of the woods, neighborhood, purlieus, scene, scenery, setting, situation, status, stomping ground, surroundings, terrain, territory, turf, zoo |
| Notes: | environment emerged linked with nature, implying 'natural' (not human, not cultural) surroundings; ecology emerged as a scientific effort to connect organisms (such as the human) to their environments environment is the area in which something exists or lives; habitat is a the place or type of place where a person or thing is most likely to be found |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | habitat/habitation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | place where someone resides |
| Synonyms: | abode, accommodations, address, apartment, berth, biosphere, cave, co-op, commorancy, condo, condominium, den, digs, domicile, dwelling, element, environment, fireside, flat, haunt*, haven, hearth, hole*, home, home plate, homestead, house, housing, locale, locality, lodging, neck of the woods, nest, nook, occupancy, occupation, pad, place, quarters, range, residence, residency, roof*, roost, seat*, settlement, site, stamping ground, stomping ground, surroundings, terrain, territory, turf |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | hangout |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | place for socializing |
| Synonyms: | bar, den*, dive*, haunt*, home, honky-tonk, joint*, purlieu, resort, stomping ground, watering hole |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | haunt |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | place for socializing |
| Synonyms: | abode, bar, clubhouse, cubbyhole, den, dwelling, gathering place, habitat, hangout, headquarters, home, lair, living quarters, locality, meeting place, niche, place, purlieu, range, rendezvous, resort, retreat, site, stomping ground, trysting place, watering hole |
| Main Entry: | home |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | birthplace, environment |
| Synonyms: | abode, camping ground, country, element, family, farm, fireside, habitat, habitation, haunt, haven, hearth, hills, home ground, homeland, homestead, hometown, household, land, locality, neck of the woods, neighborhood, range, roof, site, soil, stamping ground, stomping ground, territory |
| Notes: | hone means to sharpen, while home (in) means to seek out a target; you can hone a skill but you home in on something a house is the building or structure in which one lives; home is the place one lives with the pleasant connotations or family ties included |
| Main Entry: | locale/locality |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | physical setting |
| Synonyms: | area, bailiwick, belt, district, domain, haunt, hole, home, location, locus, neck of the woods, neighborhood, place, position, region, scene, sector, site, sphere, spot, stage, stomping ground, territory, theater, tract, turf, venue, vicinity, zone |
| Main Entry: | neighborhood |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | community, surroundings |
| Synonyms: | adjacency, area, block, closeness, confines, contiguity, district, environs, ghetto, hood, jungle*, locale, locality, nearness, neck of the woods, parish, part, precinct, propinquity, proximity, purlieus, quarter, region, section, slum, stomping ground, street, suburb, territory, tract, turf, vicinage, vicinity, ward, zone, zoo |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | quarter |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | area, neighborhood |
| Synonyms: | barrio, bearing, direction, district, division, domain, ghetto, inner city, locality, location, neck of the woods, old town, part, place, point, position, precinct, province, region, section, sector, side, skid row, slum, spot, station, stomping ground, territory, turf, zone, zoo |
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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