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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | neighborhood outside of but reliant on nearby large city |
| Synonyms: | bedroom community, burb, country, countryside, environs, fringe, hamlet, hinterland, outlying area, outpost, outskirts, precinct, purlieu, residential area, slub, suburbia, village |
| Antonyms: | center, metropolis |
| Main Entry: | hamlet |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | small village |
| Synonyms: | community, crossroads, district, small town, suburb |
| 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: | outskirts |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | edge of a geographic area |
| Synonyms: | bedroom community, border, boundary, edge, environs, limit, outpost, periphery, purlieu, purlieus, sticks, suburb, suburbia, vicinity |
| Antonyms: | center, downtown |
| Main Entry: | place |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | location with purpose, function |
| Synonyms: | abode, accommodation, apartment, area, berth, city, community, compass, corner, country, distance, district, domicile, dwelling, field, habitat, hamlet, hangout, hole*, home, house, joint, latitude, lay, locale, locality, locus, longitude, neighborhood, niche, nook, pad, part, plant, point, position, property, quarter, region, reservation, residence, room, seat, section, site, situation, spot, station, stead, suburb, town, venue, vicinity, village, volume, whereabouts, zone |
| Notes: | in horse racing results, there is win, place, show, and also-ran |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | region |
| 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: | village |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | small town |
| Synonyms: | center, crossroads, hamlet, suburb |
| Main Entry: | bedroom community |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | commuters' suburb |
| Synonyms: | bedroom suburb, residential community, satellite, suburb |
| Main Entry: | locality |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | neighborhood |
| Synonyms: | adjacency, area, belt, block, closeness, confines, contiguity, district, environs, ghetto, hood, jungle*, locale, 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 |
| Notes: | a location is a place, a locality is an area within a place, and a locale is a place regarded as an environment |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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