| Main Entry: | scenery |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | surroundings |
Synonyms: |
backdrop, decor, flat, flats, furnishings, furniture, landscape, mise en scène, neighborhood, properties, props, prospect, set, setting, spectacle, sphere, stage set, stage setting, terrain, view, vista |
| Main Entry: | countryside |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | non-city environment |
Synonyms: |
back roads, boonies, country, environment, land, landscape, non-urban area, scenery, setting, sticks, surroundings, terrain |
| 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 |
| Main Entry: | landscape |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | countryside; picture of countryside |
Synonyms: |
mural, outlook, painting, panorama, photograph, prospect, scene, scenery, sketch, view, vista |
| Main Entry: | nature |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | earth, creation |
Synonyms: |
cosmos, country, countryside, environment, forest, generation, landscape, macrocosm, megacosm, natural history, outdoors, scenery, seascape, setting, universe, view, world |
| Main Entry: | panorama |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | scene, horizon |
Synonyms: |
bird's-eye view, compass, dimension, diorama, extent, orbit, overview, perspective, picture, prospect, purview, radius, range, reach, scenery, scenic view, scope, spectacle, survey, sweep, view, vista |
| Main Entry: | scene |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | setting of a performance or event |
Synonyms: |
arena, backdrop, background, blackout, display, exhibition, flat, flats, landscape, locale, locality, location, mise en scène, outlook, pageant, picture, place, representation, scenery, seascape, set, setting, show, sight, site, spectacle, spot, stage, tableau, theater, view |
| Main Entry: | set |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | stage setting |
Synonyms: |
flats, mise en scène, scene, scenery, setting, stage set |
| Main Entry: | stage |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | theater platform; theater life |
Synonyms: |
Broadway, arena, boards, dais, drama, footlights, frame, legit, limelight, mise-en-scène, off-Broadway, play, scaffold, scaffolding, scene, scenery, set, setting, show biz, show business, spotlight, stage set, staging, theater |
| Main Entry: | vista |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | view |
Synonyms: |
field of vision, glimpse, landscape, look, outline, panorama, perspective, scene, scenery, seascape, sight, vision |