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leeway - 16 thesaurus results
| Main Entry: | leeway |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | room to move, grow |
| Synonyms: | elbow room*, extent, headway, latitude, margin, play, scope, space |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | advantage |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | benefit, favored position or circumstance |
| Synonyms: | aid, ascendancy, asset, assistance, authority, avail, blessing, boon, break, choice, comfort, convenience, dominance, edge, eminence, favor, gain, good, gratification, help, hold, improvement, influence, interest, lead, leeway, leverage, luck, mastery, odds, position, power, precedence, preference, prestige, prevalence, profit, protection, recognition, resources, return, sanction, starting, superiority, support, supremacy, upper hand*, utility, wealth, expediency, leg-up, pre-eminence |
| Notes: | advantage is a relatively favorable position; superiority of means while vantage is a position, condition, or opportunity that is likely to provide superiority or an advantage |
| Antonyms: | disadvantage, drawback, handicap, hindrance, loss, obstacle, restriction |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | carte blanche |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | complete authority |
| Synonyms: | authority, blank check, franchise, free hand, free rein, freedom, grant, latitude, leeway, license, permission, prerogative, sanction, say, warrant, full authority, full power, full power, no holds barred, power of attorney, say-so, unconditional authority, unconditional right, unrestricted authority |
| Main Entry: | elbow room |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | room to maneuver |
| Synonyms: | breathing space, clearance, freedom, latitude, leeway, license, margin, play, room, space |
| Main Entry: | extent |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | range, magnitude |
| Synonyms: | ambit, amount, area, breadth, bulk, capaciousness, compass, degree, dimensions, duration, expanse, expansion, extension, intensity, leeway, length, limit, mass, matter, measure, neighborhood, orbit, order, play, proliferation, proportions, quantity, radius, reach, scope, size, space, span, sphere, stretch, sweep, term, territory, time, tract, tune, vicinity, volume, width, admeasurement, amplitude, bounds, elbowroom*, period of time, purview, spaciousness, wideness |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | latitude |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | freedom, room to move; scope |
| Synonyms: | breadth, compass, elbow room, extent, independence, indulgence, laxity, leeway, liberty, license, margin, play, range, reach, room, run, space, span, spread, sweep, swing, width, run of, unrestrictedness |
| Antonyms: | limitation, restriction |
| Main Entry: | margin |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | border; room around something |
| Synonyms: | allowance, bound, boundary, brim, brink, compass, confine, edge, extra, field, frame, hem, latitude, leeway, limit, lip, perimeter, periphery, play, rim, scope, shore, side, skirt, space, surplus, trimming, verge, elbowroom*, selvage |
| Antonyms: | center, core, interior |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | scope |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | extent or range of something |
| Synonyms: | ambit, area, breadth, capacity, compass, confines, elbow room*, extension, field, freedom, fullness, latitude, leeway, liberty, margin, opportunity, orbit, outlook, play, radius, reach, room, run, space, span, sphere, amplitude, comprehensiveness, field of reference, purview, wideness |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | slack |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | looseness, excess |
| Synonyms: | give, leeway, play, room, slowdown, slackening, slow-up |
| Antonyms: | stiffness, rigidity, tautness, tightness |
| Main Entry: | free hand |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | freedom to act and make decisions |
| Synonyms: | carte blanche, free choice, free course, free play, free scope, free will, freedom, full scope, independence, latitude, leeway, liberty, one's choice, one's discretion, one's initiative |
| Main Entry: | sea room |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | open space |
| Synonyms: | leeway, elbowroom, wide berth |
| Main Entry: | freedom |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | independence, license to do as one wants |
| Synonyms: | abandon, ability, bent, carte blanche, compass, discretion, exemption, facility, flexibility, free rein*, immunity, indulgence, latitude, laxity, leeway, liberty, margin, opportunity, play, power, prerogative, privilege, range, rein, right, rope*, scope, sweep, swing, abandonment, elbowroom*, full play, full swing, laissez faire, own accord, plenty of rope, profligacy, rampancy, unrestraint |
| Antonyms: | captivity, confinement, imprisonment, incarceration, limitation, servitude, slavery |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | range |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | sphere, distance, extent |
| Synonyms: | ambit, area, circle, compass, confines, dimension, dimensions, domain, expanse, extension, field, gamut, hearing, ken, latitude, leeway, length, magnitude, matter, neighborhood, orbit, order, panorama, play, province, radius, reach, realm, run, scope, space, span, spectrum, sphere, spread, stretch, sweep, swing, territory, tune, vicinity, width, amplitude, bounds, diapason, earshot, elbowroom*, extensity, limits, parameters, purview, run of |
| Antonyms: | extreme |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | room |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | space, range |
| Synonyms: | allowance, area, capacity, chance, clearance, compass, expanse, extent, latitude, leeway, license, margin, occasion, opening, opportunity, place, play, range, reach, rein, rope, scope, sway, sweep, territory, vastness, volume, elbowroom |
| Main Entry: | space |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | room, scope |
| Synonyms: | area, arena, blank, breadth, capacity, compass, distance, expanse, expansion, extension, extent, field, gap, headway, infinity, interval, lacuna, leeway, location, margin, omission, play, range, reach, slot, sphere, spot, spread, stretch, territory, tract, turf, volume, zone, amplitude, elbowroom, headroom, spaciousness |
| Main Entry: | play |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | latitude, range |
| Synonyms: | action, activity, exercise, give, leeway, margin, motion, movement, operation, room, scope, space, sweep, swing, working*, elbowroom* |
| Antonyms: | extreme |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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