| Main Entry: | leeway |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | room to move, grow |
Synonyms: |
elbow room, extent, headway, latitude, margin, play, scope, space |
| 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, expediency, favor, gain, good, gratification, help, hold, improvement, influence, interest, lead, leeway, leg-up, leverage, luck, mastery, odds, position, power, pre-eminence, precedence, preference, prestige, prevalence, profit, protection, recognition, resources, return, sanction, starting, superiority, support, supremacy, upper hand, utility, wealth |
| 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 |
| Main Entry: | carte blanche |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | complete authority |
Synonyms: |
authority, blank check, franchise, free hand, free rein, freedom, full authority, full power, full power, grant, latitude, leeway, license, no holds barred, permission, power of attorney, prerogative, sanction, say, say-so, unconditional authority, unconditional right, unrestricted authority, warrant |
| 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: |
admeasurement, ambit, amount, amplitude, area, bounds, breadth, bulk, capaciousness, compass, degree, dimensions, duration, elbowroom, expanse, expansion, extension, intensity, leeway, length, limit, mass, matter, measure, neighborhood, orbit, order, period of time, play, proliferation, proportions, purview, quantity, radius, reach, scope, size, space, spaciousness, span, sphere, stretch, sweep, term, territory, time, tract, tune, vicinity, volume, wideness, width |
| Main Entry: | freedom |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | independence, license to do as one wants |
Synonyms: |
abandon, abandonment, ability, bent, carte blanche, compass, discretion, elbowroom, exemption, facility, flexibility, free rein, full play, full swing, immunity, indulgence, laissez faire, latitude, laxity, leeway, liberty, margin, opportunity, own accord, play, plenty of rope, power, prerogative, privilege, profligacy, rampancy, range, rein, right, rope, scope, sweep, swing, unrestraint |
Antonyms: |
captivity, confinement, imprisonment, incarceration, limitation, servitude, slavery |
| 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, run of, space, span, spread, sweep, swing, unrestrictedness, width |
Antonyms: |
limitation, restriction |
| Main Entry: | margin |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | border; room around something |
Synonyms: |
allowance, bound, boundary, brim, brink, compass, confine, edge, elbowroom, extra, field, frame, hem, latitude, leeway, limit, lip, perimeter, periphery, play, rim, scope, selvage, shore, side, skirt, space, surplus, trimming, verge |
Antonyms: |
center, core, interior |
| Main Entry: | play |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | latitude, range |
Synonyms: |
action, activity, elbowroom, exercise, give, leeway, margin, motion, movement, operation, room, scope, space, sweep, swing, working* |
Antonyms: |
extreme |
| Main Entry: | range |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | sphere, distance, extent |
Synonyms: |
ambit, amplitude, area, bounds, circle, compass, confines, diapason, dimension, dimensions, domain, earshot, elbowroom, expanse, extension, extensity, field, gamut, hearing, ken, latitude, leeway, length, limits, magnitude, matter, neighborhood, orbit, order, panorama, parameters, play, province, purview, radius, reach, realm, run, run of, scope, space, span, spectrum, sphere, spread, stretch, sweep, swing, territory, tune, vicinity, width |
Antonyms: |
extreme |