| Main Entry: | milieu |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | environment, atmosphere |
Synonyms: |
ambience, ambient, background, bag, climate, element, locale, location, medium, mise-en-scène, nabe, neighborhood, place, scene, setting, space, sphere, surroundings, turf |
| Main Entry: | climate |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | mood of situation |
Synonyms: |
ambience, ambient, atmosphere, disposition, environment, feeling, medium, milieu, mise-en-scène, mood, surroundings, temper, tendency, trend |
| Main Entry: | element |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | place where one feels comfortable |
Synonyms: |
domain, environment, field, habitation, medium, milieu, sphere |
Antonyms: |
foreign land |
| 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: | medium |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | atmosphere, setting |
Synonyms: |
ambience, ambient, climate, conditions, element, habitat, influences, milieu, surroundings |
| Main Entry: | scene |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | field of interest |
Synonyms: |
arena, business, compass, culture, environment, field, milieu, setting, sphere, world |
| Main Entry: | surroundings |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | environment |
Synonyms: |
ambience, atmosphere, background, climate, community, environs, home, location, medium, milieu, neighborhood, setting, vicinity |
| Main Entry: | ambiance |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | environment |
Synonyms: |
ambience, atmosphere, climate, environs, milieu, setting, surroundings |
| Main Entry: | locality |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | environment |
Synonyms: |
ambiance, area, aura, backdrop, background, circumstances, climate, conditions, context, domain, element, encompassment, entourage, environs, habitat, hood, jungle*, locale, location, medium, milieu, neck of the woods, neighborhood, place, purlieus, scene, scenery, setting, situation, status, stomping ground, surroundings, terrain, territory, turf, vicinity, zoo |
| Main Entry: | mise en scene |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | environment |
Synonyms: |
ambiance, atmosphere, 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, world, zoo |