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precinct - 20 thesaurus results
| Main Entry: | precinct |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | subdivision |
| Synonyms: | area, community, department, development, district, division, neighborhood, province, quarter, section, tract, ward, zone |
| Main Entry: | boundary |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | outer limit |
| Synonyms: | ambit, barrier, beginning, border, borderline, brink, circumference, compass, confines, edge, end, environs, extent, extremity, frame, fringe, frontier, hem, horizon, line, march, margin, mark, mere, mete, outline, outpost, pale, perimeter, periphery, precinct, radius, rim, side, skirt, terminal, termination, verge, abuttals, borderland, bounds, circumscription, limits, line of demarcation, purlieus, terminus |
| Antonyms: | inside, interior, minimum |
| Main Entry: | bound/bounds |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | farthest limit |
| Synonyms: | boundary, compass, confine, edge, end, environs, extremity, fringe, limit, limitation, line, march, margin, pale, periphery, precinct, rim, term, termination, verge, purlieus |
| Antonyms: | inside, interior, minimum |
| Main Entry: | compass |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | boundary, periphery |
| Synonyms: | ambit, area, bound, circle, circuit, circumference, confines, domain, enclosure, environs, expanse, extent, field, limit, limitation, orbit, perimeter, precinct, radius, range, reach, realm, restriction, round, scope, sphere, stretch, sweep, zone, circumscription, purlieus, purview |
| Main Entry: | confines |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | boundaries |
| Synonyms: | circumference, compass, country, dimension, edge, end, environs, extent, orbit, periphery, precinct, proportions, radius, range, reach, region, scope, sweep, term, terrain, territory, borders, bounds, limits, purlieus, purview |
| Antonyms: | open |
| Main Entry: | constituency |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | voting public |
| Synonyms: | body politic, city, county, district, electorate, faction, nation, people, precinct, state, system, ward, balloters, body of voters, citizenry, electors, voters, voting area |
| Main Entry: | district |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | geographical area |
| Synonyms: | commune, community, department, locale, neck of the woods, neighborhood, parcel, parish, precinct, quarter, region, section, sector, territory, turf*, vicinity, ward, locality, stomping ground, vicinage |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | environs |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | neighborhood |
| Synonyms: | bound, boundary, compass, confine, district, outskirts, precinct, suburb, surroundings, territory, turf, vicinity, fringes, limits, locality, purlieus |
| Main Entry: | municipality |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | city |
| Synonyms: | borough, community, district, metropolis, precinct, town, village, township |
| Main Entry: | neighborhood |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | community, surroundings |
| Synonyms: | area, block, closeness, confines, district, environs, ghetto, hood, jungle*, locale, nearness, neck of the woods, parish, part, precinct, propinquity, proximity, quarter, region, section, slum, street, suburb, territory, tract, turf, vicinity, ward, zone, zoo, adjacency, contiguity, locality, purlieus, stomping ground, vicinage |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | region |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | area, domain; scope |
| Synonyms: | arena, bailiwick, belt, block, clearing, country, district, division, domain, dominion, environs, expanse, field, ghetto, ground, inner city, jungle, land, locale, neighborhood, part, place, precinct, province, quarter, range, realm, scene, section, sector, sphere, suburb, terrain, territory, tract, turf*, vicinity, walk, ward, world, zone, demesne, locality, neck of woods, shire, stomping ground |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | section |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | division, portion |
| Synonyms: | area, belt, bite, branch, category, chunk, classification, component, cross section, cut, department, district, drag, end, field, fraction, fragment, hunk, installment, lump, member, moiety, parcel, part, passage, piece, precinct, quarter, region, sample, sector, segment, share, slice, slot, sphere, split, subdivision, territory, tier, tract, vicinity, zone, locality |
| Notes: | an elevation is a two-dimensional scale drawing of something as if one were viewing it from one side; a section is a two-dimensional scale drawing of one part or detail of an object or structure; and a plan is a two-dimensional scale drawing showing the view of an object or structure as if one were looking down on it from above a part is any of the components of a whole; a portion is a part allotted to or regarded as belonging to someone; a piece is a part separated from the whole; a division is a part formed by classifying, cutting, partitioning - and so is a section, though it is generally smaller; a segment is a part separated along natural lines of division; a fragment is a small part, usually broken off |
| Antonyms: | whole |
| Main Entry: | sector |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | area, subdivision |
| Synonyms: | category, district, division, part, precinct, quarter, region, stratum, zone |
| Antonyms: | whole |
| Main Entry: | suburb |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | neighborhood outside of but reliant on nearby large city |
| Synonyms: | bedroom community, country, countryside, environs, fringe, hamlet, hinterland, outpost, outskirts, precinct, purlieu, village, burb, outlying area, residential area, slub, suburbia |
| Antonyms: | center, metropolis |
| Main Entry: | vicinity |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | local area |
| Synonyms: | around*, district, environment, environs, hood, nearness, neck of the woods, neighborhood, precinct, propinquity, proximity, range, region, surroundings, territory, turf*, ballpark, locality, pretty near, purlieus, vicinage |
| Antonyms: | faraway |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | borough |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | incorporated municipality smaller than a city |
| Synonyms: | community, district, precinct, ward |
| Main Entry: | department |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | section of organization, area |
| Synonyms: | administration, agency, area, arena, beat, board, branch, bureau, canton, circuit, commission, commune, constituency, division, force, office, parish, precinct, quarter, range, staff, station, subdivision, territory, tract, unit, ward |
| Main Entry: | enclosure |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | area bounded by something |
| Synonyms: | asylum, aviary, bowl, building, cage, camp, cell, close, coliseum, coop, corral, court, courtyard, den, dungeon, garden, ghetto, hutch, jail, pale, park, patch, pen, place, plot, pound, precinct, prison, quad, quadrangle, region, room, stadium, stockade, sty, vault, walk, yard, zone |
| Antonyms: | open |
| Main Entry: | ward |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | district |
| Synonyms: | area, canton, department, diocese, division, parish, precinct, quarter, territory, zone |
| Main Entry: | area |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | region, district |
| Synonyms: | belt, block, city, county, division, domain, dominion, enclosure, field, kingdom, neck of the woods, neighborhood, parcel, patch, plot, precinct, quarter, section, sector, sphere, square, state, stretch, territory, tract, turf, vicinity, ward, zone, locality, principality, township |
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