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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
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
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
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
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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