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| Main Entry: | sector |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | area, subdivision |
| Synonyms: | category, district, division, part, precinct, quarter, region, stratum, zone |
| Antonyms: | whole |
| 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: | locale/locality |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | physical setting |
| Synonyms: | area, bailiwick, belt, district, domain, haunt, hole, home, location, neck of the woods, neighborhood, place, position, region, scene, sector, site, sphere, spot, stage, territory, theater, tract, turf, venue, vicinity, zone, locus, stomping ground |
| 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: | segment |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | part of something |
| Synonyms: | articulation, bit, compartment, cut, division, member, moiety, parcel, piece, portion, section, sector, slice, subdivision, wedge |
| Antonyms: | whole |
| Main Entry: | territory |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | domain, region |
| Synonyms: | area, belt, block, boundary, colony, commonwealth, country, district, dominion, empire, expanse, extent, field, land, mandate, nation, neck of the woods, neighborhood, province, quarter, section, sector, sphere, state, street, terrain, tract, turf*, walk, zone, enclave, exclave, stomping grounds, terrene, township |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | tract |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | area, lot |
| Synonyms: | belt, district, estate, expanse, extent, field, parcel, part, piece, plot, portion, quarter, region, section, sector, spread, stretch, zone, amplitude, plat |
| Main Entry: | zone |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | district |
| Synonyms: | area, band, belt, circuit, ground, realm, region, section, sector, segment, sphere, territory, tract |
| Main Entry: | locale |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | setting |
| Synonyms: | area, bailiwick, belt, district, domain, haunt, hole, home, location, neighborhood, place, position, region, scene, sector, site, sphere, spot, stage, territory, theater, tract, turf, venue, vicinity, zone, locality, locus, stomping ground |
| Main Entry: | faction |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | group sharing a belief or cause |
| Synonyms: | band, bloc, bunch, cabal, camp, caucus, cell, circle, clan, clique, club, coalition, combination, combine, concern, conclave, confederacy, conspiracy, contingent, coterie, crew, crowd, design, division, entente, gang, guild, intrigue, junta, knot, lobby, machine, minority, mob, network, offshoot, outfit, partnership, party, pressure group, ring, schism, sect, section, sector, set, side, splinter group, team, unit, wing, combo, insiders |
| Antonyms: | entirety, total, whole |
| Main Entry: | part |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | piece, portion of something |
| Synonyms: | allotment, any, apportionment, articulation, atom, bit, bite, branch, chip, chunk, component, constituent, cut, department, detail, division, element, extra, factor, fraction, fragment, helping, hunk, ingredient, installment, item, limb, lot, lump, measure, member, moiety, molecule, organ, parcel, particle, partition, piece, quantum, quota, ration, scrap, section, sector, segment, share, side, slab, slice, sliver, splinter, subdivision, unit, meed, module |
| Antonyms: | whole |
| Main Entry: | side |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | edge, exteriority of object |
| Synonyms: | aspect, attitude, border, bottom, boundary, direction, disposition, division, elevation, face, facet, flank, front, hand, haunch, jamb, limit, margin, part, perimeter, periphery, posture, quarter, rear, rim, sector, stance, stand, surface, top, verge, view, wing, hillside, lee, loin |
| Antonyms: | extremity, inside, middle, torso |
| 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 |
| Main Entry: | arena |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | area of activity |
| Synonyms: | battlefield, domain, field, province, realm, scene, sector, sphere, territory, theatre, battleground |
| Main Entry: | arm |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | subdivision, annex |
| Synonyms: | affiliate, authority, block, branch, command, department, detachment, division, extension, force, offshoot, power, projection, section, sector, wing, ell |
| Antonyms: | body, division, main |
| Main Entry: | division |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | something produced from separating |
| Synonyms: | affiliate, associate, border, boundary, branch, category, chunk, class, compartment, cut, degree, demarcation, department, divide, dividend, end, fraction, fragment, head, kind, lobe, lump, member, moiety, offshoot, parcel, partition, piece, portion, ramification, section, sector, segment, share, slice, sort, split, subdivision, wedge, divider, dividing line, divvy, grouping, piece of action, rake-off |
| Antonyms: | system, whole |
| Main Entry: | quarter |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | area, neighborhood |
| Synonyms: | bearing, direction, district, division, domain, ghetto, inner city, location, neck of the woods, part, place, point, position, precinct, province, region, section, sector, side, skid row, slum, spot, station, territory, turf, zone, zoo, barrio, locality, old town, stomping ground |
| Main Entry: | spot |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | location |
| Synonyms: | hangout*, hole*, joint*, layout, office, pad, place, plant, point, position, post, roof, scene, seat, section, sector, site, situation, slot, station, X marks the spot, X*, locality, locus, wherever* |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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