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territory - 20 thesaurus results
| 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: | colony |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | community |
| Synonyms: | clearing, dependency, dominion, mandate, offshoot, outpost, possession, province, satellite, settlement, swarm, territory, antecedents, new land, protectorate, subject state |
| 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: | 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: | domain |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | area of expertise, rule |
| Synonyms: | authority, bailiwick, concern, department, discipline, district, dominion, empire, estate, field, jurisdiction, land, neck of the woods, occupation, orbit*, power, province, quarter, realm, region, scope, slot, specialty, sphere, terrain, territory, turf, walk, wing, demesne, home park, stomping grounds |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | dominion |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | area of rule; authority |
| Synonyms: | ascendancy, authorization, bailiwick, command, commission, control, country, district, domain, dominance, domination, empire, field, government, jurisdiction, management, power, prerogative, privilege, property, province, realm, regency, regiment, regimentation, region, reign, rule, seniority, sovereignty, sphere, state, supremacy, sway, terrain, territory, turf, walk, demesne, enclave, preeminence, prepotence, prepotency, stomping grounds |
| Antonyms: | outside |
| Main Entry: | environment |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | surroundings, atmosphere |
| Synonyms: | aura, backdrop, background, circumstances, climate, conditions, context, domain, element, entourage, habitat, hood*, jungle*, locale, medium, milieu, neck of the woods, neighborhood, scene, scenery, setting, situation, status, surroundings, terrain, territory, turf, zoo, ambiance, encompassment, purlieus, stomping ground |
| 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 |
* = 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: | expanse |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | large space, usually open |
| Synonyms: | area, belt, breadth, compass, distance, domain, extension, extent, field, immensity, latitude, length, margin, orbit, plain, radius, range, reach, region, room, scope, span, sphere, spread, stretch, sweep, territory, tract, width, wilderness, amplitude, remoteness, uninterrupted space |
| Main Entry: | extent |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | range, magnitude |
| Synonyms: | ambit, amount, area, breadth, bulk, capaciousness, compass, degree, dimensions, duration, expanse, expansion, extension, intensity, leeway, length, limit, mass, matter, measure, neighborhood, orbit, order, play, proliferation, proportions, quantity, radius, reach, scope, size, space, span, sphere, stretch, sweep, term, territory, time, tract, tune, vicinity, volume, width, admeasurement, amplitude, bounds, elbowroom*, period of time, purview, spaciousness, wideness |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | habitat/habitation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | place where someone resides |
| Synonyms: | abode, accommodations, address, apartment, berth, cave, condominium, den, domicile, dwelling, element, environment, flat, haunt*, haven, hearth, hole*, home, home plate, house, housing, locale, lodging, neck of the woods, nest, nook, occupancy, occupation, pad*, place, quarters, range, residence, roof*, roost*, seat*, settlement, site, stamping ground*, surroundings, terrain, territory, turf, biosphere, co-op, commorancy, condo, digs, fireside, homestead, locality, residency, stomping ground |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | jurisdiction |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | area of authority |
| Synonyms: | administration, arbitration, area, authority, bailiwick, circuit, command, commission, compass, confines, control, discretion, district, domination, dominion, empire, extent, field, hegemony, influence, inquisition, might, orbit, power, prerogative, province, range, reach, reign, right, rule, say, scope, slot, sovereignty, sphere, supervision, sway, territory, turf*, zone, bounds, judicature, limits, magistracy, purview, stomping grounds |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | kingdom |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | historically, an area ruled by a monarch |
| Synonyms: | commonwealth, country, county, crown, division, domain, dominion, dynasty, empire, field, monarchy, nation, province, realm, reign, rule, scepter, sovereignty, sphere, state, sway, territory, throne, tract, lands, possessions, principality, suzerainty |
| Main Entry: | land |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | earth's surface; ownable property |
| Synonyms: | acreage, area, beach, continent, country, countryside, dirt, district, earth, estate, expanse, extent, farming, field, ground, grounds, home, homeland, mainland, manor, nation, parcel, plot, province, purlieu, quarry, ranch, real estate, region, shore, sod, soil, stretch, sweep, terra firma, terrain, territory, tract, acres, farmland, holding, loam, old sod, quinta, realty, tillage |
| Antonyms: | sea, sky |
| 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: | 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: | parish |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | congregation of a church |
| Synonyms: | church, community, flock*, fold*, territory, archdiocese, bethel, churchgoers, parishioners |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | province |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | area of rule, responsibility |
| Synonyms: | arena, bailiwick, business, calling, canton, capacity, charge, colony, concern, county, department, dependency, district, division, domain, dominion, duty, employment, field, function, jurisdiction, line, office, orbit, part, post, pursuit, realm, region, role, section, sphere, terrain, territory, tract, walk, work, zone, champaign, demesne, shire |
| Main Entry: | realm |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | area of responsibility or rule |
| Synonyms: | branch, compass, country, department, dimension, domain, dominion, empire, expanse, extent, field, ground, kingdom, land, monarchy, neck of the woods, neighborhood, orbit, place, province, radius, range, reach, region, scope, sphere, state, sweep, territory, turf*, world, zone, principality, purview, stomping grounds |
* = 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
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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