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tract - 20 thesaurus results
| 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: | booklet |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | pamphlet |
| Synonyms: | brochure, circular, flyer, handbill, handout, leaflet, notice, tract, mailer |
| Main Entry: | circuit |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | revolution, track, boundary |
| Synonyms: | ambit, area, circle, circulation, circumference, compass, course, cycle, district, journey, lap, limit, line, orbit, perimeter, periphery, range, region, round, route, tour, tract, turn, twirl, way, wheel, whirl, wind, winding, zone, bounds, circling, circumnavigation, circumscription, circumvolution, gyration, gyre, perambulation, turning |
| 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: | 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: | literature |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | written matter, both fictional and nonfictional |
| Synonyms: | abstract, article, biography, brochure, comment, composition, critique, discourse, discussion, disquisition, dissertation, drama, essay, exposition, history, humanities, information, leaflet, lit, lore, novel, observation, pamphlet, paper, poetry, précis, prose, report, research, story, summary, theme, thesis, tract, treatise, treatment, belles-lettres, books, classics, findings, letters, literary works, writings, written work |
| Antonyms: | speech |
| 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: | location |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | place of residence or activity |
| Synonyms: | area, district, fix*, hole, locale, neck of the woods, neighborhood, part, point, position, post, region, scene, section, site, situation, spot, station, tract, turf, venue, whereabouts, bearings, locality, locus |
| Notes: | a location is a place, a locality is an area within a place, and a locale is a place regarded as an environment |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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: | pamphlet |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | booklet |
| Synonyms: | announcement, brochure, bulletin, circular, compilation, flyer*, folder, handout, leaflet, tract, broadside, throwaway, tractate |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | park |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | land that is reserved for pleasure, recreation |
| Synonyms: | esplanade, estate, forest, garden, grass, green, grounds, lawn, lot, meadow, place, playground, plaza, square, tract, woodland, parkland, pleasure garden, recreation area, village green |
| 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: | 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: | 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 |
| Antonyms: | whole |
| Main Entry: | subdivision |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | smaller entity of whole |
| Synonyms: | class, community, development, group, subsidiary, tract, lower group, minor group, subclass |
| 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: | treatise |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | written study of a subject |
| Synonyms: | argument, book, commentary, composition, discourse, discussion, disquisition, dissertation, essay, exposition, memoir, monograph, pamphlet, paper, review, script, thesis, tract, work, writing, tractate |
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