Range definition

Range as a noun

1. an area in which something acts or operates or has power or control:

   "a piano has a greater range than the human voice"

   Same sense: reach, scope, orbit, compass, ambit

2. the limits within which something can be effective

   "range of motion"

   Same sense: reach

3. a large tract of grassy open land on which livestock can graze

   "they used to drive the cattle across the open range every spring"

4. a series of hills or mountains

   "the valley was between two ranges of hills"

   Same sense: chain, mountain range, range of mountains, mountain chain, chain of mountains

5. a place for shooting (firing or driving) projectiles of various kinds

   "the army maintains a missile range in the desert"

6. a variety of different things or activities

   "he answered a range of questions"

7. (mathematics) the set of values of the dependent variable for which a function is defined

   Same sense: image, range of a function

8. the limit of capability

   Same sense: reach, grasp, compass

9. a kitchen appliance used for cooking food

   Same sense: kitchen range, stove, kitchen stove, cooking stove

Range as a verb

10. change or be different within limits

    "Estimates for the losses in the earthquake range as high as $2 billion"

    Same sense: run

11. move about aimlessly or without any destination, often in search of food or employment

    Same sense: cast, roll, swan, drift, stray, wander, roam, tramp

12. have a range; be capable of projecting over a certain distance, as of a gun

    "This gun ranges over two miles"

13. range or extend over; occupy a certain area

    Same sense: straddle

14. lay out orderly or logically in a line or as if in a line

    Same sense: set out, lay out, array

15. feed as in a meadow or pasture

    Same sense: crop, browse, pasture, graze

16. let eat

    "range the animals in the prairie"

17. assign a rank or rating to

    Same sense: place, order, rate, grade, rank

Synonyms and antonyms

• reach
• scope
• orbit
• compass
• ambit
• chain
• mountain range
• range of mountains
• mountain chain
• chain of mountains
• image
• range of a function
• grasp
• kitchen range
• stove
• kitchen stove
• cooking stove
• run definition
• cast
• roll
• swan
• drift
• stray
• wander

How to say range

Range has 1 syllable and rhymes with change. Syllable counts and rhymes come from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary.

Words that rhyme with range

• change
• exchange
• strange
• arrange
• interchange
• grange
• rearrange
• midrange
• mange
• estrange
• downrange
• shortchange

RANGE in word games

Scrabble

6

Words With Friends

8

Anagrams

2

Is RANGE a valid Scrabble word? Yes, it is in the ENABLE list most word games use. Check RANGE in the word checker, or unscramble RANGE to see its 2 anagrams and the shorter words in its letters.