Synonyms for area
Another word for area is country, region or field. Below are 9 synonyms and 30 related words across 6 senses.
Also searched as: areas.
1. noun: a particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography)
2. noun: a subject of study
3. noun: a part of an animal that has a special function or is supplied by a given artery or nerve
- region synonyms
4. noun: a particular environment or walk of life
- field synonyms
- arena synonyms
- domain synonyms
- orbit synonyms
- sphere synonyms
5. noun: a part of a structure having some specific characteristic or function
6. noun: the extent of a 2-dimensional surface enclosed within a boundary
- surface area
- expanse synonyms
Related words
Broader, narrower and sibling terms from the same WordNet tree. They aren't interchangeable, but one of them is often the word you wanted.
- open synonyms
- no-go area
- heart synonyms
- high country
- clear synonyms
- space synonyms
- center synonyms
- middle synonyms
- eye synonyms
- section synonyms
- scene synonyms
- safety synonyms
- centre synonyms
- block synonyms
- matter synonyms
- issue synonyms
- subject synonyms
- territory synonyms
- topic synonyms
- grey area
- gray area
- wheelhouse
- side synonyms
- body part
- quick synonyms
- pressure point
- half-moon
- ring of color
- yellow spot
- sole synonyms
Area in word games
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- Scrabble
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- Words With Friends
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- Everyday word
- Unscramble AREA
- Is AREA a word?
- Words starting with A
Questions people ask
What is another word for area?
You can say country, region, field, arena or domain instead of area. Which one fits depends on the sense; the first sense above means "a particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography)".
What is the opposite of area?
WordNet lists no direct antonym for area; the nearest opposites depend on which sense you mean.
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