Synonyms for place
Another word for place is spot, topographic point or property. Below are 14 synonyms and 30 related words across 12 senses.
Also searched as: placer, places, placing.
1. noun: a point located with respect to surface features of some region
- spot synonyms
- topographic point
2. noun: any area set aside for a particular purpose
- property synonyms
3. noun: an abstract mental location
4. noun: a general vicinity
5. noun: the post or function properly or customarily occupied or served by another
- position synonyms
- lieu
- stead
6. noun: a particular situation
- shoes
7. noun: where you live at a particular time
8. noun: a job in an organization
- post synonyms
- office synonyms
- position synonyms
- situation synonyms
- berth synonyms
9. noun: the particular portion of space occupied by something
10. noun: proper or designated social situation
- station synonyms
11. noun: a space reserved for sitting (as in a theater or on a train or airplane)
- seat synonyms
12. noun: the passage that is being read
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.
- high synonyms
- end synonyms
- top synonyms
- point synonyms
- stop synonyms
- service area
- holy synonyms
- target synonyms
- holy place
- target area
- place of birth
- zone synonyms
- pool synonyms
- crown synonyms
- tip synonyms
- center synonyms
- centre synonyms
- colony
- geographic area
- sanctuary synonyms
- geographic region
- geographical area
- geographical region
- hatchery
- boatyard
- level synonyms
- knowledge
- layer synonyms
- cognition
- stratum
Place in word games
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Questions people ask
What is another word for place?
You can say spot, topographic point, property, position or lieu instead of place. Which one fits depends on the sense; the first sense above means "a point located with respect to surface features of some region".
What is the opposite of place?
WordNet lists no direct antonym for place; the nearest opposites depend on which sense you mean.
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