dictionary | A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z |
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Sounds | pley's |
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Rhymes | ace / ACE, aerospace, airspace, and 64 more rhymes in eys at the HyperDic website... |
Meaning | A point located with respect to surface features of some region. |
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Examples | "this is a nice place for a picnic" |
Synonyms | topographic point, spot |
Narrower | grave, tomb; junction; birthplace, place of birth; polling place, polling station; end; hiding place; high, heights; hole-in-the-wall; holy place, sanctum, holy; mecca; nesting place; overlook; peak, crown, crest, top, tip, summit; rendezvous; scour; service area; showplace; solitude; stop; target, target area; pool, puddle; parhelion, mock sun, sundog; sunspot, macula; facula; facula |
Broader | point |
Verbs | place; place; place |
Meaning | Any area set aside for a particular purpose. |
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Examples | "who owns this place?" |
Synonyms | property |
Narrower | sanctuary; center, centre; hatchery |
Broader | geographical area, geographic area, geographical region, geographic region |
Verbs | place |
Meaning | An abstract mental location. |
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Examples | "he has a special place in my thoughts"; "a place in my heart"; "a political system with no place for the less prominent groups" |
Narrower | level, layer, stratum |
Broader | cognition, knowledge, noesis |
Verbs | place |
Meaning | A general vicinity. |
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Examples | "He comes from a place near Chicago" |
Broader | vicinity, locality, neighborhood, neighbourhood, neck of the woods |
Meaning | The function or position properly or customarily occupied or served by another. |
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Examples | "took his place" |
Synonyms | stead, position, lieu |
Narrower | behalf |
Broader | function, office, part, role |
Meaning | A particular situation. |
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Examples | "If you were in my place what would you do?" |
Synonyms | shoes |
Broader | situation, position |
Verbs | place |
Meaning | Where you live at a particular time. |
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Examples | "your place or mine?" |
Synonyms | home |
Narrower | home away from home, home from home |
Broader | residence, abode |
Verbs | place |
Meaning | A job in an organization. |
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Synonyms | position, post, berth, office, spot, billet, situation |
Narrower | academicianship; accountantship; admiralty; ambassadorship; apostleship; apprenticeship; attorneyship; bailiffship; bishopry; cadetship; caliphate; captainship, captaincy; cardinalship; chairmanship; chancellorship; chaplaincy, chaplainship; chieftaincy, chieftainship; clerkship; commandership, commandery; comptrollership; consulship; controllership; councillorship, councilorship; counselorship, counsellorship; curacy; curatorship; custodianship; deanship, deanery; directorship; discipleship; editorship; eldership; emirate; fatherhood; fatherhood; foremanship; generalship; governorship; headship; headship; hot seat; incumbency; inspectorship; instructorship; internship; judgship, judgeship, judicature; khanate; lectureship; legation, legateship; legislatorship; librarianship; lieutenancy; magistracy, magistrature; managership; manhood; marshalship; mastership; mayoralty; messiahship; moderatorship; overlordship; pastorship, pastorate; peasanthood; praetorship; precentorship; preceptorship; prefecture; prelacy, prelature; premiership; presidency, presidentship; primateship; principalship; priorship; proconsulship, proconsulate; proctorship; professorship, chair; protectorship; public office; receivership; regency; residency; rulership; sainthood; secretaryship; senatorship; sinecure; solicitorship; speakership; stewardship; studentship; teachership; thaneship; throne; treasurership; tribuneship; viceroyship; viziership; wardenship; wardership; womanhood |
Broader | occupation, business, job, line of work, line |
Verbs | place; place; place |
Meaning | The particular portion of space occupied by a physical object. |
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Examples | "he put the lamp back in its place" |
Synonyms | position |
Attributes | right; left |
Narrower | half-mast; lead; pole position; polls; pride of place; anomaly; site, situation; setting; juxtaposition; lie; post, station; pitch; landmark; right; left; back, rear; front; stand; station; vantage |
Broader | point |
Verbs | place |
Meaning | Proper or designated social situation. |
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Examples | "he overstepped his place" |
Synonyms | station |
Narrower | niche |
Broader | social station, social status, social rank, rank |
Meaning | A space reserved for sitting (as in a theater or on a train or airplane). |
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Examples | "he sat in someone else's place" |
Synonyms | seat |
Category | airplane, aeroplane, plane; dramaturgy, dramatic art, dramatics, theater, theatre |
Narrower | perch |
Broader | space |
Meaning | The passage that is being read. |
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Examples | "he lost his place on the page" |
Broader | passage |
Meaning | Proper or appropriate position or location. |
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Examples | "a woman's place is no longer in the kitchen" |
Broader | condition, status |
Verbs | place |
Meaning | A public square with room for pedestrians. |
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Examples | "Grosvenor Place" |
Synonyms | plaza, piazza |
Broader | public square, square |
Meaning | An item on a list or in a sequence. |
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Examples | "in the second place" |
Synonyms | position |
Narrower | postposition; preposition |
Broader | item, point |
Verbs | place; place; place |
Meaning | A blank area. |
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Synonyms | space, blank space |
Part of | form |
Narrower | margin; indentation, indent, indenture |
Broader | area, expanse, surface area |
Verbs | place |
Meaning | Put into a certain place or abstract location. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something PP |
Model | They place the bags on the table |
Examples | "Place emphasis on a certain point" |
Synonyms | put, set, pose, position, lay |
Narrower | insert, enclose, inclose, stick in, put in, introduce; docket; cock; postpose; prepose; step; replace, put back; stratify; plant; intersperse; nestle, snuggle; pile; arrange, set up; superimpose, superpose, lay over; superpose; park; ensconce, settle; emplace; emplace; ship; underlay; trench; pigeonhole; shelve; jar; repose; stick, put forward; sign; middle; parallelize; butt; recess; reposition; throw, thrust; tee, tee up; rack up; coffin; bed; appose; set down, put down, place down; sow, sough, seed; misplace; juxtapose; set down; bottle; bucket; barrel; ground; pillow, rest; misplace, mislay, lose; upend; seat, sit, sit down; lay, put down, repose; stand, stand up, place upright; recline; plant, set; install, instal, put in, set up; situate, fix, posit, deposit; ladle; poise; lean; clap; rest; perch; load; cram; set; siphon; position; glycerolize, glycerolise; space; marshal; settle, settle down; throw; imbricate |
Broader | move, displace |
Nouns | placement; place; place; place |
Meaning | Place somebody in a particular situation or location. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody PP |
Examples | "he was placed on probation" |
Broader | delegate, designate, depute, assign |
Nouns | place; place; place |
Meaning | Assign a rank or rating to. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody |
Synonyms | rate, rank, range, order, grade |
Narrower | superordinate; shortlist; seed; reorder; subordinate; prioritize, prioritise; sequence; downgrade; upgrade |
Broader | judge |
Nouns | place |
Meaning | Assign a location to. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s somebody; Something ----s something |
Synonyms | locate, site |
Broader | station, post, base, send, place |
Nouns | placement; place; place |
Meaning | To arrange for. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something |
Examples | "place a phone call", "place a bet" |
Broader | order |
Meaning | Take a place in a competition. Often followed by an ordinal. |
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Pattern | Something ----s Adjective/Noun; Somebody ----s Adjective |
Synonyms | come in, come out |
Broader | rank |
Nouns | place |
Meaning | Intend (something) to move towards a certain goal. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody |
Synonyms | target, aim, direct, point |
Narrower | address; range in, home in, zero in |
Broader | aim, take, train, take aim, direct |
Nouns | place |
Meaning | Recognize as being. Establish the identity of someone or something. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody |
Synonyms | identify |
Narrower | distinguish, separate, differentiate, secern, secernate, severalize, severalise, tell, tell apart |
Broader | determine, set |
Meaning | Assign to (a job or a home). |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody PP |
Narrower | displace, uproot, deracinate |
Broader | delegate, designate, depute, assign |
Nouns | place; place |
Meaning | Locate. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something PP |
Synonyms | set, localize, localise |
Broader | stage, present, represent |
Nouns | placement; place |
Meaning | Estimate. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something |
Synonyms | put, set |
Broader | estimate, gauge, approximate, guess, judge |
Meaning | Identify the location or place of. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something |
Synonyms | localize, localise |
Broader | situate, locate |
Nouns | placement |
Meaning | Make an investment. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s something PP |
Synonyms | invest, put, commit |
Narrower | fund; roll over; shelter; tie up; speculate, job; buy into |
Broader | spend, expend, drop |
Contrary | divest, disinvest |
Meaning | Assign to a station. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody PP |
Synonyms | station, post, base, send |
Narrower | garrison; fort; locate, place, site |
Broader | move, displace |
Nouns | place |
Meaning | Finish second or better in a horse or dog race. |
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Pattern | Something ----s |
Examples | "he bet $2 on number six to place" |
Broader | race, run |
Nouns | place |
Meaning | Sing a note with the correct pitch. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something |
Broader | sing |