Synonyms: field, field of study, study, subject, subject area, subject field, bailiwick, discipline
Definition: a branch of knowledge
Usage: in what discipline is his doctorate?; teachers should be well trained in their subject; anthropology is the study of human beings
Similar words: domain, knowledge base, knowledge domain
Definition: the content of a particular field of knowledge
Synonyms: bailiwick
Definition: the area over which a bailiff has jurisdiction
Similar words: jurisdiction
Definition: in law; the territory within which power can be exercised