Synonyms for field

Synonyms for (noun) field

Synonyms: line of business, field, field of operation

Definition: a particular kind of commercial enterprise

Usage: they are outstanding in their field

Similar words: commercial enterprise, business, business enterprise

Definition: the activity of providing goods and services involving financial and commercial and industrial aspects

Usage: computers are now widely used in business


Synonyms: airfield, field, flying field, landing field

Definition: a place where planes take off and land

Similar words: facility, installation

Definition: a building or place that provides a particular service or is used for a particular industry

Usage: the assembly plant is an enormous facility


Synonyms: field, field of view

Definition: the area that is visible (as through an optical instrument)

Similar words: visual image, visual percept

Definition: a percept that arises from the eyes; an image in the visual system


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: field

Definition: all the competitors in a particular contest or sporting event

Similar words: set

Definition: a group of things of the same kind that belong together and are so used

Usage: a set of books; a set of golf clubs; a set of teeth


Synonyms: field

Definition: all of the horses in a particular horse race

Similar words: set

Definition: a group of things of the same kind that belong together and are so used

Usage: a set of books; a set of golf clubs; a set of teeth


Synonyms: field

Definition: (mathematics) a set of elements such that addition and multiplication are commutative and associative and multiplication is distributive over addition and there are two elements 0 and 1

Usage: the set of all rational numbers is a field

Similar words: set

Definition: (mathematics) an abstract collection of numbers or symbols

Usage: the set of prime numbers is infinite


Synonyms: field

Definition: (computer science) a set of one or more adjacent characters comprising a unit of information

Similar words: set

Definition: a group of things of the same kind that belong together and are so used

Usage: a set of books; a set of golf clubs; a set of teeth


Synonyms: field, field of battle, field of honor, battlefield, battleground

Definition: a region where a battle is being (or has been) fought

Usage: they made a tour of Civil War battlefields

Similar words: piece of ground, piece of land, tract, parcel, parcel of land

Definition: an extended area of land


Synonyms: theater, theater of operations, theatre, theatre of operations, field, field of operations

Definition: a region in which active military operations are in progress

Usage: the army was in the field awaiting action; he served in the Vietnam theater for three years

Similar words: region

Definition: a large indefinite location on the surface of the Earth

Usage: penguins inhabit the polar regions


Synonyms: field

Definition: somewhere (away from a studio or office or library or laboratory) where practical work is done or data is collected

Usage: anthropologists do much of their work in the field

Similar words: region

Definition: a large indefinite location on the surface of the Earth

Usage: penguins inhabit the polar regions


Synonyms: field

Definition: a piece of land cleared of trees and usually enclosed

Usage: he planted a field of wheat

Similar words: piece of ground, piece of land, tract, parcel, parcel of land

Definition: an extended area of land


Synonyms: athletic field, playing area, playing field, field

Definition: a piece of land prepared for playing a game

Usage: the home crowd cheered when Princeton took the field

Similar words: piece of ground, piece of land, tract, parcel, parcel of land

Definition: an extended area of land


Synonyms: field

Definition: a geographic region (land or sea) under which something valuable is found

Usage: the diamond fields of South Africa

Similar words: geographic area, geographic region, geographical area, geographical region

Definition: a demarcated area of the Earth


Synonyms: plain, champaign, field

Definition: extensive tract of level open land

Usage: they emerged from the woods onto a vast open plain; he longed for the fields of his youth

Similar words: land, ground, solid ground, terra firma, dry land, earth

Definition: the solid part of the earth's surface

Usage: the plane turned away from the sea and moved back over land; the earth shook for several minutes; he dropped the logs on the ground


Synonyms: force field, field, field of force

Definition: the space around a radiating body within which its electromagnetic oscillations can exert force on another similar body not in contact with it

Similar words: physical phenomenon

Definition: a natural phenomenon involving the physical properties of matter and energy


Synonyms: orbit, field, area, arena, sphere, domain

Definition: a particular environment or walk of life

Usage: his social sphere is limited; it was a closed area of employment; he's out of my orbit

Similar words: environment

Definition: the totality of surrounding conditions

Usage: he longed for the comfortable environment of his living room


Synonyms for (verb) field

Synonyms: field

Definition: select (a team or individual player) for a game

Usage: The Buckeyes fielded a young new quarterback for the Rose Bowl

Similar words: select, choose, take, pick out

Definition: pick out, select, or choose from a number of alternatives

Usage: Take any one of these cards; Choose a good husband for your daughter; She selected a pair of shoes from among the dozen the salesgirl had shown her


Synonyms: field

Definition: answer adequately or successfully

Usage: The lawyer fielded all questions from the press

Similar words: answer, reply, respond

Definition: react verbally

Usage: She didn't want to answer; answer the question; We answered that we would accept the invitation


Synonyms: field

Definition: play as a fielder

Similar words: play

Definition: participate in games or sport

Usage: We played hockey all afternoon; play cards; Pele played for the Brazilian teams in many important matches


Synonyms: field

Definition: catch or pick up (balls) in baseball or cricket

Similar words: handle, palm

Definition: touch, lift, or hold with the hands

Usage: Don't handle the merchandise


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