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field

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1 a small area of usually open land

a field that is the frequent site of neighborhood softball games

Synonyms of field

clearing, ground, lot, parcel, plat, plot, tract

Words Related to field

common(s), croft [chiefly British]

grass, green, greensward, lawn

glade, grassland, heath, heathland, lea (or ley), meadow, moor, pasture, pastureland

2 a region of activity, knowledge, or influence

the first woman to enter the field of medicine

Synonyms of field

area, arena, bailiwick, barony, business, circle, demesne, department, discipline, domain, element, fief, fiefdom, firmament, front, game, kingdom, line, precinct, province, realm, specialty, sphere, terrain, walk

Words Related to field

frontier

study, subject

territory, turf

occupation, profession, pursuit, racket, vocation

ambit, amplitude, breadth, compass, confine, dimension(s), extent, ken, reach, scope, sweep, width

subfield, subspecialty

3 a part or portion having no fixed boundaries

if you set your camera lens to small aperture, the field of sharp focus will be quite large

Synonyms of field

area, demesne, region, zone

Words Related to field

corner, section

locale, locality, location, locus, place, point, position, site, space, spot

4 a place where a battle takes place

the field where two mighty armies met and changed the course of history

Synonyms of field

battlefield, battleground

Words Related to field

battle line, front, front line, ground

beachhead, bridgehead, foothold

killing field

Phrases Synonymous with field

field of honor

5 a place from which aircraft operate that usually has paved runways and a terminal

Worsham Field in Corpus Christi used to be home to a sizable crop dusting operation

Synonyms of field

aerodrome [chiefly British], airdrome, airfield, airport

Words Related to field

air base, air park, helipad, heliport, jetport

airstrip, landing field, landing strip, runway

launchpad, pad

6 a wide space or area

the cemetery's field of crosses for the war's fallen seemed to stretch to infinity

Synonyms of field

breadth, distance, expanse, expansion, extent, length, plain, reach, sheet, spread, stretch, waste

Words Related to field

domain, sphere, territory

compass, range, scope, sweep

gamut, scale, spectrum

depth, emptiness, void

extension, latitude, span

amplitude, immensity, magnitude

7 active fighting during the course of a war

in the classroom the general had been a brilliant theoretician, but in the field he proved to be a wholly incompetent tactician

Synonyms of field

action, battle, combat

Words Related to field

attack, fire, firefight, pitched battle, single combat

hostilities, operations, warfare

duty, service

field

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of field

to deal with (something) usually skillfully or efficiently

gave the waitress a large tip because she kept smiling as she fielded their many requests

Synonyms of field

address, contend (with), cope (with), grapple (with), hack, handle, manage, maneuver, manipulate, negotiate, play, swing, take, treat

Words Related to field

engineer, finesse, jockey

bring off, carry off, carry out, get off, pull

command, direct, guide, steer

control, micromanage, regulate, run

react (to), respond (to)

Phrases Synonymous with field

come to grips with, have a grip on

Near Antonyms of field

botch, bungle, foozle, fumble, goof (up), louse up, mess (up), mishandle, muff, scamp

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