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field

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of field

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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