Synonyms of fields

fields 1 of 2

noun

plural of field

1

as in grounds

a small area of usually open land

a field that is the frequent site of neighborhood softball games

Synonyms & Similar Words

• grounds
• tracts
• clearings
• meadows
• plots
• parcels
• lots
• plats
• grasses
• lawns
• commons
• green
• pastures
• grasslands
• crofts
• moors
• glades
• pasturelands
• greenswards
• leas
• heathlands
• heaths

2

as in areas

a region of activity, knowledge, or influence

the first woman to enter the field of medicine

Synonyms & Similar Words

• areas
• domains
• realms
• departments
• spheres
• walks
• specialties
• kingdoms
• elements
• terrains
• disciplines
• circles
• provinces
• arenas
• territories
• studies
• fronts
• games
• subjects
• businesses
• precincts
• lines
• confines
• fiefs
• professions
• frontiers
• bailiwicks
• pursuits
• baronies
• fiefdoms
• firmaments
• demesnes
• scopes
• occupations
• dimensions
• vocations
• subfields
• widths
• turfs
• reaches
• amplitudes
• rackets
• breadths
• sweeps
• extents
• subspecialties
• compasses
• ambits
• kens

3

as in zones

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 & Similar Words

• areas
• zones
• regions
• corners
• sections
• spaces
• demesnes
• sites
• places
• locations
• localities
• positions
• spots
• locales
• points
• loci

4

as in battlefields

a place where a battle takes place

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• battlefields
• battlegrounds
• grounds
• fields of honor
• front lines
• battle lines
• fronts
• bridgeheads
• beachheads
• footholds
• killing fields

5

as in airfields

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 & Similar Words

• airfields
• airports
• aerodromes
• airstrips
• airdromes
• air bases
• runways
• heliports
• landing fields
• air parks
• landing strips
• helipads
• jetports
• pads
• launchpads

6

as in expanses

a wide space or area

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• expanses
• expansions
• sheets
• plains
• lengths
• stretches
• distances
• wastes
• reaches
• depths
• domains
• territories
• breadths
• spheres
• extents
• spreads
• spectra
• scales
• scopes
• extensions
• sweeps
• ranges
• voids
• spans
• latitudes
• magnitudes
• amplitudes
• compasses
• gamuts
• immensities

7

as in actions

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 & Similar Words

• actions
• fires
• battles
• hostilities
• attacks
• services
• combats
• warfares
• operations
• duties
• firefights
• pitched battles

fields

2 of 2

verb

present tense third-person singular of field

as in addresses

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 & Similar Words

• addresses
• handles
• manipulates
• manages
• treats
• takes
• maneuvers
• negotiates
• contends (with)
• plays
• hacks
• engineers
• swings
• grapples (with)
• copes (with)
• comes to grips with
• has a grip on
• carries out
• controls
• reacts (to)
• gets off
• guides
• jockeys
• commands
• responds (to)
• regulates
• carries off
• finesses
• steers
• brings off
• pulls
• directs
• runs
• micromanages

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• fumbles
• messes (up)
• goofs (up)
• botches
• muffs
• scamps
• bungles
• mishandles
• louses up
• foozles

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of fields

Noun

With sport fields and courts, playgrounds, a community center, pool, splash pad, and more, the spot is always buzzing with activity. — Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 27 Sep. 2026

Hundreds of British troops crisscrossed fields with thousands of metres of razor wire and dug a long ditch that was later partially filled with water to act as a moat to keep the Protestant marchers away from the Catholic enclave. — Amanda Ferguson Reuters, Arkansas Online, 26 Sep. 2026

During the last floods in 2023, many siphoned water from the brimming canals to their fields. — Ian James, Los Angeles Times, 26 Sep. 2026

Played in a seven-versus-seven format, on 60-meter (196-foot) by 40-meter (131-foot) fields, amputee soccer is a game for amputees and people living with limb defects. — ABC News, 26 Sep. 2026

School officials say the roughly 150,000-square-foot facility significantly expands ECC’s capacity to prepare students for careers in advanced manufacturing and other high-demand technical fields, with modern classrooms and labs. — Rick West, Chicago Tribune, 25 Sep. 2026

Rapid magnetic changes, probe movement, or uneven fields can cause the system to lose this lock. — Sujita Sinha, Interesting Engineering, 25 Sep. 2026

My dad had started hunting the open farm fields of western Wisconsin and wanted a powerful and flat-shooting rifle (this was in a time before laser rangefinders). — John B. Snow, Outdoor Life, 24 Sep. 2026

Today, that room looks across UC Davis experimental fields — and toward the small airport where the home’s current owner, Elizabeth Thigpen, learned to fly as a teenager. — David Caraccio, Sacbee.com, 19 Sep. 2026

Verb

Tony Stewart Racing made its NHRA debut in 2022 and fields entries for Hagan and Pruett. — Joseph Buczek, CBS News, 15 Sep. 2026

In addition to managing contracts with more than 100 homeless service agencies, LAHSA fields teams of outreach workers. — David Zahniser, Los Angeles Times, 10 Sep. 2026

No one fields more questions about cruises than a travel advisor. — Jacqueline Dole, Travel + Leisure, 7 Sep. 2026

For the Denton team, the case was an unusual one, but not entirely out of the ordinary for a shelter that fields all kinds of calls. — Moná Thomas, PEOPLE, 4 Sep. 2026

The fire department fields about 15,000 calls a year, many of them resulting in an emergency transport to a hospital. — Jonny Williams, The Providence Journal, 10 Aug. 2026

The county fields safety questions about parks of all sizes and in parts of town with varying socioeconomic backgrounds. — Charlotte Observer, 1 Aug. 2026

The lab positioning itself this week as the careful holdout, the one warning that open weights cannot be recalled, also fields the most capable offensive agent on the leaderboard. — Jason Snyder, Forbes.com, 29 July 2026

Owners might also try to make the installation of grass fields part of an exchange for the addition of an 18th regular-season game and more international games. — Armando Salguero Outkick, FOXNews.com, 20 July 2026

Phrases Containing fields

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