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

September transforms open fields, roadsides and mountain meadows into bold, vivid landscapes of brilliant yellows, purples, reds, whites and other hues. — Charles Seabrook, AJC.com, 5 Sep. 2026

These rules exactly correspond to the monotone Boolean functions—a function type crucial in fields such as cryptography and voting theory. — Emma R. Hasson, Scientific American, 5 Sep. 2026

The largest building on campus is 350,000 square feet, the width of one football field and about three fields long, bisected by a single 900-foot hallway. — Mark Dee, Idaho Statesman, 4 Sep. 2026

Some farmers in Southeast Asia and parts of Africa have started planting and harvesting perennial rice in their fields. — ABC News, 4 Sep. 2026

Federal agencies could otherwise drastically increase the salaries and benefits for such in-demand civil service careers in fields like STEM and cyber. — Jackie Wattles, CNN Money, 4 Sep. 2026

Not settlement outages or correspondent failures, but fields. — Ran Grushkowsky, Forbes.com, 4 Sep. 2026

Twelve other experts from a cross section of relevant fields including public health, pulmonology, and critical care joined this group to think together about how to galvanize new solutions. — Katia Riddle, NPR, 29 Aug. 2026

Maps of the Earth’s gravity fields are more widely available and more suited for maritime vessels for technical reasons. — Ameya Paleja, Interesting Engineering, 28 Aug. 2026

Verb

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 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

In addition to managing contracts for more than 100 homeless service agencies, LAHSA fields teams of outreach workers. — Los Angeles Times, 24 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

The Tennessee Poison Center, which fields calls from people exposed to drugs or toxic substances, received more than 60 calls for possible ivermectin poisoning in 2025, the most since 2021. — ABC News, 17 June 2026

He is headed to Bowdoin College, a prestigious academic college in Maine that traditionally fields one of the top tennis teams in NCAA Division III, and hopes to continue balancing tennis with education. — Buddy Collings, The Orlando Sentinel, 16 June 2026

The agency fields thousands of calls every year from residents looking for help with medical billing questions. — Katy Golvala, Hartford Courant, 1 June 2026

Phrases Containing fields

• elysian fields