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place

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of place

1 the area or space occupied by or intended for something
  • the place chosen for the picnic
  • There's the place where I left my umbrella.
Synonyms of place

emplacement, locale, locality, location, locus, point, position, site, spot, venue, where
Words Related to place

scene

precinct, region, section, sector

here, there
2 a building, room, or suite of rooms occupied by a service business
  • We're going to our favorite place to eat.
Synonyms of place

establishment, joint, parlor, salon
Words Related to place

spot, station

facility, installation

club, house

den, dive, hole
3 an assignment at which one regularly works for pay
  • A friend got her a place in a department store's clothing department.
Synonyms of place

appointment, berth, billet, capacity, connection, function, job, position, post, situation
Words Related to place

business, employ, employment, occupation, profession

work

office, spot

calling, pursuit, trade, vocation

line, racket

engagement, gig

livelihood, living

career, lifework, practice (also practise)

duty, mission, posting, service, task
Near Antonyms of place

avocation

joblessness, unemployment
4 an extent or area available for or used up by some activity or thing
  • Let's make a place around our campfire for the newest member of our group.
Synonyms of place

elbow room, room, space, way
Words Related to place

capacity, compass, range, scope

berth, clearance, freedom, latitude, leeway, play
5 the action for which a person or thing is specially fitted or used or for which a thing exists
  • knew his place in the organization
Synonyms of place

business, capacity, function, job, part, position, purpose, role (also rôle), task, work
Words Related to place

affair, concern, hand, involvement, participation

niche, office, post, situation

calling, occupation, pursuit, vocation

activity, assignment, charge, commission, duty, employ, mission, responsibility, service, use
6 the place where one lives
  • They have a nice little place in the country.
Synonyms of place

abode, diggings, domicile, dwelling, fireside, habitation, hearth, hearthstone, home, house, lodging, pad, quarters, residence, roof
Words Related to place

accommodations, housing, nest, residency, shelter

bungalow, cabin, casita, chalet, cottage

duplex, ranch, ranch house, saltbox, split level, townhome, town house, tract house, triplex

apartment, apartment house, condominium, flat, tenement, tenement house, walk-up

penthouse, salon, suite

barracks, billet, boardinghouse, dorm, dormitory, lodging house, lodgment (or lodgement), room(s), rooming house

castle, château, countryseat, estate, hall, manor, manor house, mansion, palace, villa

farmhouse, grange, hacienda, homestead

hermitage, manse, parsonage, rectory, vicarage

hovel, hut, hutch, shack, shanty
7 the placement of someone or something in relation to others in a vertical arrangement
  • Tom came in fourth place in the marathon.
Synonyms of place

degree, echelon, footing, level, position, rank, ranking, reach(es), rung, situation, standing, station, status, stratum
Words Related to place

condition, estate, order, walk

capacity, function

rating
8 a situation or activity for which a person or thing is best suited
  • He was having a hard time finding a place in the business world.
Synonyms of place

groove, niche, slot
Words Related to place

appointment, berth, billet, capacity, function, job, position, post

rank, standing, station, status

forte, long suit, métier (also metier), speciality, specialty, strong suit, thing
9 an individual part of a process, series, or ranking
  • Well, in the first place, you shouldn't even be here.
Synonyms of place

chapter, cut, degree, grade, inch, notch, peg, phase, point, stage, step
Words Related to place

angle, aspect, facet, side

amount, measure, plane

decrement, increment

place

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of place

1 to arrange something in a certain spot or position
  • He carefully placed the flowers in a vase.
Synonyms of place

depose, deposit, dispose, emplace, fix, lay, position, put, set, set up, situate, stick
Words Related to place

move, rearrange, reorder, shift

orient

establish, locate, plant, settle

clap, flop, plank, plop, plump, plunk (or plonk), plunk down, slap

ensconce, niche

assemble, collect

carry

berth, park

affix, anchor, lock, lodge, wedge

array, lay out, line up, queue, rank

set down
Near Antonyms of place

relocate, remove, take

banish

dislodge, displace, replace, supersede, supplant
2 to arrange or assign according to type
  • I'd place those cyclists in the advanced group for the training ride.
Synonyms of place

assort, break down, categorize, class, classify, codify, compartment, compartmentalize, digest, distinguish, distribute, grade, group, peg, range, rank, relegate, separate, sort, type
Words Related to place

array, dispose, draw up, marshal (also marshall), order, organize, systematize

alphabetize, catalog (or catalogue), file, index, list, refer

pigeonhole, shelve

identify, recognize

cull, screen, set, sieve, sift, winnow

clump, cluster

recategorize, reclassify, regroup

subcategorize
Near Antonyms of place

confuse, disarrange, jumble, lump, mix (up), scramble

misclassify, missort, mistype
3 to decide the size, amount, number, or distance of (something) without actual measurement
  • I'd place that as roughly the third largest house in the neighborhood.
Synonyms of place

calculate, call, conjecture, estimate, figure, gauge (also gage), guess, judge, make, put, reckon, suppose
Words Related to place

conclude, deduce, extrapolate, gather, infer, reason, understand
Near Antonyms of place

calibrate, measure, scale

compute, work out
4 to take or have a certain position within a group arranged in vertical classes
  • Kim placed second in the competition.
Synonyms of place

be, grade, rank, rate, stand
Words Related to place

seed

count

categorize, class, classify, codify, compartmentalize, group, separate, set, sort

install, instate
5 to pick (someone) by one's authority for a specific position or duty
  • placed the recent college grad in the company's research and development division
Synonyms of place

appoint, assign, attach, commission, constitute, designate, detail, name, nominate
Words Related to place

authorize, delegate, deputize

anoint, consecrate, create, inaugurate, induct, install, instate, institute, invest, make, ordain

crown, enthrone, throne

choose, destine, draft, elect, handpick, select, single (out), vote (in)
Near Antonyms of place

blackball, depose, dethrone, displace, eject, evict, oust, overthrow, remove, throw out, uncrown, unmake, unseat
Antonyms of place

discharge, dismiss, expel, fire
6 to present or bring forward for discussion
  • Once again the issue of the congested intersection was placed before the town council.
Synonyms of place

bring up, broach, introduce, moot, raise
Words Related to place

allude (to), cite, mention, name, refer (to)

offer, propose, suggest

air, express, speak (of), talk (about), vent, ventilate

interject, interrupt

debate, discuss, thrash (out or over)
Near Antonyms of place

censor, hush (up), quiet, silence, suppress
7 to provide with a paying job
  • Most of the trainees at the TV station are placed in clerical positions.
Synonyms of place

assume, employ, engage, hire, pay, recruit, retain, sign (up or on), take on
Words Related to place

reemploy, reengage, rehire

apprentice, contract, job, partner, subcontract

enlist

advance, promote, upgrade

keep (on)

headhunt, scout
Near Antonyms of place

furlough, lay off, lock out
Antonyms of place

ax (or axe), can, discharge, dismiss, fire, sack

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