PLACES Synonyms: 457 Similar and Opposite Words

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noun

plural of place

as in locations

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

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as in facilities

a building, room, or suite of rooms occupied by a service business we're going to our favorite place to eat

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as in positions

an assignment at which one regularly works for pay a friend got her a place in a department store's clothing department

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as in roles

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

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as in residences

the place where one lives they have a nice little place in the country

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as in levels

the placement of someone or something in relation to others in a vertical arrangement came in fourth place in the marathon

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as in niches

a situation or activity for which a person or thing is best suited with skills largely limited to those honed from endless hours of video games, he was having a hard time finding a place in the business world

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as in stages

an individual part of a process, series, or ranking well, in the first place, you shouldn't even be here

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verb

present tense third-person singular of place

as in situates

to arrange something in a certain spot or position he carefully placed the flowers in a vase

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as in ranks

to arrange or assign according to type I'd place those cyclists in the advanced group for the training ride

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as in estimates

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

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as in is

to take or have a certain position within a group arranged in vertical classes placed second in the competition

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as in names

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

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as in introduces

to present or bring forward for discussion once again the issue of recurrent vandalism at the high school was placed before the town council

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as in recruits

to provide with a paying job most of the trainees at the TV station are placed in clerical positions

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Recent Examples of places

Noun

Creator and showrunner Katie Dippold’s fascination with such places began at an early age, growing up in New Jersey, where her family would take trips to the shore. —

Maira Garcia, Los Angeles Times, 1 May 2026 Sites that preserve soft-bodied organisms are even rarer because soft tissues decompose more easily, making these places especially useful for piecing together prehistoric ecosystems. —

Marlowe Starling, Quanta Magazine, 1 May 2026 Guangzhou native Chen Huiyi, 32, runs an English-language channel on Chinese social media platform Xiaohongshu, recommending the best places for tourists to visit in her hometown. —

Chris Lau, CNN Money, 1 May 2026 Chicago gas prices are spiking along with the rest of the country, with regular gas nearing $6 in some spots and premium already selling for more than $7 in some places. —

Sara Tenenbaum, CBS News, 1 May 2026 Her character, like the film, goes to some places. —

Chris Feil, Vulture, 1 May 2026 Wolves, who immediately finished in the Europa League places in 2019 after a six-season spell away from the top flight, offer a more realistic target. —

Elias Burke, New York Times, 25 Apr. 2026 Not in the offseason, when their coaching staffs and front offices regularly trade places. —

Bennett Durando, Denver Post, 25 Apr. 2026 The Padres’ home is widely considered one of the top places to visit in Major League Baseball. —

Todd Harmonson, Oc Register, 25 Apr. 2026

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But gift cards are considered unsecured debt, which places them at the back of the line among the company's creditors. —

Joshua Sidorowicz, CBS News, 1 May 2026 The election was called two years ahead of the constitutional deadline, and the win places Browne on path to become his twin-island nation’s longest-serving prime minister after first winning office in 2014. —

Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 1 May 2026 Forest have spent almost £600million in the past five years, according to data collection site Transfermarkt, which is actually more than Villa and places them ninth in the Premier League spenders list over that period. —

Tim Spiers, New York Times, 1 May 2026 The proposition was replaced in 2021 by Proposition 19, which places limits on such transfers. —

Jack Flemming, Los Angeles Times, 1 May 2026 Political messianism is a style of leadership that places great faith in a single leader who is endowed with godlike attributes. —

Austin Sarat, The Conversation, 30 Apr. 2026 The strategy places it in the upper tier of the mass-market SUV space, where it is expected to combine advanced technology, strong performance, and relatively broader accessibility. —

Bojan Stojkovski, Interesting Engineering, 25 Apr. 2026 One gallery places Rocky in the global boxing fever of the 1970s, featuring works by Keith Haring, Jean-Michel Basquiat and Andy Warhol — all created during a time when boxing had the world’s attention. —

ABC News, 24 Apr. 2026 These are homes shaped by the same creative energy that fuels neighborhoods like Kreuzberg and Neukölln—places where artists, designers, and curators have long pushed against convention, often turning their living spaces into extensions of their work. —

Bailey Berg, Architectural Digest, 24 Apr. 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for places

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Officials said the changes do not affect early voting locations and only apply to in-person voting on Election Day.

— Kaley Fedko, CBS News, 28 Apr. 2026
The three locations, which have 256 apartments combined, had 522 tows over two years.

— Ginny Monk, Hartford Courant, 28 Apr. 2026