SITES Synonyms: 52 Similar and Opposite Words

sites 1 of 2

noun

plural of site

as in locations

the area or space occupied by or intended for something this field is the intended site for a new shopping mall

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verb

present tense third-person singular of site

as in roots

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Recent Examples of sites

Noun

Tensions had already intensified Monday when Pakistani fighter jets struck sites in eastern Afghanistan that Islamabad described as militant hideouts. — Munir Ahmed, Arkansas Online, 26 Sep. 2026 Head to Palm Beach for bars, shops, and nightlife, or visit the capital for local restaurants, shopping, and historic sites. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 26 Sep. 2026 Nearby highlights include Mount Jefferson, Elk Knob’s 5,520-foot summit, historic Blue Ridge Parkway sites, and the state’s oldest cheese plant. — Kristy Tolley, Travel + Leisure, 26 Sep. 2026 Ten thousand rocks, etched with nearly 90,000 carvings dating as far back as the Bronze Age, make Saimaluu Tash one of the largest and most remote high-altitude petroglyph sites in the world. — Maureen O'Hare, CNN Money, 26 Sep. 2026 The Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine -- Russian attacks killed four people across Ukraine, officials said on Saturday, while Ukraine continued to target Russian oil refineries and industrial sites with long-range drones. — ABC News, 26 Sep. 2026 Other swimming areas in the West Bank have also become sites of conflict. — Melanie Lidman, Los Angeles Times, 26 Sep. 2026 OpenAI’s artificial intelligence agents inappropriately accessed sites for the Departments of Commerce and Education. — Gerrit De Vynck, Washington Post, 26 Sep. 2026 Rapid launch is useful only if Washington has enough launch sites, range capacity, and available airspace to make that speed repeatable at scale. — Mark Montgomery, The Orlando Sentinel, 25 Sep. 2026

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Noun

Further, while about 4,000 workers across Hartford HealthCare’s hospitals, ambulatory locations, and support functions will benefit from this increase, an additional 4,000 will benefit from compression adjustments, the documents show.

— Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 26 Sep. 2026
There is no state agency in charge of monitoring or tracking the locations of sober living homes, which are protected under state and federal law as residences of people with disabilities.

— Clara Harter, Los Angeles Times, 26 Sep. 2026

Definition of locations

Verb

However, her performance soon takes on a more grounded, childlike cadence, which roots the supposedly amnesiac Margot a little too firmly within the literal, especially for a tale whose poetry lies in its uncanniness.

— Siddhant Adlakha, Variety, 2 Sep. 2026
Instead, Nowell roots the band’s sound in the mid-’90s and keeps his vocal mannerisms as close to Bradley’s as possible.

— Sadie Sartini Garner, Pitchfork, 15 June 2026

Definition of roots

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That job will include all entertainment and sports bookings at the venues (excluding the New York Rangers and New York Knicks), as well as live bookings at the Sphere in Las Vegas.

— Alex Weprin, HollywoodReporter, 21 Sep. 2026
Under his leadership Cipriani’s distinct Venetian vision has led to the opening of hotels, residences, event venues and private members’ clubs Casa Cipriani across international markets.

— Martino Carrera, Footwear News, 21 Sep. 2026

Definition of venues

Noun

Adrià describes a world filtered through adolescence, where people, places and situations can appear idealized, magical or unsettling.

— Callum McLennan, Variety, 23 Sep. 2026
Even as the list has now slimmed down to six titles, the breadth of the places plotted out on the short list remains capacious as ever.

— Kat Chen, Condé Nast Traveler, 23 Sep. 2026

Definition of places

Verb

The episode sets up Hal and John’s budding mentor-mentee dynamic in a 2016 timeline, with Hal being a reluctant teacher.

— Matt Minton, Variety, 17 Aug. 2026
Much of the first episode sets up the mystery that the Green Lantern and his protege are aiming to solve before ending with a twist.

— Katie Campione, Deadline, 16 Aug. 2026

Definition of sets up

Verb

The murkiness of it all clarifies by the end of the film, not just in terms of its heroes, villains and message, but Greengrass also situates this story within a recognizable cinematic and storytelling history.

— Katie Walsh, Los Angeles Times, 11 Sep. 2026
This situates it alongside the North Atlantic ocean that's populated with a variety of different kinds of whales.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 28 Aug. 2026

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