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

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Recent Examples of sites

Noun

Opposition leaders, rights activists and some Bollywood celebrities publicly backed the movement, helping amplify its message beyond the protest sites. — ABC News, 4 Aug. 2026 Policy overlap Federal policies enacted in 2022 aimed to steer clean-energy investments toward communities impacted by coal plant closures, yet data centers are inheriting these sites instead. — Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 3 Aug. 2026 After his death, the house sold to a couple that worked to restore it, putting it on the official map of LGBTQ+ historic sites, and the building was individually landmarked in 2007. — Adriane Quinlan, Curbed, 3 Aug. 2026 For millennia, Pacific atolls were important stopover and cultural sites for Polynesians who crossed the Pacific Ocean on seafaring voyages. — NPR, 3 Aug. 2026 By early 2018, Chinese facial-recognition technology was in use at ECU-911 sites. — Natalia Cote-Muñoz, Foreign Affairs, 3 Aug. 2026 These seeds later grew into saplings that NASA distributed to parks, arboretums and historic sites across the globe. — Joanna Thompson, Space.com, 27 July 2026 Across the board, the plan is aimed at expanding cargo handling infrastructure, including unloading areas, storage facilities and transshipment corridors, as well as building designated customs supervision sites at eligible specialized ports. — Glenn Taylor, Footwear News, 27 July 2026 The problem grows when aggregator sites and content farms repost old stories without context or updates. — Victoria Marshall, Forbes.com, 27 July 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for sites

Noun

Stagnant smoke dropped air quality this week in the Pacific Northwest until winds Thursday and Friday cleared the worst of it from western locations, like Seattle and Portland, Oregon.

— Mary Gilbert, CNN Money, 8 Aug. 2026
Produced by Roth’s independent label The Horror Section, Ice Cream Man is being distributed by Iconic Releasing and playing at 1,700 domestic locations.

— Tim Lammers, Forbes.com, 8 Aug. 2026

Definition of locations

Noun

Dan Kennedy started at McSweeney’s in 2000 as well as the downtown New York storytelling scene at popular venues like The Moth, going on to perform as a host and storyteller for 20 years onstage and as longtime host of The Moth Podcast.

— Big Think, Big Think, 6 Aug. 2026
At the end of the day, both conferences feature great fanbases, historic, iconic venues, outstanding crowd atmospheres and elite, blue blood programs.

— Ian Miller OutKick, FOXNews.com, 5 Aug. 2026

Definition of venues

Noun

This particular model also has a flashlight, which comes in handy in the most unexpected places, like walking back to your safari vehicle after an evening bush dinner.

— Hayley Domin, Travel + Leisure, 8 Aug. 2026
The common spaces are places to linger, from the yellow parlor room to the quiet library.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 8 Aug. 2026

Definition of places

Verb

All of this sets up a likely $4 billion summer and $10 billion year, Dergarabedian said, which could make 2026 the highest-grossing summer and the highest-grossing year since 2019.

— Angela Yang, NBC news, 2 Aug. 2026
The win for Bailey sets up what should be an entertaining wrestling match against either Bandito or Fletcher.

— Alfred Konuwa, Forbes.com, 26 July 2026

Definition of sets up

Verb

The standout episode—the conversion history of Kendra, a Black striver married to the Schwoopers’ daughter, Shira—sticks its landing, enabling the viewer to see faith as a refuge, not a cage.

— Emily Nussbaum, New Yorker, 9 July 2026
Otherwise, Kail sticks closely to the template established for him, recreating every scene and sequence from the first movie with ruthless fidelity and adding essentially no departures of any significance.

— Wilson Chapman, IndieWire, 8 July 2026

Definition of sticks

Verb

Without diminishing that aspect of music, Musical Bodies rightly situates as much meaning in the objects themselves.

— Jonathon Keats, Forbes.com, 31 July 2026
Garvey said the journal, which published quarterly from 1993 to 2005, was premised on the idea of abolishing whiteness as a social category that situates white people above other racial groups.

— Harmeet Kaur, CNN Money, 30 July 2026

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