'area' definitions:
Definition of 'area'
From: WordNet
noun
A particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography); "it was a mountainous area"; "Bible country" [syn: area, country]
noun
A subject of study; "it was his area of specialization"; "areas of interest include..."
noun
A part of an animal that has a special function or is supplied by a given artery or nerve; "in the abdominal region" [syn: area, region]
noun
A particular environment or walk of life; "his social sphere is limited"; "it was a closed area of employment"; "he's out of my orbit" [syn: sphere, domain, area, orbit, field, arena]
noun
A part of a structure having some specific characteristic or function; "the spacious cooking area provided plenty of room for servants"
noun
The extent of a 2-dimensional surface enclosed within a boundary; "the area of a rectangle"; "it was about 500 square feet in area" [syn: area, expanse, surface area]
Synonyms of 'area'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- abode,
- academic discipline,
- academic specialty,
- acreage,
- airspace,
- amplitude,
- applied science,
- arena,
- arrondissement,
- art,
- bag,
- bailiwick,
- bearings,
- beat,
- belt,
- bench mark,
- bigness,
- block,
- body,
- breadth,
- bulk,
- caliber,
- circuit,
- classical education,
- close,
- compass,
- concern,
- confines,
- continental shelf,
- continuum,
- core curriculum,
- corridor,
- country,
- course,
- course of study,
- court,
- courtyard,
- coverage,
- cup of tea,
- curriculum,
- demesne,
- department,
- department of knowledge,
- depth,
- diameter,
- dimension,
- dimensions,
- discipline,
- district,
- division,
- domain,
- elective,
- emplacement,
- emptiness,
- empty space,
- enclosure,
- environs,
- expanse,
- expansion,
- extension,
- extent,
- field,
- field of inquiry,
- field of study,
- forte,
- galactic space,
- gauge,
- general education,
- general studies,
- girth,
- greatness,
- ground,
- heartland,
- height,
- hinterland,
- hole,
- humanities,
- infinite space,
- interstellar space,
- land,
- largeness,
- latitude and longitude,
- length,
- liberal arts,
- lieu,
- limit,
- line,
- locale,
- locality,
- location,
- locus,
- long suit,
- lot,
- magnitude,
- main interest,
- major,
- manner,
- mass,
- measure,
- measurement,
- metier,
- milieu,
- minor,
- natural science,
- neighborhood,
- nothingness,
- offshore rights,
- ology,
- orb,
- orbit,
- outer space,
- parade,
- part,
- parts,
- pet subject,
- pinpoint,
- place,
- placement,
- plot,
- point,
- position,
- precinct,
- precincts,
- premises,
- proportion,
- proportions,
- proseminar,
- province,
- pure science,
- purlieus,
- pursuit,
- quadrivium,
- quarter,
- radius,
- range,
- reach,
- realm,
- refresher course,
- region,
- room,
- round,
- salient,
- scale,
- science,
- scientific education,
- scope,
- section,
- seminar,
- site,
- situation,
- situs,
- size,
- social science,
- soil,
- space,
- spatial extension,
- specialism,
- speciality,
- specialization,
- specialty,
- sphere,
- spot,
- spread,
- square,
- stead,
- stretch,
- strong point,
- study,
- style,
- subdiscipline,
- subject,
- superficial extension,
- surface,
- technical education,
- technicality,
- technicology,
- technics,
- technology,
- terrain,
- territory,
- thing,
- three-mile limit,
- tract,
- trivium,
- twelve-mile limit,
- type,
- vicinage,
- vicinity,
- vocation,
- void,
- volume,
- walk,
- way,
- weakness,
- whereabout,
- whereabouts,
- width,
- yard,
- zone
Words containing 'area'
- Conservation of areas,
- Dry area,
- area bombing,
- area code,
- area unit,
- association area,
- auditory area,
- breakfast area,
- broadcast area,
- broca's area,
- brodmann's area,
- camping area,
- cargo area,
- catchment area,
- combat area,
- cortical area,
- dining area,
- disaster area,
- drainage area,
- excitable area,
- exhibition area,
- farming area,
- geographic area,
- geographical area,
- germinal area,
- gray area,
- grey area,
- land area,
- language area,
- launch area,
- law of areas,
- loading area,
- macular area,
- motor area,
- parking area,
- picnic area,
- piriform area,
- playing area,
- populated area,
- pyriform area,
- residential area,
- resort area,
- rest area,
- rolando's area,
- rural area,
- seating area,
- sensorimotor area,
- service area,
- slum area,
- staging area,
- sterling area,
- storage area,
- striate area,
- subject area,
- suburban area,
- surface area,
- target area,
- urban area,
- visual area,
- waiting area,
- wernicke's area,
- Bethel Census Area,
- Dillingham Census Area,
- Morgan Farm Area,
- Nome Census Area,
- area 17 of brodmann,
- area of cardiac dullness,
- brodmann's area 17,
- first visual area,
- law of equal areas,
- local area network,
- no-go area,
- toxic waste area,
- wide area network,
- Aleutians West Census Area,
- Bethel Census Area, AK,
- Dillingham Census Area, AK,
- Morgan Farm Area, TX,
- Nome Census Area, AK,
- Southeast Fairbanks Census Area,
- Wade Hampton Census Area,
- equal-area projection,
- force per unit area,
- high-area storm,
- low-area storm,
- wireless local area network,
- Aleutians West Census Area, AK,
- Southeast Fairbanks Census Area, AK,
- Valdez-Cordova Census Area,
- Wade Hampton Census Area, AK,
- Wrangell-Petersburg Census Area,
- Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area,
- equal-area map projection,
- Skagway-Hoonah-Angoon Census Area,
- Valdez-Cordova Census Area, AK,
- Wrangell-Petersburg Census Area, AK,
- Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area, AK,
- Prince of Wales-Outer Ketchikan Census Area,
- Skagway-Hoonah-Angoon Census Area, AK,
- Prince of Wales-Outer Ketchikan Census Area, AK