'Milieu' definitions:
Definition of 'milieu'
(from WordNet)
noun
The environmental condition [syn: milieu, surroundings]
Definition of 'Milieu'
From: GCIDE
- Milieu \Mi`lieu"\ (m[-e]*ly[~e]"), n. [F., fr. mi middle (L. medius) + lieu place. See Demi-, Lieu.] Environment.
- The intellectual and moral milieu created by multitudes of self-centered, cultivated personalities. --J. A. Symonds.
- It is one of the great outstanding facts of his progressive relation to the elements of his social milieu. --J. M. Baldwin. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
Synonyms of 'milieu'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- agora,
- air,
- airspace,
- alentours,
- ambiance,
- ambience,
- ambient,
- ambit,
- amphitheater,
- area,
- arena,
- athletic field,
- atmosphere,
- auditorium,
- aura,
- background,
- bear garden,
- belt,
- borderlands,
- bowl,
- boxing ring,
- bull ring,
- campus,
- canvas,
- circle,
- circuit,
- circumambiencies,
- circumjacencies,
- circumstances,
- circus,
- climate,
- cockpit,
- coliseum,
- colosseum,
- compass,
- confines,
- context,
- continental shelf,
- corridor,
- country,
- course,
- department,
- district,
- division,
- element,
- entourage,
- environing circumstances,
- environment,
- environs,
- feel,
- feeling,
- field,
- floor,
- forum,
- gestalt,
- ground,
- gym,
- gymnasium,
- habitat,
- hall,
- heartland,
- hinterland,
- hippodrome,
- land,
- lists,
- locale,
- marketplace,
- mat,
- medium,
- mise-en-scene,
- neighborhood,
- note,
- offshore rights,
- open forum,
- outposts,
- outskirts,
- overtone,
- palaestra,
- parade ground,
- part,
- parts,
- perimeter,
- periphery,
- pit,
- place,
- platform,
- precinct,
- precincts,
- premises,
- prize ring,
- public square,
- purlieu,
- purlieus,
- quality,
- quarter,
- range,
- region,
- ring,
- salient,
- scene,
- scene of action,
- scenery,
- section,
- sense,
- setting,
- site,
- situation,
- soil,
- space,
- sphere,
- spirit,
- squared circle,
- stadium,
- stage,
- stage set,
- stage setting,
- suburbs,
- surroundings,
- terrain,
- territory,
- theater,
- three-mile limit,
- tilting ground,
- tiltyard,
- tone,
- total environment,
- twelve-mile limit,
- undertone,
- vicinage,
- vicinity,
- walk,
- wrestling ring,
- zone