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101territory — Synonyms and related words: Kreis, Lebensraum, acres, air space, airspace, alluvion, alluvium, ally, ambit, arable land, archbishopric, archdiocese, archduchy, archdukedom, area, arrondissement, back country, bailiwick, belt, bishopric, body… …
102vicinity — Synonyms and related words: airspace, alentours, ambience, ambit, approach, approximation, area, belt, borderlands, circle, circuit, circumambiencies, circumjacencies, circumstances, closeness, compass, confines, context, continental shelf,… …
103boundary — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. limit, border, confines. See edge. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. outline, border, verge, rim, beginning, end, terminal, confines, limit, limits, bounds, radius, terminus, landmark, march, extremity, fence,… …
104environment — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Surrounding things or conditions Nouns 1. environment, encompassment, circumjacence, circumference; atmosphere, ambience, aura, medium, surroundings (see circumstance); environs, outposts, outskirts,… …
105nearness — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Proximity without touching Nouns 1. nearness, closeness, proximity, propinquity, apposition, approximation, vicinity, neighborhood, adjacency; approach, convergence; likeness, similarity. See futurity. 2 …
106neighborhood — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. community, vicinity, district, region, environs, presence, venue. See nearness, environment, location. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. environs, block, vicinity, vicinage, locality, proximity, purlieus,… …
107outskirts — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. pl. suburbs, environs, surroundings; border, edge; purlieus. See nearness, distance, environment. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. border, suburbs, limits; see boundary , edge 1 …
108suburbs — (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. suburbia, outskirts, environs, purlieus. See nearness, abode, environment …
109Circumjacence — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Circumjacence >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 circumjacence circumjacence circumambience Sgm: N 1 environment environment encompassment Sgm: N 1 atmosphere atmosphere medium surroundings GRP: N 2 Sgm: N 2 …
110suburbs — n. pl. Environs, outskirts, purlieus, neighborhood, vicinage, border, limit, confines, faubourg …
