Need another word that means the same as “park”? Find 56 synonyms and 30 related words for “park” in this overview.
The synonyms of “Park” are: parkland, common, commons, green, mungo park, ballpark, car park, parking area, parking lot, public garden, recreation ground, playground, play area, public park, grassland, woodland, garden, gardens, lawns, grounds, estate, meadow, pasture, paddock, pen, pastureland, sward, playing field, football field, field, stadium, amphitheatre, theatre, coliseum, leave, station, position, put, put down, place, deposit, set, set down, stick, shove, dump, plump, sit down, seat oneself, settle, settle oneself, install oneself, plant oneself, plump oneself, flump, perch
Park as a Noun
Definitions of "Park" as a noun
According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “park” as a noun can have the following definitions:
- A gear position that acts as a parking brake.
- A large enclosed piece of ground attached to a country house.
- An area devoted to a specified purpose.
- A piece of open land for recreational use in an urban area.
- An enclosed sports ground.
- A large enclosed area of land used to accommodate wild animals in captivity.
- (in a car with automatic transmission) the position of the gear selector in which the gears are locked, preventing the vehicle's movement.
- A children's playground.
- A lot where cars are parked.
- A large area of land preserved in its natural state as public property.
- A large public garden or area of land used for recreation.
- A facility in which ball games are played (especially baseball games.
- Scottish explorer in Africa (1771-1806.
- An area for motor vehicles to be left in.
- (in soccer) the pitch.
Synonyms of "Park" as a noun (34 Words)
amphitheatre | An oval large stadium with tiers of seats; an arena in which contests and spectacles are held. The opera was performed in the Roman amphitheatre. |
ballpark | Near to the scope or range of something. Take me out to the ballpark. |
car park | A conveyance for passengers or freight on a cable railway. |
coliseum | A large theatre, cinema, or stadium. The London Coliseum. |
common | Common sense. We spent the morning tramping over the common looking for flowers. |
commons | A dining hall in a school or college. The state was divided into clergy nobility and commons. |
estate | A class or order regarded as forming part of the body politic in particular in Britain one of the three groups constituting Parliament now the Lords spiritual the heads of the Church the Lords temporal the peerage and the Commons They are also known as the three estates. An industrial estate. |
field | A fielder. The diamond fields of South Africa. |
football field | Any of various games played with a ball (round or oval) in which two teams try to kick or carry or propel the ball into each other’s goal. |
garden | The flowers or vegetables or fruits or herbs that are cultivated in a garden. Children love playing in the garden. |
gardens | The flowers or vegetables or fruits or herbs that are cultivated in a garden. |
grassland | A large open area of country covered with grass, especially one used for grazing. Acres of rough grassland. |
green | Green vegetables. Eat up your greens. |
grounds | A justification for something existing or happening. It is a Middle Eastern custom to read your future in your coffee grounds. |
lawns | A field of cultivated and mowed grass. |
meadow | A piece of low ground near a river. A meadow ready for cutting. |
mungo park | A large area of land preserved in its natural state as public property. |
paddock | A field or plot of land enclosed by fencing or defined by natural boundaries. The sheep have returned to their previously grazed paddocks. |
parking area | The act of maneuvering a vehicle into a location where it can be left temporarily. |
parking lot | Space in which vehicles can be parked. |
parkland | Open grassy land with scattered groups of trees. The college is set in 30 acres of attractive parkland. |
pasture | A field covered with grass or herbage and suitable for grazing by livestock. Many a horse was put out to pasture there. |
pastureland | Land used as pasture. |
pen | An electronic device like a pen used in conjunction with a writing surface to enter commands or data into a computer. She was forced to support herself by the pen. |
play area | Verbal wit or mockery (often at another’s expense but not to be taken seriously. |
playground | An outdoor area provided for children to play in, especially at a school or public park. The mountains are a playground for hang gliders. |
playing field | The performance of a part or role in a drama. |
public garden | A body of people sharing some common interest. |
public park | A body of people sharing some common interest. |
recreation ground | Activity that refreshes and recreates; activity that renews your health and spirits by enjoyment and relaxation. |
stadium | An ancient Roman or Greek measure of length about 185 metres originally the length of a stadium. |
sward | An expanse of short grass. |
theatre | An operating theatre. He was working on theatre defence missiles. |
woodland | Land that is covered with trees and shrubs. Large areas of ancient woodland. |
Usage Examples of "Park" as a noun
- An industrial park.
- The put the car in park and got out.
- A walk round the park.
- Take me out to the ballpark.
- There are laws that protect the wildlife in this park.
- Penguin chicks are reared regularly at the park.
- He was the liveliest player on the park.
- The house is set in its own park.
- A coach park.
- They went for a walk in the park.
- Marcus had the park's swings and slides to himself.
- A panda cub is drawing the crowds at a wildlife park.
- A country park.
Park as a Verb
Definitions of "Park" as a verb
According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “park” as a verb can have the following definitions:
- Leave (something) in a convenient place until required.
- Place temporarily.
- Maneuver a vehicle into a parking space.
- Sit down.
- Bring (a vehicle that one is driving) to a halt and leave it temporarily, typically in a car park or by the side of the road.
- Postpone consideration of (an idea or plan) until a later date.
Synonyms of "Park" as a verb (22 Words)
deposit | (of water, the wind, or other natural agency) lay down (matter) gradually as a layer or covering. I had to deposit 10 of the price of the house. |
dump | Fall abruptly. The couple dumped the car and fled. |
flump | Set (something or oneself) down with or as if with a noise. I flumped back into bed. |
install oneself | Put into an office or a position. |
leave | Leave behind unintentionally. Leave the room. |
perch | Cause to perch or sit. Eve perched on the side of the armchair. |
place | Take a place in a competition often followed by an ordinal. The company is well placed to seize the opportunity. |
plant oneself | Put firmly in the mind. |
plump | Make fat or plump. We will plump out that poor starving child. |
plump oneself | Make fat or plump. |
position | Cause to be in an appropriate place, state, or relation. She positioned herself on a bench. |
put | Put into a certain place or abstract location. She set a women s record by putting the shot 56 7. |
put down | Formulate in a particular style or language. |
seat oneself | Show to a seat; assign a seat for. |
set | Set in type. Cook for a further thirty five minutes until the filling has set. |
set down | Estimate. |
settle | Settle into a position usually on a surface or ground. Dust settled on the roofs. |
settle oneself | Become clear by the sinking of particles. |
shove | Push roughly. The people pushed and shoved to get in line. |
sit down | Be seated. |
station | Assign to a station. Troops were stationed in the town. |
stick | Come or be in close contact with stick or hold together and resist separation. Stick the poster onto the wall. |
Usage Examples of "Park" as a verb
- He couldn't find anywhere to park.
- Park the car in the yard.
- Park your bag in this locker.
- Park the children with the in-laws.
- Can you park right here?
- Could I suggest we park that suggestion for the moment?
- Come on in, and park your bag by the door.
- He parked his car outside her house.
- After dinner, we parked ourselves on a pair of couches.
Associations of "Park" (30 Words)
arboreal | Relating to trees. Arboreal apes. |
auditorium | The area of a theater or concert hall where the audience sits. The National Indoor Arena is a magnificent auditorium and one of Britain s premier indoor venues. |
bench | Exhibit on a bench. Affenpinschers and Afghans were benched side by side. |
blossom | Reproductive organ of angiosperm plants especially one having showy or colorful parts. A garden in which roses blossom. |
centerpiece | Something placed at the center of something else (as on a table. Education was the centerpiece of the Democratic Party s political platform. |
chair | The person in charge of a meeting or of an organization used as a neutral alternative to chairman or chairwoman. The murderer was sentenced to die in the chair. |
conservatory | A schoolhouse with special facilities for fine arts. Keep plant cuttings in a frost free conservatory or greenhouse. |
courtyard | An area wholly or partly surrounded by walls or buildings. |
cushion | Mitigate the adverse effects of. Cushion the blow. |
daisy | Used in names of other plants of the daisy family e g Michaelmas daisy Shasta daisy. |
flower | The state or period in which a plant s flowers have developed and opened. All right then flower. |
garden | Work in the garden. It is a common or garden sparrow. |
grove | A small wood or other group of trees. An olive grove. |
hectare | A unit of surface area equal to 100 ares (or 10,000 square meters. |
housing | A rigid casing that encloses and protects a piece of moving or delicate equipment. A housing development. |
lawn | An area of short, regularly mown grass in the garden of a house or park. She was sitting in a deckchair on the lawn. |
locate | Determine or indicate the place, site, or limits of, as if by an instrument or by a survey. Can you locate your cousins in the Midwest. |
nestle | Lie in a sheltered position. The little cottage nestles in the forest. |
patio | A paved outdoor area adjoining a house. The dining room looks out to a small patio. |
plaza | A public square with room for pedestrians. They bought fancy bridal wear at the plaza. |
precocity | Intelligence achieved far ahead of normal developmental schedules. |
proscenium | The part of a theatre stage in front of the curtain. |
ranger | A mounted soldier. Rangers of the mountains. |
rooftop | The top of a (usually flat) roof. Doves wheeled round the rooftops. |
seat | Of a vehicle or building have seats for a specified number of people. If the valve seat is damaged it can be recut using a special tool. |
sit | Adopt or be in a position in which one s weight is supported by one s buttocks rather than one s feet and one s back is upright. A sit in the shade. |
table | Multiplication tables. He rang the restaurant to book a table for lunch. |
terrace | Make into terraces as for cultivation. An attractive Regency terrace. |
warden | A prison governor. Securely handcuffed to a warden he was taken to Wandsworth Prison. |
workbench | A flat table or surface at which carpentry or other mechanical or practical work is done. |