PROVINCE: Synonyms and Related Words. What is Another Word for PROVINCE?

Need another word that means the same as “province”? Find 44 synonyms and 30 related words for “province” in this overview.

The synonyms of “Province” are: state, responsibility, territory, region, department, canton, area, district, sector, zone, division, non-metropolitan areas, non-metropolitan counties, the rest of the country, middle america, middle england, the countryside, the wilds, the wilderness, the back of beyond, area of responsibility, area of activity, area of interest, area of knowledge, sphere, world, realm, field, discipline, domain, orbit, preserve, business, affair, line of business, line, speciality, forte, charge, concern, worry, duty, jurisdiction, authority

Province as a Noun

Definitions of "Province" as a noun

According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “province” as a noun can have the following definitions:

• The territory occupied by one of the constituent administrative districts of a nation.
• The whole of a country outside the capital, especially when regarded as lacking in sophistication or culture.
• A principal administrative division of a country or empire.
• A district under an archbishop or a metropolitan.
• The proper sphere or extent of your activities.
• An area of special knowledge, interest, or responsibility.
• A territory outside Italy under a Roman governor.
• Northern Ireland.

Synonyms of "Province" as a noun (44 Words)

affair	An event or sequence of events of a specified kind or that has previously been referred to. His time was spent in winding up his affairs.
area	A subject of study. Rural areas of Britain.
area of activity	A part of an animal that has a special function or is supplied by a given artery or nerve.
area of interest	A particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography.
area of knowledge	A particular environment or walk of life.
area of responsibility	A part of an animal that has a special function or is supplied by a given artery or nerve.
authority	Official permission or approval. A rebellion against those in authority.
business	Business concerns collectively. A catering business.
canton	A state of the Swiss Confederation. They rejected the possibility of dividing the country into cantons.
charge	The price charged for some article or service. Freud thought of cathexis as a psychic analog of an electrical charge.
concern	A matter of interest or importance to someone. Housing is the concern of the Housing Executive.
department	An administrative district in France and other countries. That s not my department.
discipline	The trait of being well behaved. In what discipline is his doctorate.
district	An area of a country or city, especially one characterized by a particular feature or activity. A district health authority.
division	A group of organisms forming a subdivision of a larger category. The villagers lived in a communal building and there were no solid divisions between neighbours.
domain	The content of a particular field of knowledge. The French domains of the Plantagenets.
duty	A government tax on imports or exports. Combat duty in the army.
field	Fielders collectively or the manner in which they are spread over the pitch. He longed for the fields of his youth.
forte	Loud. Cooking is his forte.
jurisdiction	The right and power to interpret and apply the law. In some jurisdictions there is a mandatory death sentence for murder.
line	An arrangement of soldiers or ships in a column or line formation a line of battle. That salesman must have practiced his fast line of talk.
line of business	A succession of notes forming a distinctive sequence.
middle america	Time between the beginning and the end of a temporal period.
middle england	An area that is approximately central within some larger region.
non-metropolitan areas	A particular environment or walk of life.
non-metropolitan counties	The largest administrative district within a state.
orbit	One complete circuit round an orbited body. He s out of my orbit.
preserve	A foodstuff made with fruit preserved in sugar such as jam or marmalade. The civil service became the preserve of the educated middle class.
realm	A domain in which something is dominant. It was a limited realm of discourse.
region	The approximate amount of something usually used prepositionally as in in the region of. The equatorial regions.
responsibility	The state or fact of having a duty to deal with something or of having control over someone. We expect individuals to take on more responsibility.
sector	The minimum track length that can be assigned to store information unless otherwise specified a sector of data consists of 512 bytes. The public sector.
speciality	A pursuit, area of study, or skill to which someone has devoted much time and effort and in which they are expert. Speciality potatoes for salads.
sphere	The apparent surface of the imaginary sphere on which celestial bodies appear to be projected. The room was littered with books maps and spheres.
state	A state of depression or agitation. King Fahd appointed a council to advise him on affairs of state.
territory	An area defended by an animal or group of animals against others of the same sex or species. Woodland territory.
the back of beyond	The protective covering on the front, back, and spine of a book.
the countryside	Rural regions.
the rest of the country	Something left after other parts have been taken away.
the wilderness	A wild and uninhabited area left in its natural condition.
the wilds	A wild primitive state untouched by civilization.
world	The 3rd planet from the sun; the planet we live on. It s a wonderful world.
worry	A source of anxiety. He s demented with worry.
zone	An area or region distinguished from adjacent parts by a distinctive feature or characteristic. A pedestrian zone.

Usage Examples of "Province" as a noun

• It was his province to take care of himself.
• I made my way home to the dreary provinces by train.
• Chengdu, capital of Sichuan province.
• All-party talks on the future of the Province.
• She knew little about wine—that had been her father's province.

Associations of "Province" (30 Words)

archipelago	An extensive group of islands. The Indonesian archipelago.
area	A particular environment or walk of life. The key areas of science.
autonomous	Free from external control and constraint in e.g. action and judgment. Autonomous underwater vehicles.
borough	An English town that forms the constituency of a member of parliament.
coastal	Of or near a coast. Coastal erosion.
constituency	A group of people with shared interests or political opinions. A parliamentary candidate in the Hampstead and Highgate constituency.
county	Relating to or characteristic of aristocratic people with an ancestral home in a particular county. Administration at county level.
district	Regulate housing in; of certain areas of towns. The committee districted the city into blocks.
domain	A distinct region of a complex molecule or structure. The country s isolation in the domain of sport.
equatorial	Of or existing at or near the geographic equator. Equatorial regions.
geographic	Of or relating to the science of geography. The north and south geographic poles.
littoral	The littoral zone. Limpets and other littoral molluscs.
local	A local branch of an organization especially a trade union. Migration can regulate the local density of animals.
localization	The fact of being or becoming located or fixed in a particular place. Differences in localization of growth control molecules in carcinoma.
metropolitan	Relating to or denoting a metropolitan or his see. The Boston metropolitan area.
municipal	Relating or belonging to or characteristic of a municipality. Municipal offices.
municipality	The governing body of a municipality. Voters in each municipality choose between four candidates.
neighborhood	The approximate amount of something (usually used prepositionally as in `in the region of. My neighborhood voted for Bush.
northern	Relating to or characteristic of the north or its inhabitants. Northern industry.
peninsular	Denoting or relating to an area of land almost surrounded by water or projecting out into a body of water. The counties of peninsular Florida.
prefecture	(in certain countries) a district under the authority of a prefect or governor. Enraged fans besieged the Prefecture of Police.
provincial	Of or associated with a province. Deeply provincial and conformist.
quarter	The haunches or hindquarters of a horse. The plotters were hanged drawn and quartered.
realm	A field or domain of activity or interest. The rise of the realm of cotton in the south.
region	The approximate amount of something usually used prepositionally as in in the region of. A major wine producing region.
southern	In or characteristic of a region of the United States south of (approximately) the Mason-Dixon line. Southern plantations.
subdivide	Form into subdivisions. The cells subdivided.
town	The particular town under consideration especially one s own town. The cultural differences between town and country.
underpopulated	Having a lower population density than normal or desirable. The rocky and underpopulated west coast.
zone	Divide into or assign to zones. A zone of easterly winds.