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

Need another word that means the same as “region”? Find 26 synonyms and 30 related words for “region” in this overview.

The synonyms of “Region” are: area, realm, part, neighborhood, sector, section, belt, territory, tract, stretch, expanse, district, quarter, precinct, locality, neighbourhood, province, land, division, zone, terrain, locale, domain, field, arena, department

Region as a Noun

Definitions of "Region" as a noun

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

• An area of activity or thought.
• A part of the body, especially around or near an organ.
• An area, especially part of a country or the world having definable characteristics but not always fixed boundaries.
• The extended spatial location of something.
• A large indefinite location on the surface of the Earth.
• An administrative district of a city or country.
• The approximate amount of something (usually used prepositionally as in `in the region of.
• The parts of a country outside the capital or chief seat of government.
• A knowledge domain that you are interested in or are communicating about.
• A part of an animal that has a special function or is supplied by a given artery or nerve.

Synonyms of "Region" as a noun (26 Words)

area	A space allocated for a specific use. The area of a triangle.
arena	A place or scene of activity, debate, or conflict. He has re entered the political arena.
belt	A person who is qualified to wear a belt of a specified colour in judo karate etc. The asteroid belt.
department	The territorial and administrative division of some countries (such as France. That s not my department.
district	A region marked off for administrative or other purposes. A district health authority.
division	Biology a group of organisms forming a subdivision of a larger category. An infantry division.
domain	The content of a particular field of knowledge. His domain extended into Europe.
expanse	A wide and open space or area as of surface or land or sky. The green expanse of the forest.
field	The force exerted or potentially exerted in a field. A wheat field.
land	The land on which real estate is located. You re living in a fantasy land.
locale	A place where something happens or is set, or that has particular events associated with it. Her summers were spent in a variety of exotic locales.
locality	A surrounding or nearby region. The rock s size and locality.
neighborhood	A surrounding or nearby region. The price is in the neighborhood of 100.
neighbourhood	A surrounding or nearby region. She lived in a wealthy neighbourhood of Boston.
part	That which concerns a person with regard to a particular role or situation. I was part of the family.
precinct	The police station situated in a precinct. A pedestrian precinct.
province	The whole of a country outside the capital, especially when regarded as lacking in sophistication or culture. I made my way home to the dreary provinces by train.
quarter	The haunches or hindquarters of a horse. It s a quarter til 4.
realm	The domain ruled by a king or queen. An overall Labour majority is not beyond the realms of possibility.
section	A particular district of a town. Sections from the left ventricle showed diseased tissue.
sector	The minimum track length that can be assigned to store information unless otherwise specified a sector of data consists of 512 bytes. Operations in the southern sector of the North Sea.
stretch	A stretch limo. He did a stretch in the federal penitentiary.
terrain	A piece of ground having specific characteristics or military potential. They were delayed by rough terrain.
territory	An area defended by a team or player in a game or sport. His questions covered a lot of territory.
tract	A system of body parts that together serve some particular purpose. The digestive tract.
zone	A belt or girdle worn round a person’s body. A zone of easterly winds.

Usage Examples of "Region" as a noun

• His work takes needlework into the region of folk art.
• The promotion of investment in the regions.
• In the abdominal region.
• It was going to take in the region of two or three months to finish the job.
• Penguins inhabit the polar regions.
• The farming regions of France.
• Regions of outer space.
• Lothian Region.
• The lumbar region.
• Here we enter the region of opinion.
• The equatorial regions.
• A major wine-producing region.
• Saxony was divided into four large regions.

Associations of "Region" (30 Words)

archipelago	A group of many islands in a large body of water. The Indonesian archipelago.
area	A part of a structure having some specific characteristic or function. The area steps.
bay	A compartment on a ship between decks; often used as a hospital. They put him in the sick bay.
coastal	Of or near a coast. The Atlantic coastal plain.
district	A region defined for an administrative purpose. A district health authority.
domain	A distinct subset of the internet with addresses sharing a common suffix or under the control of a particular organization or individual. The country s isolation in the domain of sport.
dune	A ridge of sand created by the wind; found in deserts or near lakes and oceans. A sand dune.
foreshore	The part of a shore between high- and low-water marks, or between the water and cultivated or developed land.
geographical	Relating to geography. The geographical distribution of plants.
gulf	An unbridgeable disparity (as from a failure of understanding. He felt a gulf between himself and his former friends.
island	A zone or area resembling an island. The island of Crete.
isle	An island or peninsula, especially a small one. Crusoe s fabled isle.
islet	A portion of tissue structurally distinct from surrounding tissues.
lagoon	A small freshwater lake near a larger lake or river.
land	Extensive landed property especially in the country retained by the owner for his own use. Measures to reduce logging on federal lands.
littoral	The littoral zone. Irrigated regions of the Mediterranean littoral.
map	Represent an area on a map make a map of. It is not obvious that the subprocesses of language will map on to individual brain areas.
maritime	Relating to or involving ships or shipping or navigation or seamen. Maritime farmers.
municipal	Of or relating to the government of a municipality. Municipal offices.
nautical	Relating to or involving ships or shipping or navigation or seamen. Nautical charts.
peninsula	A large mass of land projecting into a body of water.
peninsular	Of or forming or resembling a peninsula. The counties of peninsular Florida.
physiography	The study of physical features of the earth’s surface.
province	The territory occupied by one of the constituent administrative districts of a nation. It was his province to take care of himself.
seashore	An area of sandy, stony, or rocky land bordering and level with the sea.
southern	In or characteristic of a region of the United States south of (approximately) the Mason-Dixon line. Southern breezes.
subdivide	Divide (something that has already been divided or that is a separate unit. This apartment cannot be subdivided any further.
underpopulated	Having an insufficient or very small population. The richly endowed but underpopulated Ivory Coast.
zone	Designate a specific area for use or development as a particular zone in planning. I was in the zone completing the first nine holes in one under par.
zoning	The classification of land according to restrictions placed on its use and development. Those opposed to zoning argued that the party s presidential standard bearer could come from any part of the country.