Topic Thesaurus
Roget's Thesaurus

Space in General

Abstract Space

Space (Indefinite space)

Nouns
  • space, extension, extent, superficial extent, expanse, stretch, hyperspace
  • room, scope, range, field, way, expansion, compass, sweep, swing, spread. dimension, length etc. Length
  • distance etc. Distance
  • size etc. Size
  • volume
  • hypervolume. latitude, play, leeway, purchase, tolerance, room for maneuver. spare room, elbow room, house room
  • stowage, roomage, margin
  • opening, sphere, arena. open space, free space
  • void etc. (absence) Absence
  • waste
  • wildness, wilderness
  • moor, moorland
  • campagna. abyss etc. (interval) Interval
  • unlimited space
  • infinity etc. Infinity
  • world
  • ubiquity etc. (presence) Presence
  • length and breadth of the land. proportions, acreage
  • acres, acres and perches, roods and perches, hectares, square miles
  • square inches, square yards, square centimeters, square meters, yards (clothing) etc.
  • ares, arpents.
Adjectives
  • spacious, roomy, extensive, expansive, capacious, ample
  • widespread, vast, world-wide, uncircumscribed
  • boundless etc. (infinite) Infinity
  • shoreless, trackless, pathless
  • extended.
Adverbs
  • extensively etc. adj.
  • wherever
  • everywhere
  • far and near, far and wide
  • right and left, all over, all the world over
  • throughout the world, throughout the length and breadth of the throughout the length and breadth of the land
  • under the sun, in every quarter
  • in all quarters, in all lands
  • here there and everywhere
  • from pole to pole, from China to Peru [Johnson], from Indus to the pole [Pope], from Dan to Beersheba, from end to end
  • on the face of the earth, in the wide world, from all points of the compass
  • to the four winds, to the uttermost parts of the earth.

Inextension

Nouns
  • inextension, nonextension, point
  • dot
  • atom etc. (smallness) Smallness.

Region (Definite space)

Nouns
  • region, sphere, ground, soil, area, field, realm, hemisphere, quarter, district, beat, orb, circuit, circle
  • reservation, pale etc. (limit) Limit
  • compartment, department
  • clearing. [political divisions: see] (property) etc. Property (Government) etc. Authority.Existence arena, precincts, enceinte, walk, march
  • patch, plot, parcel, inclosure, close, field, court
  • enclave, reserve, preserve
  • street etc. (abode) [Place of habitation, or resort.] Abode. clime, climate, zone, meridian, latitude. biosphere
  • lithosphere.
Adjectives
  • territorial, local, parochial, provincial, regional.

Place (Limited space)

Nouns
Adverbs
  • somewhere, in some place, wherever it may be, here and there, in various places, passim.

Relative Space

Situation

Nouns
  • situation, position, locality, locale, status, latitude and longitude
  • footing, standing, standpoint, post
  • stage
  • aspect, attitude, posture, pose. environment, surroundings (location) Location
  • circumjacence etc. Circumjacence. place, site, station, seat, venue, whereabouts
  • ground
  • bearings etc. (direction) Direction
  • spot etc. (limited space) [Limited space.] Place. topography, geography, chorography
  • map etc. Representation.
Verbs
  • be situated, be situate
  • lie, have its seat in.
Adjectives
  • situate, situated
  • local, topical, topographical etc. n..
Adverbs
  • in situ, in loco
  • here and there, passim
  • hereabouts, thereabouts, whereabouts
  • in place, here, there. in such and such surroundings, in such and such environs, in such and such entourage, amidst such and such surroundings, amidst such and such environs, amidst such and such entourage.

Location

Nouns
  • location, localization
  • lodgment
  • deposition, reposition
  • stowage, package
  • collocation
  • packing, lading
  • establishment, settlement, installation
  • fixation
  • insertion etc. [Forcible ingress.] Insertion. habitat, environment, surroundings (situation) Situation
  • circumjacence etc. Circumjacence. anchorage, mooring, encampment. plantation, colony, settlement, cantonment
  • colonization, domestication, situation
  • habitation etc. (abode) [Place of habitation, or resort.] Abode
  • cohabitation
  • a local habitation and a name" [Midsummer Night's Dream]
  • endenization, naturalization.
Verbs
  • place, situate, locate, localize, make a place for, put, lay, set, seat, station, lodge, quarter, post, install
  • house, stow
  • establish, fix, pin, root
  • graft
  • plant etc. (insert) [Forcible ingress.] Insertion
  • shelve, pitch, camp, lay down, deposit, reposit
  • cradle
  • moor, tether, picket
  • pack, tuck in
  • embed, imbed
  • vest, invest in. billet on, quarter upon, saddle with
  • load, lade, freight
  • pocket, put up, bag. inhabit etc. (be present) Presence
  • domesticate, colonize
  • take root, strike root
  • anchor
  • cast anchor, come to an anchor
  • sit down, settle down
  • settle
  • take up one's abode, take up one's quarters
  • plant oneself, establish oneself, locate oneself
  • squat, perch, hive, bivouac, burrow, get a footing
  • encamp, pitch one's tent
  • put up at, put up one's horses at
  • keep house. endenizen, naturalize, adopt. put back, replace etc. (restore) Restoration.
Adjectives
  • placed etc. v.
  • situate, posited, ensconced, imbedded, embosomed, rooted
  • domesticated
  • vested in, unremoved. moored etc. v.
  • at anchor.

Displacement

Nouns
Verbs
Adjectives
  • displaced etc. v.
  • unplaced, unhoused, unharbored, unestablished, unsettled
  • houseless, homeless
  • out of place, out of a situation
  • in the wrong place. misplaced, out of its element.

Existence in Space

Presence

Nouns
  • presence
  • occupancy, occupation
  • attendance
  • whereness. permeation, pervasion
  • diffusion etc. (dispersion) Nonassemblage. Dispersion. ubiety, ubiquity, ubiquitariness
  • omnipresence. bystander etc. (spectator) Spectator.
Verbs
  • exist in space, be present etc. adj.
  • assister
  • make one of, make one at
  • look on, attend, remain
  • find oneself, present oneself
  • show one's face
  • fall in the way of, occur in a place
  • lie, stand
  • occupy
  • be there. people
  • inhabit, dwell, reside, stay, sojourn, live, abide, lodge, nestle, roost, perch
  • take up one's abode etc. (be located) Location
  • tenant. resort to, frequent, haunt
  • revisit. fill, pervade, permeate
  • be diffused, be disseminated, be through
  • over spread, overrun
  • run through
  • meet one at every turn.
Adjectives
  • present
  • occupying, inhabiting etc. v.
  • moored etc. Location
  • resiant, resident, residentiary
  • domiciled. ubiquitous, ubiquitary
  • omnipresent
  • universally present. peopled, populous, full of people, inhabited.
Adverbs
  • here, there, where, everywhere, aboard, on board, at home, afield
  • here there and everywhere etc. (space) [Indefinite space.] Space
  • in presence of, before
  • under the eyes of, under the nose of
  • in the face of
  • in person, in the flesh.

Absence

Nouns
  • absence
  • inexistence etc. Inexistence
  • nonresidence, absenteeism
  • nonattendance, alibi. emptiness etc. adj.
  • void, vacuum
  • vacuity, vacancy
  • exemption
  • hiatus etc. (interval) Interval
  • lipotype. truant, absentee. nobody
  • nobody present, nobody on earth
  • not a soul
Verbs
  • be absent etc. adj.
  • keep away, keep out of the way
  • play truant, absent oneself, stay away
  • keep aloof, hold aloof. withdraw, make oneself scarce, vacate
  • go away etc. [Initial motion from.] Departure.
Adjectives
  • absent, not present, away, nonresident, gone, from home
  • missing
  • lost
  • wanting
  • omitted
  • nowhere to be found
  • inexistence etc. Inexistence. empty, void
  • vacant, vacuous
  • untenanted, unoccupied, uninhabited
  • tenantless
  • barren, sterile
  • desert, deserted
  • devoid
  • uninhabitable.
Adverbs
  • without, minus, nowhere
  • elsewhere
  • neither here nor there
  • in default of
  • sans
  • behind one's back.
Phrases
  • the bird has flown
  • absent in body but present in spirit" [Existence Corinthians verse Substantiality]
  • Achilles absent was Achilles still" [Homer]
  • aux absents les os
  • conspicuous by his absence" [Russell]
  • in the hope to meet shortly again and make our in the hope to meet shortly again and make our absence sweet" [B. Jonson].

Inhabitant

Nouns
  • inhabitant
  • resident, residentiary
  • dweller, indweller
  • addressee
  • occupier, occupant
  • householder, lodger, inmate, tenant, incumbent, sojourner, locum tenens, commorant
  • settler, squatter, backwoodsman, colonist
  • islander
  • denizen, citizen
  • burgher, oppidan, cockney, cit, townsman, burgess
  • villager
  • cottager, cottier, cotter
  • compatriot
  • backsettler, boarder
  • hotel keeper, innkeeper
  • habitant
  • paying guest
  • planter. native, indigene, aborigines, autochthones
  • Englishman, John Bull
  • newcomer etc. (stranger) Extraneousness. aboriginal, American, Caledonian, Cambrian, Canadian, Canuck [Slang], downeaster [U.S.], Scot, Scotchman, Hibernian, Irishman, Welshman, Uncle Sam, Yankee, Brother Jonathan. garrison, crew
  • population
  • people etc. (mankind) Mankind
  • colony, settlement
  • household
  • mir.
Verbs
Adjectives
  • indigenous
  • native, natal
  • autochthonal, autochthonous
  • British
  • English
  • American
  • Canadian, Irish, Scotch, Scottish, Welsh
  • domestic
  • domiciliated, domiciled
  • naturalized, vernacular, domesticated
  • domiciliary. in the occupation of
  • garrisoned by, occupied by.

Abode (Place of habitation, or resort)

Nouns
  • abode, dwelling, lodging, domicile, residence, apartment, place, digs, pad, address, habitation, where one's lot is cast, local habitation, berth, diggings, seat, lap, sojourn, housing, quarters, headquarters, resiance, tabernacle, throne, ark. home, fatherland
  • country
  • homestead, homestall
  • fireside
  • hearth, hearth stone
  • chimney corner, inglenook, ingle side
  • harem, seraglio, zenana
  • household gods, roof, household, housing, paternal domicile
  • native soil, native land. habitat, range, stamping ground
  • haunt, hangout
  • biosphere
  • environment, ecological niche. nest, nidus, snuggery
  • arbor, bower, c. Receptacle
  • lair, den, cave, hole, hiding place, cell, aerie, eyrie, eyry, rookery, hive
  • covert, resort, retreat, perch, roost
  • nidification
  • kala jagah. bivouac, camp, encampment, cantonment, castrametation
  • barrack, casemate, casern. tent etc. (covering) Covering
  • building etc. (construction) Production
  • chamber etc. (receptacle) Receptacle
  • xenodochium. tenement, messuage, farm, farmhouse, grange, hacienda, toft. cot, cabin, hut, chalet, croft, shed, booth, stall, hovel, bothy, shanty, dugout [U.S.], wigwam
  • pen etc. (inclosure) Inclosure
  • barn, bawn
  • kennel, sty, doghold, cote, coop, hutch, byre
  • cow house, cow shed
  • stable, dovecote, columbary, columbarium
  • shippen
  • igloo, iglu, jacal
  • lacustrine dwelling, lacuslake dwelling, lacuspile dwelling
  • log cabin, log house
  • shack, shebang [Slang], tepee, topek. house, mansion, place, villa, cottage, box, lodge, hermitage, folly, rotunda, tower, chateau, castle, pavilion, hotel, court, manor-house, capital messuage, hall, palace
  • kiosk, bungalow
  • country seat, apartment house, flat house, frame house, shingle house, tenement house
  • temple etc. Temple. hamlet, village, thorp, dorp, ham, kraal
  • borough, burgh, town, city, capital, metropolis
  • suburb
  • province, country
  • county town, county seat
  • courthouse [U.S.]
  • ghetto. street, place, terrace, parade, esplanade, alameda, board walk, embankment, road, row, lane, alley, court, quadrangle, quad, wynd [Scot.], close [Scot.], yard, passage, rents, buildings, mews. square, polygon, circus, crescent, mall, piazza, arcade, colonnade, peristyle, cloister
  • gardens, grove, residences
  • block of buildings, market place, place, plaza. anchorage, roadstead, roads
  • dock, basin, wharf, quay, port, harbor. quarter, parish etc. (region) [Definite space.] Region. assembly room, meetinghouse, pump room, spa, watering place
  • inn
  • hostel, hostelry
  • hotel, tavern, caravansary, dak bungalow, khan, hospice
  • public house, pub, pot house, mug house
  • gin mill, gin palace
  • bar, bar room
  • barrel house [U.S.], cabaret, chophouse
  • club, clubhouse
  • cookshop, dive [U.S.], exchange [Euph.]
  • grill room, saloon [U.S.], shebeen
  • coffee house, eating house
  • canteen, restaurant, buffet, cafe, estaminet, posada
  • almshouse, poorhouse, townhouse [U.S.]. garden, park, pleasure ground, plaisance, demesne. [quarters for animals] cage, terrarium, doghouse
  • pen, aviary
  • barn, stall
  • zoo.
Verbs
  • take up one's abode etc. (locate oneself) Location
  • inhabit etc. (be present) Presence.
Adjectives
  • urban, metropolitan
  • suburban
  • provincial, rural, rustic
  • domestic
  • cosmopolitan
  • palatial.
Phrases
  • even cities have their graves" [Longfellow]
  • home sweet home.

Contents (Things contained)

Nouns
  • contents
  • cargo, lading, freight, shipment, load, bale, burden, jag
  • cartload, shipload
  • cup of, basket of, c. (receptacle) Receptacle of
  • inside etc. Interiority
  • stuffing, ullage.

Receptacle

Nouns
  • receptacle
  • inclosure etc. Inclosure
  • recipient, receiver, reservatory. compartment
  • cell, cellule
  • follicle
  • hole, corner, niche, recess, nook
  • crypt, stall, pigeonhole, cove, oriel
  • cave etc. (concavity) Concavity. capsule, vesicle, cyst, pod, calyx, cancelli, utricle, bladder
  • pericarp, udder. stomach, paunch, venter, ventricle, crop, craw, maw, gizzard, breadbasket
  • mouth. pocket, pouch, fob, sheath, scabbard, socket, bag, sac, sack, saccule, wallet, cardcase, scrip, poke, knit, knapsack, haversack, sachel, satchel, reticule, budget, net
  • ditty bag, ditty box
  • housewife, hussif
  • saddlebags
  • portfolio
  • quiver etc. (magazine) Store. chest, box, coffer, caddy, case, casket, pyx, pix, caisson, desk, bureau, reliquary
  • trunk, portmanteau, band-box, valise
  • grip, grip sack [U.S.]
  • skippet, vasculum
  • boot, imperial
  • vache
  • cage, manger, rack. vessel, vase, bushel, barrel
  • canister, jar
  • pottle, basket, pannier, buck-basket, hopper, maund, creel, cran, crate, cradle, bassinet, wisket, whisket, jardiniere, corbeille, hamper, dosser, dorser, tray, hod, scuttle, utensil
  • brazier
  • cuspidor, spittoon. [For liquids] cistern etc. (store) Store
  • vat, caldron, barrel, cask, drum, puncheon, keg, rundlet, tun, butt, cag, firkin, kilderkin, carboy, amphora, bottle, jar, decanter, ewer, cruse, caraffe, crock, kit, canteen, flagon
  • demijohn
  • flask, flasket
  • stoup, noggin, vial, phial, cruet, caster
  • urn, epergne, salver, patella, tazza, patera
  • pig gin, big gin
  • tyg, nipperkin, pocket pistol
  • tub, bucket, pail, skeel, pot, tankard, jug, pitcher, mug, pipkin
  • galipot, gallipot
  • matrass, receiver, retort, alembic, bolthead, capsule, can, kettle
  • bowl, basin, jorum, punch bowl, cup, goblet, chalice, tumbler, glass, rummer, horn, saucepan, skillet, posnet, tureen. [laboratory vessels for liquids] beaker, flask, Erlenmeyer flask, Florence flask, round-bottom flask, graduated cylinder, test tube, culture tube, pipette, Pasteur pipette, disposable pipette, syringe, vial, carboy, vacuum flask, Petri dish, microtiter tray, centrifuge tube. bail, beaker, billy, canakin
  • catch basin, catch drain
  • chatti, lota, mussuk, schooner [U.S.], spider, terrine, toby, urceus. plate, platter, dish, trencher, calabash, porringer, potager, saucer, pan, crucible
  • glassware, tableware
  • vitrics. compote, gravy boat, creamer, sugar bowl, butter dish, mug, pitcher, punch bowl, chafing dish. shovel, trowel, spoon, spatula, ladle, dipper, tablespoon, watch glass, thimble. closet, commode, cupboard, cellaret, chiffonniere, locker, bin, bunker, buffet, press, clothespress, safe, sideboard, drawer, chest of drawers, chest on chest, highboy, lowboy, till, scrutoire, secretary, secretaire, davenport, bookcase, cabinet, canterbury
  • escritoire, etagere, vargueno, vitrine. chamber, apartment, room, cabin
  • office, court, hall, atrium
  • suite of rooms, apartment [U.S.], flat, story
  • saloon, salon, parlor
  • by-room, cubicle
  • presence chamber
  • sitting room, best room, keeping room, drawing room, reception room, state room
  • gallery, cabinet, closet
  • pew, box
  • boudoir
  • adytum, sanctum
  • bedroom, dormitory
  • refectory, dining room, salle-a-manger
  • nursery, schoolroom
  • library, study
  • studio
  • billiard room, smoking room
  • den
  • stateroom, tablinum, tenement. [room for defecation and urination] bath room, bathroom, toilet, lavatory, powder room
  • john, jakes, necessary, loo
  • [in public places] men's room, ladies' room, rest room
  • [fixtures] (uncleanness). Uncleanness attic, loft, garret, cockloft, clerestory
  • cellar, vault, hold, cockpit
  • cubbyhole
  • cook house
  • entre-sol
  • mezzanine floor
  • ground floor, rez-de-chaussee
  • basement, kitchen, pantry, bawarchi-khana, scullery, offices
  • storeroom etc. (depository) Store
  • lumber room
  • dairy, laundry. coach house
  • garage
  • hangar
  • outhouse
  • penthouse
  • lean-to. portico, porch, stoop, stope, veranda, patio, lanai, terrace, deck
  • lobby, court, courtyard, hall, vestibule, corridor, passage, breezeway
  • ante room, ante chamber
  • lounge
  • piazza, veranda. conservatory, greenhouse, bower, arbor, summerhouse, alcove, grotto, hermitage. lodging etc. (abode) [Place of habitation, or resort.] Abode
  • bed etc. (support) Support
  • carriage etc. (vehicle) Vehicle.
Adjectives
  • capsular
  • saccular, sacculated
  • recipient
  • ventricular, cystic, vascular, vesicular, cellular, camerated, locular, multilocular, polygastric
  • marsupial
  • siliquose, siliquous.