Topic Thesaurus
Roget's Thesaurus

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.