range

• An area in which something acts or operates or has power or control: (synset 105132642)
  hypernym: extent - the distance or area or volume over which something extends
  hyponym:

  • approximate range, ballpark - near to the scope or range of something
  • confines - a bounded scope
  • contrast - the range of optical density and tone on a photographic negative or print (or the extent to which adjacent areas on a television screen differ in brightness)
  • internationalism, internationality - quality of being international in scope
  • latitude - scope for freedom of e.g. action or thought; freedom from restriction
  • horizon, purview, view - the range of interest or activity that can be anticipated
  • expanse, sweep - a wide scope
  • gamut - a complete extent or range:
  • spectrum - a broad range of related objects or values or qualities or ideas or activities
  • palette, pallet - the range of colour characteristic of a particular artist or painting or school of art
  synonym: ambit, compass, orbit, reach, scope
• The limits within which something can be effective (synset 108646496)
  hypernym: limit - as far as something can go
  hyponym:

  • earreach, earshot, hearing - the range within which a voice can be heard
  • eyeshot, view - the range of the eye
  • rifle range, rifle shot - the distance that a rifle bullet will carry
  synonym: reach
• A large tract of grassy open land on which livestock can graze (synset 108646774)
  hypernym: parcel, parcel of land, piece of ground, piece of land, tract - an extended area of land
  hyponym: home range, home territory - the area in which an animal normally ranges
• A series of hills or mountains (synset 109426609)
  hypernym: formation, geological formation - (geology) the geological features of the earth
  instance hyponym:

  • adirondack mountains, adirondacks - a mountain range in northeastern New York State; a popular resort area
  • admiralty range - mountains in Antarctica to the north of Victoria Land
  • alaska range - a mountain range in south central Alaska; contains Mount McKinley
  • alleghenies, allegheny mountains - the western part of the Appalachian Mountains; extending from northern Pennsylvania to southwestern Virginia
  • alps, the alps - a large mountain system in south-central Europe; scenic beauty and winter sports make them a popular tourist attraction
  • altai mountains, altay mountains - a mountain range in central Asia that extends a thousand miles from Kazakhstan eastward into western Mongolia and northern China
  • andes - a mountain range in South America running 5000 miles along the Pacific coast
  • apennines - a mountain range extending the length of the Italian peninsula
  • appalachian mountains, appalachians - a mountain range in the eastern United States extending from Quebec to the Gulf of Mexico; a historic barrier to early westward expansion of the United States
  • atlas mountains - a mountain range in northern Africa between the Mediterranean and the Sahara Desert; extends from southwestern Morocco to northern Tunisia
  • australian alps - a range of mountains in Australia that forms the southern end of the Great Dividing Range
  • balkan mountain range, balkan mountains, balkans - the major mountain range of Bulgaria and the Balkan Peninsula
  • berkshire hills, berkshires - a low mountain range in western Massachusetts; a resort area
  • black hills - mountains in southwestern South Dakota and northeastern Wyoming; sacred to the Sioux (whites settling in the Black Hills led to the Battle of Little Bighorn); site of Mount Rushmore
  • blue ridge, blue ridge mountains - a range of the Appalachians extending from southern Pennsylvania to northern Georgia
  • cantabrian mountains - a range of mountains in northern Spain along the coast of the Bay of Biscay
  • carpathian mountains, carpathians - a mountain range in central Europe that extends from Slovakia and southern Poland southeastward through western Ukraine to northeastern Romania; a popular resort area
  • cascade mountains, cascade range, cascades - a mountain range in the northwestern United States extending through Washington and Oregon and northern California; a part of the Coast Range
  • catskill mountains, catskills - a range of the Appalachians to the west of the Hudson in southeastern New York; includes many popular resort areas
  • caucasus, caucasus mountains - the mountain range in Caucasia between the Black Sea and the Caspian Sea that forms part of the traditional border between Europe and Asia
  • coast mountains, coast range - a string of mountain ranges along the Pacific coast of North America from southeastern Alaska to Lower California
  • cumberland mountains, cumberland plateau - the southwestern part of the Appalachians
  • dolomite alps - an eastern range of the Alps in northeastern Italy famous for their dolomitic limestone
  • eastern highlands, great dividing range - a mountain range running along the eastern coast of Australia
  • great smoky mountains - part of the Appalachians between North Carolina and Tennessee
  • green mountains - a range of the Appalachian Mountains that extends from south to north through Vermont
  • guadalupe mountains - a mountain range in southern New Mexico and western Texas; the southern extension of the Sacramento Mountains
  • himalaya, himalaya mountains, himalayas - a mountain range extending 1500 miles on the border between India and Tibet; this range contains the world's highest mountain
  • hindu kush, hindu kush mountains - a mountain range extending to the west of the Himalayas
  • karakoram, karakoram range, karakorum range, mustagh, mustagh range - a mountain range in northern Kashmir; an extension of the Hindu Kush; contains the 2nd highest peak
  • kuenlun, kuenlun mountains, kunlan shan, kunlun, kunlun mountains - a mountain range in western China that extends eastward from the Indian border for 1000 miles
  • mesabi range - a range of hills in northeastern Minnesota where rich iron ore deposits were discovered in 1887
  • mount carmel - a mountain range in northwestern Israel near the Mediterranean coast
  • nan ling - a mountain range in southeastern China running generally east to west
  • ozark mountains, ozark plateau, ozarks - an area of low mountains in northwestern Arkansas and southeastern Missouri and northeastern Oklahoma
  • pamir mountains, the pamirs - a mountain range in central Asia that is centered in Tajikistan but extends into Kyrgyzstan and Afghanistan and Pakistan and western China
  • pyrenees - a chain of mountains between France and Spain
  • rhodope mountains - a mountain range in the Balkan peninsula in southeastern Europe; extends along the border between Greece and Bulgaria
  • rockies, rocky mountains - the chief mountain range of western North America; extends from British Columbia to northern New Mexico; forms the continental divide
  • sacramento mountains - mountain range in New Mexico to the east of the Rio Grande
  • san juan mountains - a mountain range in southwestern Colorado that is part of the Rocky Mountains
  • sayan mountains - a range of mountains in southern Siberia to the west of Lake Baikal; contain important mineral deposits
  • selkirk mountains - a range of the Rocky Mountains in southeastern British Columbia
  • sierra - a range of mountains (usually with jagged peaks and irregular outline)
  • sierra madre occidental - a mountain range in northwestern Mexico that runs south from Arizona parallel to the Pacific coastline
  • sierra madre oriental - a mountain range in northeastern Mexico the runs parallel to the coastline of the Gulf of Mexico
  • high sierra, sierra nevada, sierra nevada mountains - a mountain range in eastern California; contains Mount Whitney
  • sierra nevada - a mountain range in southern Spain along the Mediterranean coast to the east of Granada
  • st. elias mountains, st. elias range - a range of mountains between Alaska and the Yukon territory
  • taconic mountains - a range of the Appalachian Mountains along the eastern border of New York with Connecticut, Massachusetts, and Vermont
  • teton range - a mountain range in northwest Wyoming; contains the Grand Teton
  • tien shan, tyan shan - a major mountain range of central Asia; extends 1,500 miles
  • transylvanian alps - a range of the southern Carpathian Mountains extending across central Romania
  • tyrolean alps - a popular tourist area in the Tyrol
  • ural mountains, urals - a mountain range in western Russia extending from the Arctic to the Caspian Sea; forms part of the traditional boundary between Europe and Asia
  part holonym:

  • massif - a block of the earth's crust bounded by faults and shifted to form peaks of a mountain range
  • mountain pass, notch, pass - the location in a range of mountains of a geological formation that is lower than the surrounding peaks
  synonym: chain, chain of mountains, mountain chain, mountain range, range of mountains
• A place for shooting (firing or driving) projectiles of various kinds (synset 104060330)
  hypernym: facility, installation - a building or place that provides a particular service or is used for a particular industry
  hyponym:

  • practice range - a place for practicing golf shots
  • rifle range - a range where people can practice shooting rifles
  • test range - a range for conducting tests
• A variety of different things or activities (synset 108416543)
  hypernym: assortment, miscellanea, miscellany, mixed bag, mixture, motley, potpourri, salmagundi, smorgasbord, variety - a collection containing a variety of sorts of things
  hyponym: band - a range of frequencies between two limits
• (mathematics) the set of values of the dependent variable for which a function is defined (synset 108016746)
  domain category: math, mathematics, maths - a science (or group of related sciences) dealing with the logic of quantity and shape and arrangement
  hypernym: set - (mathematics) an abstract collection of numbers or symbols
  synonym: image, range of a function
• The limit of capability (synset 105631411)
  hypernym: capability, capableness, potentiality - an aptitude that may be developed
  hyponym: ken, sight - the range of vision
  synonym: compass, grasp, reach
• A kitchen appliance used for cooking food (synset 104337478)
  hypernym: kitchen appliance - a home appliance used in preparing food
  hyponym:

  • charcoal burner - a stove that burns charcoal as fuel
  • cookstove - a stove for cooking (especially a wood- or coal-burning kitchen stove)
  • electric range - a kitchen range in which the heat for cooking is provided by electric power
  • gas cooker, gas range, gas stove - a range with gas rings and an oven for cooking with gas
  • potbelly, potbelly stove - a bulbous stove in which wood or coal is burned
  • primus, primus stove - a portable paraffin cooking stove; used by campers
  • spirit stove - a stove that burns a volatile liquid fuel such as alcohol
  part holonym: grate, grating - a frame of iron bars to hold a fire
  synonym: cooking stove, kitchen range, kitchen stove, stove

• Change or be different within limits (synset 202732914)
  hypernym: be - have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun)
  synonym: run
  verb group:

  • extend, go, lead, pass, run - stretch out over a distance, space, time, or scope; run or extend between two points or beyond a certain point
  • lead, run - cause something to pass or lead somewhere
• Move about aimlessly or without any destination, often in search of food or employment (synset 201885173)
  hypernym: go, locomote, move, travel - change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
  hyponym:

  • maunder - wander aimlessly
  • gad, gallivant, jazz around - wander aimlessly in search of pleasure
  synonym: cast, drift, ramble, roam, roll, rove, stray, swan, tramp, vagabond, wander
  verb group:

  • drift, err, stray - wander from a direct course or at random
  • wander - go via an indirect route or at no set pace
• Have a range
  Be capable of projecting over a certain distance, as of a gun (synset 202747024)
  hyponym: carry - be conveyed over a certain distance
• Range or extend over
  Occupy a certain area (synset 202696226)
  hypernym: be, comprise, constitute, make up, represent - form or compose
  hyponym: spread-eagle - stretch over
  synonym: straddle
• Lay out orderly or logically in a line or as if in a line (synset 201476839)
  hypernym: arrange, set up - put into a proper or systematic order
  hyponym: compart - lay out in parts according to a plan
  synonym: array, lay out, set out
• Feed as in a meadow or pasture (synset 201578996)
  hypernym: eat, feed - take in food; used of animals only
  synonym: browse, crop, graze, pasture
  verb group:

  • range - let eat
  • crop, graze, pasture - let feed in a field or pasture or meadow
• Let eat (synset 201207059)
  hypernym: feed, give - give food to
  verb group: browse, crop, graze, pasture, range - feed as in a meadow or pasture
• Assign a rank or rating to (synset 200659723)
  hypernym: evaluate, judge, pass judgment - form a critical opinion of
  hyponym:

  • superordinate - place in a superior order or rank
  • shortlist - put someone or something on a short list
  • seed - distribute (players or teams) so that outstanding teams or players will not meet in the early rounds
  • reorder - assign a new order to
  • subordinate - rank or order as less important or consider of less value
  • prioritise, prioritize - assign a priority to
  • sequence - arrange in a sequence
  • downgrade - rate lower; lower in value or esteem
  • upgrade - rate higher; raise in value or esteem
  synonym: grade, order, place, rank, rate

Other Searches

• Rhyme: Dillfrog, RhymeZone
• Definition: Wiktionary, Dictionary.com, Wikipedia, Merriam-Webster, WordNet
• Imagery: Google, Flickr, Bing