Synonyms for scope
skoʊpscope

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1. scope

   Synonyms:
   aim, object, mark, end, design, purpose, intention, drift, room, occasion, opportunity, liberty

   Antonyms:
   avoidance, nonintention, pretermission, inadvertence, accident, aimlessness, deviation

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1. scope, range, reach, orbit, compass, ambitnoun

   an area in which something acts or operates or has power or control: "the range of a supersonic jet"

   "a piano has a greater range than the human voice"; "the ambit of municipal legislation"; "within the compass of this article"; "within the scope of an investigation"; "outside the reach of the law"; "in the political orbit of a world power"

   Synonyms:
   compass, oscilloscope, background, sphere, electron orbit, ambit, range, stove, eye socket, kitchen range, setting, area, range of a function, orbital cavity, grasp, cooking stove, chain, mountain range, reaching, range of mountains, stretch, kitchen stove, chain of mountains, cathode-ray oscilloscope, mountain chain, image, telescope, reach, domain, cranial orbit, arena, field, orbit, celestial orbit

2. setting, background, scopenoun

   the state of the environment in which a situation exists

   "you can't do that in a university setting"

   Synonyms:
   place setting, screen background, scene, compass, ground, telescope, background signal, circumstance, reach, cathode-ray oscilloscope, ambit, setting, range, mise en scene, oscilloscope, backcloth, background knowledge, background, mount, orbit, backdrop, desktop, context, stage setting

3. telescope, scopenoun

   a magnifier of images of distant objects

   Synonyms:
   reach, setting, range, cathode-ray oscilloscope, telescope, ambit, background, compass, orbit, oscilloscope

4. oscilloscope, scope, cathode-ray oscilloscope, CROnoun

   electronic equipment that provides visual images of varying electrical quantities

   Synonyms:
   reach, setting, range, cathode-ray oscilloscope, telescope, ambit, background, compass, orbit, oscilloscope

Matched Categories

1. • Electronic Equipment
   • Magnifier

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1. spectrum

   Submitted by rinat on December 20, 2020  

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1. scopenoun

   Synonyms:
   purpose, proposal, drift, tendency, aim, mark, intention, intent, purport, design, object, view

2. scopenoun

   Synonyms:
   room, opportunity, margin, range, liberty, latitude, amplitude, free course, free play, full play, elbow room

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1. scopenoun

   Synonyms:
   design, purpose, opportunity, space, room, liberty, extent, compass, purview

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1. List of paraphrases for "scope":

   extent, reach, field, range, breadth, magnitude, ambit, scale, area, coverage, framework, margin, sphere, portée, reachability, purview, brought, significance, context, grasp, fingertips, size, leeway, reaches, extended, possibilities, worn, possibility, room, latitude, comms, litter, space, level, outreach

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1. List of known nicknames for "Scope":

   James Gillespie

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1. scope

   Synonyms:
   'scope

2. SCOPE

   Synonyms:
   Cardiology Study on Cognition and Prognosis in the Elderly Infectious disease Surveillance and Control Of Pathogens of Epidemiologic importance

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1. Xu Hong:

   China's judiciary and law enforcement agencies will not do business with these fugitives, we will work within the scope of the law.

2. Army Gen. Mark Milley:

   I will be happy when the appropriate time comes and in front of the proper committees and anybody else, through history and every -- I will stand by the intelligence I saw, that it was compelling, it was imminent, and it was very, very clear in scale, scope, did it exactly say who, what, when, where ? No, but he was planning, coordinating and synchronizing significant combat operations against Army Gen. Mark Milley military forces in the region and it was imminent.

3. David Axelrod:

   This is so broad in its scope, there are so many elements, that it doesn't really have an identity other than its price tag, it becomes a big blob... a plaid jacket.

4. John Saucer:

   The scope of today's sell-off is unequivocally a speculative washout.

5. White House:

   We understand the scope of the interview will be limited to White House personnel security policies and practices, consistent with our prior offers for Mr. Kline's voluntary cooperation with the Committee.