Synonyms for territory
ˈtɛr ɪˌtɔr i, -ˌtoʊr iter·ri·to·ry

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1. territory

   Synonyms:
   center, citadel, estate, inside, interior, land, region

   Antonyms:
   barrier, border, bound, boundary, bourn, bourne, confines, edge, enclosure, frontier, landmark, limit, line, marches, marge, margin, term, termination, verge

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1. territory

   Synonyms:
   province, region, domain, country

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1. district, territory, territorial dominion, dominionnoun

   a region marked off for administrative or other purposes

   Synonyms:
   rule, soil, dominion, district, territorial dominion

2. territorynoun

   an area of knowledge or interest

   "his questions covered a lot of territory"

   Synonyms:
   soil, dominion, district, territorial dominion

3. territory, soilnoun

   the geographical area under the jurisdiction of a sovereign state

   "American troops were stationed on Japanese soil"

   Synonyms:
   grunge, grease, filth, dirt, territorial dominion, ground, district, soil, stain, land, grime, dominion

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1. • Area

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1. habitat

   the place of where one dwells and holds ownership.

   home ground.

   Submitted by JP03 on November 24, 2014  

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1. territorynoun

   Synonyms:
   country, domain, district, quarter, province, land

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1. territorynoun

   Synonyms:
   province, region, district

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1. List of paraphrases for "territory":

   territories, territorial, land, territoire, territorio, soil, lands, area, turf, region, country, ground, earth, province, jurisdiction, homeland

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1. Tony Shalhoub:

   Other characters in the story are treading new ground, new territory.

2. Antonio Villaraigosa:

   We have never been here before. We are in uncharted territory and it is clear to me that it is appropriate at this time... that they are looking at contingency options, there is no decision yet to postpone or cancel the convention in anyway, but it would be malpractice not to do look at contingencies.

3. Defense Minister Jose Huerta:

   We're going to defend our sovereignty, our territory, and we're going to use force to do so.

4. Sergey Lavrov:

   There is no positive reaction on the main issue in this document, the main issue is our clear position on the inadmissibility of further expansion of NATO to the East and the deployment of strike weapons that could threaten the territory of the Russian Federation.

5. State Department spokesman David McKeeby:

   Pakistan’s current F-16s have proven critical to the success of these operations to date. These operations reduce the ability of militants to use Pakistani territory as a safe haven for terrorism and a base of support for the insurgency in Afghanistan.