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

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English Synonyms and Antonyms2.6 / 37 votes

  1. territory

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

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

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms2.8 / 10 votes

  1. territory

    Synonyms:
    province, region, domain, country

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Princeton's WordNet2.8 / 8 votes

  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

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words5.0 / 1 vote

  1. territorynoun

    Synonyms:
    province, region, district

How to use territory in a sentence?

  1. Sergei Lavrov:

    All of the laws, doctrines, concepts and strategies of the Russian Federation apply to all of its territory.

  2. Syrian President Bashar al-Assad:

    Had there not been Russian intervention, the civil war perhaps would have ended earlier, with the destruction of the Syrian army and the government, and total control of ISIS over the whole territory.

  3. Warren Strobel:

    It's a tough fight. We said a year ago that we expected this fight to expel ISIL from Iraq to be a fight that takes years, with an 's'. Years, iSIL has lost well over 25 percent of the territory that they held at the height of their incursion into Iraq. We have destroyed thousands of pieces of equipment.

  4. Samuel Corum/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images:

    It is obvious that the status quo is unsustainable, this (escalation) was not unpredictable, nor a one-time event, they have basically said, this is what it is. We have occupied. But this isnt disputed territory this is, by the law, part of Azerbaijan.

  5. Stephane Jaquemet:

    Some communities may not be willing to sell or allow mining operations on their lands. There's pressure from these guys (criminal gangs) to take control of territory, and most of the time, communities don't want to get involved, and then they receive threats and are forced to move, the high pollution of their lands because of mercury and other chemicals used in mining is another element in displacement.

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