What are some opposite words for place?
Antonyms for place
pleɪsplace
This page is about all possible antonyms and opposite words for the term place.
Wiktionary
placenoun
placenoun
To put (an object or person) in a specific location.
He placed the glass on the table.
Synonyms:
location, deposit, lay, lay down, put down, position, situation, spotplacenoun
To earn a given spot in a competition.
The win against the Mets placed the Cowboys in third place in the league.
placenoun
To sing (a note) with the correct pitch.
We asked the restaurant to give us a table with three places.
placenoun
To arrange for or to make (a bet).
I'm in a strange place at the moment.
Synonyms:
mood, mindset, frame of mind
English Synonyms and Antonyms
place
Put is the most general term for bringing an object to some point or within some space, however exactly or loosely; we may put a horse in a pasture, or put a bullet in a rifle or into an enemy. Place denotes more careful movement and more exact location; as, to place a crown on one's head, or a garrison in a city. To lay is to place in a horizontal position; to set is to place in an upright position; we lay a cloth, and set a dish upon a table. To deposit is to put in a place of security for future use; as, to deposit money in a bank; the original sense, to lay down or let down (quietly), is also common; as, the stream deposits sediment.
Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms
place
Antonyms:
disturb, remove, unsettle, disarrange, disestablish, misplace, misattribute, misassign, uproot, transplant, extirpate, eradicate, transportSynonyms:
locate, assign, fix, establish, settle, attribute, situate
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Princeton's WordNet
topographic point, place, spotnoun
a point located with respect to surface features of some region
"this is a nice place for a picnic"; "a bright spot on a planet"
Synonyms:
touch, billet, berth, seat, lieu, spot, plaza, station, dapple, post, property, space, spotlight, topographic point, point, shoes, position, smear, bit, fleck, blank space, slur, maculation, daub, speckle, smudge, home, stead, smirch, situation, piazza, office, stain, pip, patch, blotplace, propertynoun
any area set aside for a particular purpose
"who owns this place?"; "the president was concerned about the property across from the White House"
Synonyms:
belongings, property, dimension, shoes, post, topographic point, prop, station, plaza, home, stead, space, holding, position, office, blank space, attribute, lieu, seat, spot, piazza, situation, berth, billetplacenoun
an abstract mental location
"he has a special place in my thoughts"; "a place in my heart"; "a political system with no place for the less prominent groups"
Synonyms:
property, shoes, post, topographic point, station, plaza, home, stead, space, position, office, blank space, lieu, seat, spot, piazza, situation, berth, billetplacenoun
a general vicinity
"He comes from a place near Chicago"
Synonyms:
property, shoes, post, topographic point, station, plaza, home, stead, space, position, office, blank space, lieu, seat, spot, piazza, situation, berth, billetstead, position, place, lieunoun
the post or function properly or customarily occupied or served by another
"can you go in my stead?"; "took his place"; "in lieu of"
Synonyms:
stance, billet, berth, seat, lieu, spot, perspective, locating, plaza, station, view, post, property, space, topographic point, shoes, location, position, spatial relation, status, positioning, blank space, posture, military position, attitude, placement, home, emplacement, stead, situation, side, piazza, officeplace, shoesnoun
a particular situation
"If you were in my place what would you do?"
Synonyms:
property, shoes, post, topographic point, station, plaza, home, stead, space, position, office, blank space, lieu, seat, spot, piazza, situation, berth, billethome, placenoun
where you live at a particular time
"deliver the package to my home"; "he doesn't have a home to go to"; "your place or mine?"
Synonyms:
domicile, billet, berth, seat, lieu, spot, base, plaza, station, plate, post, property, home base, space, topographic point, shoes, position, home plate, household, habitation, family, nursing home, blank space, abode, home, rest home, menage, stead, situation, piazza, office, house, dwelling house, dwellingposition, post, berth, office, spot, billet, place, situationnoun
a job in an organization
"he occupied a post in the treasury"
Synonyms:
stance, state of affairs, touch, billet, short letter, berth, seat, lieu, spot, perspective, locating, mail, bureau, authority, role, home, station, function, view, post, plaza, property, piazza, mooring, spotlight, topographic point, point, mail service, part, note, position, spatial relation, bunk, power, dapple, speckle, status, positioning, government agency, fleck, agency, blank space, posture, smear, moorage, site, slip, business office, slur, military position, maculation, attitude, daub, placement, bit, smudge, line, emplacement, space, stead, postal service, smirch, office staff, situation, side, location, office, stain, federal agency, pip, stake, built in bed, military post, shoes, patch, blotposition, placenoun
the particular portion of space occupied by something
"he put the lamp back in its place"
Synonyms:
stance, billet, berth, seat, lieu, spot, perspective, locating, plaza, station, view, post, property, space, topographic point, shoes, location, position, spatial relation, status, positioning, blank space, posture, military position, attitude, placement, home, emplacement, stead, situation, side, piazza, officeplace, stationnoun
proper or designated social situation
"he overstepped his place"; "the responsibilities of a man in his station"; "married above her station"
Synonyms:
property, shoes, post, topographic point, station, plaza, home, stead, space, position, office, blank space, lieu, seat, spot, piazza, situation, berth, billetseat, placenoun
a space reserved for sitting (as in a theater or on a train or airplane)
"he booked their seats in advance"; "he sat in someone else's place"
Synonyms:
fanny, berth, tail, seat, lieu, spot, rear end, billet, can, nates, station, situation, post, property, fundament, space, topographic point, posterior, buttocks, behind, position, stern, bottom, backside, bum, buns, hindquarters, plaza, tail end, derriere, tooshie, stead, butt, hind end, rump, shoes, keister, ass, prat, arse, rear, blank space, piazza, office, tush, homeplacenoun
the passage that is being read
"he lost his place on the page"
Synonyms:
property, shoes, post, topographic point, station, plaza, home, stead, space, position, office, blank space, lieu, seat, spot, piazza, situation, berth, billetplacenoun
proper or appropriate position or location
"a woman's place is no longer in the kitchen"
Synonyms:
property, shoes, post, topographic point, station, plaza, home, stead, space, position, office, blank space, lieu, seat, spot, piazza, situation, berth, billetplaza, place, piazzanoun
a public square with room for pedestrians
"they met at Elm Plaza"; "Grosvenor Place"
Synonyms:
property, shoes, post, topographic point, shopping centre, seat, piazza, plaza, home, stead, mall, station, center, shopping center, position, office, blank space, shopping mall, space, situation, spot, lieu, berth, billetplace, positionnoun
an item on a list or in a sequence
"in the second place"; "moved from third to fifth position"
Synonyms:
stance, billet, berth, seat, lieu, spot, perspective, locating, plaza, station, view, post, property, space, topographic point, shoes, location, position, spatial relation, status, positioning, blank space, posture, military position, attitude, placement, home, emplacement, stead, situation, side, piazza, officespace, blank space, placeverb
a blank area
"write your name in the space provided"
Synonyms:
property, blank, shoes, outer space, topographic point, seat, station, distance, home, post, quad, spot, infinite, position, office, plaza, billet, lieu, situation, space, piazza, stead, berth, blank spaceput, set, place, pose, position, layverb
put into a certain place or abstract location
"Put your things here"; "Set the tray down"; "Set the dogs on the scent of the missing children"; "Place emphasis on a certain point"
Synonyms:
sit, site, redact, gear up, fructify, send, mystify, put down, coiffure, plant, cast, put, prepare, do, rank, frame, impersonate, fix, countersink, arrange, stick, set up, define, station, gravel, aim, repose, amaze, beat, posture, come out, dress, typeset, localise, dumbfound, localize, mark, go under, point, locate, specify, correct, bewilder, set, personate, position, come in, rate, sic, range, limit, jell, grade, present, coiffe, post, baffle, lay, pose, vex, coif, commit, direct, perplex, stupefy, flummox, ready, rig, get, order, invest, identify, determine, target, puzzle, model, go down, congeal, assign, lay out, couch, adjust, nonplusplaceverb
place somebody in a particular situation or location
"he was placed on probation"
Synonyms:
put, come out, grade, aim, set, pose, locate, lay, invest, range, localize, order, site, rank, rate, direct, station, identify, position, send, commit, target, come in, post, point, localiserate, rank, range, order, grade, placeverb
assign a rank or rating to
"how would you rank these students?"; "The restaurant is rated highly in the food guide"
Synonyms:
roll, vagabond, dictate, score, rank, ramble, mark, set up, identify, localize, range, enjoin, run, target, stray, rove, tell, post, station, browse, point, come in, regulate, array, graze, say, govern, cast, straddle, arrange, send, pasture, lay, wander, regularize, position, ordinate, aim, ordain, regularise, direct, grade, lay out, swan, site, tramp, value, put, crop, invest, outrank, localise, consecrate, rate, commit, drift, pose, come out, set, prescribe, order, locate, roam, set outlocate, place, siteverb
assign a location to
"The company located some of their agents in Los Angeles"
Synonyms:
put, aim, come out, order, range, set, pose, settle, grade, locate, lay, invest, localize, send, site, rank, rate, direct, station, identify, position, turn up, come in, target, situate, post, point, commit, localiseplaceverb
to arrange for
"place a phone call"; "place a bet"
Synonyms:
put, come out, grade, aim, set, pose, locate, lay, invest, range, localize, order, site, rank, rate, direct, station, identify, position, send, commit, target, come in, post, point, localiseplace, come in, come outverb
take a place in a competition; often followed by an ordinal
"Jerry came in third in the Marathon"
Synonyms:
move into, break through, start, protrude, come, rank, step up, put, show up, go into, range, commit, put in, target, come out of the closet, pop, station, out, go forth, post, bulge, throw in, surface, point, come in, step forward, position, aim, come on, step to the fore, come forward, pop out, lay, appear, interject, get into, direct, localize, get in, identify, come to the fore, bug out, inject, push through, egress, erupt, fall out, turn out, emerge, bulge out, invest, enter, turn up, locate, rate, grade, come forth, send, interpose, issue, come out, set, go in, order, site, pose, localisetarget, aim, place, direct, pointverb
intend (something) to move towards a certain goal
"He aimed his fists towards his opponent's face"; "criticism directed at her superior"; "direct your anger towards others, not towards yourself"
Synonyms:
charge, taper, drive, repoint, rank, channelise, get, put, localize, organise, range, commit, target, lead, station, sharpen, maneuver, take, signal, designate, point, come in, betoken, position, grade, steer, purpose, take aim, show, train, lay, calculate, engineer, manoeuver, purport, aspire, aim, address, manoeuvre, direct, level, head, identify, organize, channelize, propose, luff, shoot for, draw a bead on, conduct, post, invest, bespeak, locate, rate, orient, send, orchestrate, mastermind, come out, set, guide, order, site, pose, localise, indicateidentify, placeverb
recognize as being; establish the identity of someone or something
"She identified the man on the 'wanted' poster"
Synonyms:
put, aim, come out, key out, post, grade, range, set, describe, pose, name, locate, lay, invest, localize, send, site, rank, rate, direct, station, identify, position, come in, distinguish, target, discover, order, key, point, commit, localiseplaceverb
assign to (a job or a home)
Synonyms:
put, come out, grade, aim, set, pose, locate, lay, invest, range, localize, order, site, rank, rate, direct, station, identify, position, send, commit, target, come in, post, point, localiseset, localize, localise, placeverb
locate
"The film is set in Africa"
Synonyms:
plant, go under, come out, dress, prepare, mark, put, identify, localize, coiffe, fix, commit, target, fructify, station, gear up, go down, post, jell, focalise, point, come in, position, grade, arrange, define, specify, lay, correct, countersink, do, determine, coiffure, aim, order, direct, invest, lay out, coif, ready, set up, congeal, sic, rank, locate, rate, limit, send, focalize, set, typeset, adjust, rig, site, pose, localise, rangeplace, put, setverb
estimate
"We put the time of arrival at 8 P.M."
Synonyms:
lay out, go under, dress, rank, prepare, mark, put, localize, range, fix, commit, target, fructify, station, gear up, go down, post, specify, frame, point, come in, position, aim, arrange, cast, assign, redact, lay, correct, countersink, jell, plant, determine, coiffure, do, define, direct, grade, couch, identify, coif, ready, set up, invest, sic, locate, rate, coiffe, limit, send, rig, come out, set, typeset, adjust, order, site, pose, localise, congealplace, localize, localiseverb
identify the location or place of
"We localized the source of the infection"
Synonyms:
put, come out, focalize, grade, aim, set, pose, focalise, locate, lay, invest, range, localize, order, site, rank, rate, direct, station, identify, position, send, commit, target, come in, post, point, localiseinvest, put, commit, placeverb
make an investment
"Put money into bonds"
Synonyms:
dedicate, seat, institutionalize, empower, put, endue, localize, perpetrate, intrust, trust, commit, enthrone, target, vest, post, station, frame, point, come in, gift, position, grade, arrange, adorn, assign, pull, lay, institutionalise, give, aim, cast, devote, redact, couch, identify, direct, charge, practice, endow, indue, site, set up, invest, confide, rank, consecrate, rate, clothe, send, induct, entrust, come out, set, order, locate, pose, localise, rangestation, post, send, placeverb
assign to a station
Synonyms:
stake, ship, beam, get off, rank, put, mail, localize, range, send off, commit, station, put up, post, point, come in, brand, position, grade, target, lay, institutionalise, carry, locate, transport, aim, direct, identify, charge, broadcast, send out, invest, air, rate, institutionalize, send, come out, set, order, site, pose, localise, transmitplaceverb
finish second or better in a horse or dog race
"he bet $2 on number six to place"
Synonyms:
put, come out, grade, aim, set, pose, locate, lay, invest, range, localize, order, site, rank, rate, direct, station, identify, position, send, commit, target, come in, post, point, localiseplaceverb
sing a note with the correct pitch
Synonyms:
put, come out, grade, aim, set, pose, locate, lay, invest, range, localize, order, site, rank, rate, direct, station, identify, position, send, commit, target, come in, post, point, localise
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How to use place in a sentence?
We were looking at drugs that make people very ill and maybe extend their life by 12 to 14 weeks, if you have a product that prevents cancer in the first place you can have a much bigger impact on public health.
After testers introduced themselves and why they visited the camp, one athlete left as if to answer a call of nature only to jump through the window and over the fence, they won't escape from the tough measures put in place, however fast they run away and however long it takes.
It's worrying that others are shifting to more advanced technology and letting us make HDDs, pCs will be gone in the future, so hard drives will be a short-term thing. With disruptive technologies, I see no place for HDDs.
While I enjoy covering news stories — from business to politics to sports — what I enjoy most is capturing the human face of a breaking story, i shoot for the common man who wants to see and feel a story from a place where he can't be present himself.
Although this study didn't address whey protein supplements, those have been linked to severe acne in some cases, and I would recommend stopping those, i always emphasize, though, that any dietary change would be used in addition to medical therapy and not in place of medical therapy.
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