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. Jack Keane:

   We must take all that territory away from ISIS.

2. Emily Ferris:

   We're still talking about huge amounts of territory -- Ukraine is massive -- even if they are just focusing on the east and the south. Some of the claims from senior commanders that they're going to be establishing a land corridor across the south of Ukraine, it's still a huge task, the fact that they've not been able to take major cities and major rail hubs before is still a problem. I think that's going to persist.

3. Jean Baudrillard:

   The local is a shabby thing. There's nothing worse than bringing us back down to our own little corner, our own territory, the radiant promiscuity of the face to face. A culture which has taken the risk of the universal, must perish by the universal.

4. Antony Blinken:

   Our concern is that Russia may make a serious mistake of attempting to rehash what it undertook back in 2014, when it amassed forces along the border, crossed into sovereign Ukrainian territory and did so claiming falsely that it was provoked.

5. Colombian President Duque:

   We demand that its entry is allowed in a peaceful manner to the Venezuelan territory for the benefit of those who need it.