Synonyms for district
All synonyms
Noun
1. Area
area, neighborhood US, neighbourhood UK, territory, department, province, quarter, region, locality, country, part, land, tract, dominion
Definitions
- n. 1
An administrative division of an area.
Soho is a district of London
Related words
- Phrases
- electoral district central business district school district business district congressional district district cooling district heating gay district
Forms
- Plural
- districts → areas, neighborhoods, territories, departments…
Example sentences
- area He centered his business on the metropolitan area.
- department Excuse me, but where is the men's shoe department?
- region A very well known wine is produced in that region.
- province Here's a list of hotels in the capital and province.
- ward There doesn't seem to be any heating on that ward.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| district | falling | |
| area | falling | |
| department | falling | |
| region | steady | |
| province | falling | |
| ward | steady |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 4 letters
- part1, area3, land1, ward1
- 5 letters
- tract1
- 6 letters
- region2, sanjak
- 7 letters
- country2, quarter2
- 8 letters
- division3, province2, locality4, dominion3, precinct2
- 9 letters
- territory4
- 10 letters
- department3
- 12 letters
- neighborhood3
- 13 letters
- neighbourhood3
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (area3 = 3 syllables).