EXPANSE Synonyms

• a wide scope

• someone who cleans soot from chimneys

• winning all or all but one of the tricks in bridge

• a long oar used in an open boat

• (American football) an attempt to advance the ball by running around the end of the line

• a movement in an arc

• sweep across or over

• move with sweeping, effortless, gliding motions

• sweep with a broom or as if with a broom

• force into some kind of situation, condition, or course of action

• to cover or extend over an area or time period

• clean by sweeping

• win an overwhelming victory in or on

• cover the entire range of

• make a big sweeping gesture or movement

• (physics) the maximum displacement of a periodic wave

• the property of copious abundance

• greatness of magnitude

• the capacity to understand a broad range of topics

• the extent of something from side to side

• navigational instrument for finding directions

• an area in which something acts or operates or has power or control:

• the limit of capability

• drafting instrument used for drawing circles

• bring about; accomplish

• travel around, either by plane or ship

• get the meaning of something

• the property created by the space between two objects or points

• a distant region

• size of the gap between two places

• indifference by personal withdrawal

• the interval between two times

• a remote point in time

• keep at a distance

• go far ahead of

• a particular environment or walk of life

• territory over which rule or control is exercised

• (mathematics) the set of values of the independent variable for which a function is defined

• people in general; especially a distinctive group of people with some shared interest

• the content of a particular field of knowledge

• the act of increasing (something) in size or volume or quantity or scope

• a function expressed as a sum or product of terms

• a discussion that provides additional information

• adding information or detail

• the point or degree to which something extends

• the distance or area or volume over which something extends

• a piece of land cleared of trees and usually enclosed

• a region where a battle is being (or has been) fought

• somewhere (away from a studio or office or library or laboratory) where practical work is done or data is collected

• a branch of knowledge

• the space around a radiating body within which its electromagnetic oscillations can exert force on another similar body not in contact with it

• a particular kind of commercial enterprise

• a particular environment or walk of life

• a piece of land prepared for playing a game

• extensive tract of level open land

• (mathematics) a set of elements such that addition and multiplication are commutative and associative and multiplication is distributive over addition and there are two elements 0 and 1

• a region in which active military operations are in progress

• all of the horses in a particular horse race

• all the competitors in a particular contest or sporting event

• a geographic region (land or sea) under which something valuable is found

• (computer science) a set of one or more adjacent characters comprising a unit of information

• the area that is visible (as through an optical instrument)

• a place where planes take off and land

• catch or pick up (balls) in baseball or cricket

• play as a fielder

• answer adequately or successfully

• select (a team or individual player) for a game

• the line at which the sky and Earth appear to meet

• the range of interest or activity that can be anticipated

• a specific layer or stratum of soil or subsoil in a vertical cross section of land

• the great circle on the celestial sphere whose plane passes through the sensible horizon and the center of the Earth

• a definite length of time marked off by two instants

• a set containing all points (or all real numbers) between two given endpoints

• the distance between things

• the difference in pitch between two notes

• an area in which something acts or operates or has power or control:

• the limits within which something can be effective

• a large tract of grassy open land on which livestock can graze

• a series of hills or mountains

• a place for shooting (firing or driving) projectiles of various kinds

• a variety of different things or activities

• (mathematics) the set of values of the dependent variable for which a function is defined

• the limit of capability

• a kitchen appliance used for cooking food

• change or be different within limits

• move about aimlessly or without any destination, often in search of food or employment

• have a range; be capable of projecting over a certain distance, as of a gun

• range or extend over; occupy a certain area

• lay out orderly or logically in a line or as if in a line

• feed as in a meadow or pasture

• let eat

• assign a rank or rating to

• a domain in which something is dominant

• the domain ruled by a king or queen

• a knowledge domain that you are interested in or are communicating about

• an area in which something acts or operates or has power or control:

• the state of the environment in which a situation exists

• a magnifier of images of distant objects

• electronic equipment that provides visual images of varying electrical quantities

• the unlimited expanse in which everything is located

• an empty area (usually bounded in some way between things)

• an area reserved for some particular purpose

• any location outside the Earth's atmosphere

• a blank character used to separate successive words in writing or printing

• the interval between two times

• a blank area

• one of the areas between or below or above the lines of a musical staff

• (printing) a block of type without a raised letter; used for spacing between words or sentences

• place at intervals

• the complete duration of something

• the distance or interval between two points

• two items of the same kind

• a unit of length based on the width of the expanded human hand (usually taken as 9 inches)

• a structure that allows people or vehicles to cross an obstacle such as a river or canal or railway etc.

• the act of sitting or standing astride

• to cover or extend over an area or time period

• process or result of distributing or extending over a wide expanse of space

• a conspicuous disparity or difference as between two figures

• farm consisting of a large tract of land along with facilities needed to raise livestock (especially cattle)

• a haphazard distribution in all directions

• a tasty mixture to be spread on bread or crackers or used in preparing other dishes

• a meal that is well prepared and greatly enjoyed

• two facing pages of a book or other publication

• the expansion of a person's girth (especially at middle age)

• decorative cover for a bed

• act of extending over a wider scope or expanse of space or time

• distributed or spread over a considerable extent

• prepared or arranged for a meal; especially having food set out

• fully extended in width

• distribute or disperse widely

• become distributed or widespread

• spread across or over

• spread out or open from a closed or folded state

• cause to become widely known

• become widely known and passed on

• strew or distribute over an area

• move outward

• cover by spreading something over

• distribute over a surface in a layer

• a large and unbroken expanse or distance

• the act of physically reaching or thrusting out

• a straightaway section of a racetrack

• exercise designed to extend the limbs and muscles to their full extent

• extension to or beyond the ordinary limit

• an unbroken period of time during which you do something

• the capacity for being stretched

• having an elongated seating area

• easily stretched

• occupy a large, elongated area

• extend one's limbs or muscles, or the entire body

• extend or stretch out to a greater or the full length

• become longer by being stretched and pulled

• make long or longer by pulling and stretching

• lie down comfortably

• pull in opposite directions

• extend the scope or meaning of; often unduly

• corrupt, debase, or make impure by adding a foreign or inferior substance; often by replacing valuable ingredients with inferior ones

• increase in quantity or bulk by adding a cheaper substance

• extend one's body or limbs

• a region marked off for administrative or other purposes

• an area of knowledge or interest

• the geographical area under the jurisdiction of a sovereign state