What is another word for tract?

Pronunciation: [tɹˈakt] (IPA)

The word "tract" has various synonyms that can be used depending on the context. For instance, the word "region" can be used to describe a particular area or section of land. Another synonym for tract is "zone" which refers to a specific area or region that has distinct boundaries. Similarly, the word "terrain" means the type of land surface that exists in a particular area. Alternatively, the word "territory" can be used in reference to a specific geographic area that is controlled by a particular group or country. Lastly, the word "province" can signify any of the parts into which a country is divided for administrative purposes, hence making it another synonym for "tract".

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What are the hypernyms for Tract?

A hypernym is a word with a broad meaning that encompasses more specific words called hyponyms.

What are the hyponyms for Tract?

Hyponyms are more specific words categorized under a broader term, known as a hypernym.
  • hyponyms for tract (as nouns)

What are the opposite words for tract?

Tract refers to an area of land or a lengthy piece of writing or speech. Antonyms for the word "tract" can be narrow, small, short, concise, or brief in terms of land or written material. When referring to land, antonyms for tract can be tiny, little or minute. However, for written materials, antonyms could include abridgment, summary, or outline. A tract often refers to political pamphlets or religious literature, therefore its antonyms could be propagandize or rhetorical, which suggest persuasive language. In short, antonyms for tract differ depending on the content it refers to, but common antonyms include short, brief, or narrow.

What are the antonyms for Tract?

  • n.

    area, lot

Usage examples for Tract

The usual row took place as to who should go to the door and return the tract.
"My Lady of the Chimney Corner"
Alexander Irvine
It came and I bounded to the door, tract in hand.
"My Lady of the Chimney Corner"
Alexander Irvine
From making excursions about his own premises, as a relief from doing nothing, he found that the house in which he lived was situated in a wooded tract of several acres in extent, entirely surrounded by a high stone wall, with two entrances; one in front, by means of a heavy iron gate, which looked like a prison door, and a smaller one down by the stable.
"The Mystery of the Locks"
Edgar Watson Howe

Famous quotes with Tract

  • If a theme or idea is too near the surface, the novel becomes simply a tract illustrating an idea.
    Elizabeth Bowen
  • War consisteth not in battle only, or the act of fighting; but in a tract of time, wherein the will to contend by battle is sufficiently known.
    Thomas Hobbes
  • About 40 years ago I had an experience where I wrote a tract.
    Tim LaHaye
  • A system of education, which would not gratify this disposition in any party, is requisite, in order to obviate the difficulty, and the reader will find a something said to that purpose in perusing this tract.
    Joseph Lancaster
  • Only a portion of my intestinal tract was working.
    Mary Ann Mobley

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