ROGET'S THESAURUS OF ENGLISH WORDS AND PHRASES ...

180. [Indefinite space.] Space -- N. space, extension, extent, superficial extent, expanse,
stretch, hyperspace; room, scope, range, field, way, expansion, compass, sweep, swing,
spread.
dimension, length &c 200; distance &c 196; size &c 192; volume; hypervolume.
latitude, play, leeway, purchase, tolerance, room for maneuver.
spare room, elbow room, house room; stowage, roomage † , margin; opening, sphere,
arena.
open space, free space; void &c (absence) 187; waste; wildness, wilderness; moor,
moorland; campagna † .
abyss &c (interval) 198; unlimited space; infinity &c 105; world; ubiquity &c
(presence) 186; length and breadth of the land.
proportions, acreage; acres, acres and perches, roods and perches, hectares, square
miles; square inches, square yards, square centimeters, square meters, yards (clothing)
&c; ares, arpents † .
Adj. spacious, roomy, extensive, expansive, capacious, ample; widespread, vast, worldwide,
uncircumscribed; boundless &c (infinite) 105; shoreless † , trackless, pathless;
extended.
Adv. extensively &c adj.; wherever; everywhere; far and near, far and wide; right and
left, all over, all the world over; throughout the world, throughout the length and breadth
of the land; under the sun, in every quarter; in all quarters, in all lands; here there and
everywhere; from pole to pole, from China to Peru [Johnson], from Indus to the pole
[Pope], from Dan to Beersheba, from end to end; on the face of the earth, in the wide
world, from all points of the compass; to the four winds, to the uttermost parts of the
earth.
180a. Inextension -- N. inextension † , nonextension † , point; dot; atom &c (smallness) 32.
181. [Definite space.] Region -- N. region, sphere, ground, soil, area, field, realm,
hemisphere, quarter, district, beat, orb, circuit, circle; reservation, pale &c (limit) 233;
compartment, department; clearing.
[political divisions: see] (property) &c 780 (Government) &c 737.1 arena, precincts,
enceinte, walk, march; patch, plot, parcel, inclosure, close, field, court; enclave, reserve,
preserve; street &c (abode) 189.
clime, climate, zone, meridian, latitude.
biosphere; lithosphere.
Adj. territorial, local, parochial, provincial, regional.
182. [Limited space.] Place -- N. place, lieu, spot, point, dot; niche, nook &c (corner)
244; hole; pigeonhole &c (receptacle) 191; compartment; premises, precinct, station;
area, courtyard, square; abode &c 189; locality &c (situation) 183.
ins and outs; every hole and corner.
Adv. somewhere, in some place, wherever it may be, here and there, in various places,
passim.
2. RELATIVE SPACE