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Antonyms for scope
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Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms2.5 / 4 votes

  1. scope

    Antonyms:
    avoidance, nonintention, pretermission, inadvertence, accident, aimlessness, deviation

    Synonyms:
    aim, object, mark, end, design, purpose, intention, drift, room, occasion, opportunity, liberty

Princeton's WordNet2.0 / 2 votes

  1. scope, range, reach, orbit, compass, ambitnoun

    an area in which something acts or operates or has power or control: "the range of a supersonic jet"

    "a piano has a greater range than the human voice"; "the ambit of municipal legislation"; "within the compass of this article"; "within the scope of an investigation"; "outside the reach of the law"; "in the political orbit of a world power"

    Synonyms:
    compass, oscilloscope, background, sphere, electron orbit, ambit, range, stove, eye socket, kitchen range, setting, area, range of a function, orbital cavity, grasp, cooking stove, chain, mountain range, reaching, range of mountains, stretch, kitchen stove, chain of mountains, cathode-ray oscilloscope, mountain chain, image, telescope, reach, domain, cranial orbit, arena, field, orbit, celestial orbit

  2. setting, background, scopenoun

    the state of the environment in which a situation exists

    "you can't do that in a university setting"

    Synonyms:
    place setting, screen background, scene, compass, ground, telescope, background signal, circumstance, reach, cathode-ray oscilloscope, ambit, setting, range, mise en scene, oscilloscope, backcloth, background knowledge, background, mount, orbit, backdrop, desktop, context, stage setting

  3. telescope, scopenoun

    a magnifier of images of distant objects

    Synonyms:
    reach, setting, range, cathode-ray oscilloscope, telescope, ambit, background, compass, orbit, oscilloscope

  4. oscilloscope, scope, cathode-ray oscilloscope, CROnoun

    electronic equipment that provides visual images of varying electrical quantities

    Synonyms:
    reach, setting, range, cathode-ray oscilloscope, telescope, ambit, background, compass, orbit, oscilloscope

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words2.0 / 1 vote

  1. scopenoun

    Synonyms:
    design, purpose, opportunity, space, room, liberty, extent, compass, purview

Concise Medical Dictionary, by Joseph C Segen, MD2.0 / 1 vote

  1. scope

    Synonyms:
    'scope

  2. SCOPE

    Synonyms:
    Cardiology Study on Cognition and Prognosis in the Elderly Infectious disease Surveillance and Control Of Pathogens of Epidemiologic importance

How to use scope in a sentence?

  1. David McGuinness:

    Though the growth has been extremely quick it is from a low base and there is still huge scope for greater numbers, in truth Iran should be one of the planet's foremost destinations.

  2. Josh Blackman:

    The broadest way that the Court could rule is that the President failed to take care that the laws are faithfully executed, such a ruling could radically alter the scope of how presidents act without Congress.

  3. Deutsche Bank:

    Tracking the scale and scope of restrictions will be [ of ] utmost importance going forward.

  4. Secretary Carter:

    The United States is deeply concerned about the pace and scope of land reclamation in the South China Sea, the prospect of further militarization as well as the potential for these activities to increase the risk of miscalculation or conflict among claimant states.

  5. Mark Green:

    Hussein as in Saddam Hussein was a totalitarian dictator, since Mr. Obama seems to think he can, without the consent of the legislature, release edicts in the form of executive orders, deemed significantly different in scope than previous presidents, he violates the clear separation of power in the constitution.

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Words popularity by usage frequency

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#3270scope
#3865accident
#9091deviation
#16207avoidance
#175027inadvertence
#330530aimlessness

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