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Synonyms for scope
skoʊpscope

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Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms2.5 / 4 votes

  1. scope

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

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

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

Editors Contribution1.0 / 1 vote

  1. spectrum

    Submitted by rinat on December 20, 2020  

Dictionary of English Synonymes2.0 / 1 vote

  1. scopenoun

    Synonyms:
    purpose, proposal, drift, tendency, aim, mark, intention, intent, purport, design, object, view

  2. scopenoun

    Synonyms:
    room, opportunity, margin, range, liberty, latitude, amplitude, free course, free play, full play, elbow room

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words2.0 / 1 vote

  1. scopenoun

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

Nicknames2.0 / 1 vote

  1. List of known nicknames for "Scope":

    James Gillespie

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

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How to use scope in a sentence?

  1. Archibald MacLeish:

    The business of the law is to make sense of the confusion of what we call human life -- to reduce it to order but at the same time to give it possibility, scope, even dignity.

  2. Thomas Edison:

    Waste is worse than loss. The time is coming when every person who lays claim to ability will keep the question of waste before him constantly. The scope of thrift is limitless.

  3. Rod Rosenstein:

    If he finds evidence of a crime that's within in the scope of what Director Mueller and I have agreed is the appropriate scope of this investigation, then he can.

  4. Amy Jeffress:

    We asked the committee staff to explain the scope of the investigation and provide sufficient notice that would allow her to prepare, which are normal conditions for congressional committees, but these committees have not followed the normal process, the FBI has agreed to provide Lisa with her notes and other documents to allow her to prepare, but they have not provided those documents to date, so we are still waiting to work out a reasonable date for her interview. Lisa has cooperated voluntarily with another congressional committee that had no objection to explaining the scope of The FBI investigation or providing sufficient notice for her interview. Lisa also cooperated fully with the OIG investigation and appeared voluntarily for multiple interviews, including after she left The FBI.

  5. Charles Cooley:

    Each man must have his I; it is more necessary to him than bread; and if he does not find scope for it within the existing institutions he will be likely to make trouble.


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