The fire and power outage resulted in a shortened workday at some exchanges in Manhattan's financial district.
Source: tatoeba (32304)
District
/ˈdɪstɹɪkt/
Synonyms for "district" (257 found)
Ranked by relevance and common usage.
Closest matches (52)
Strong matches (77)
Noun(44 words)
connemaraconstituenciesconstituencycopacabanacopelandcountry portioncovillecrookesdabadentondistrict areadivisiondominiondukasdutch gemeentelijkelectoral areaelectoratesetruriafenland areafife
constablewickcontinental shelfcorridorcountrycountycut updepartementdepartmentdiocesedividedivide updivisiondivvydivvy upduchyelectoral districtelectorateemplacementenvironsgovernment
Related words (128)
Noun(55 words)
localityluluabourgmanhattanmaserumosellemost beatmultanmurrumbidgeenagpurneighborhoodneighborhoodsngaliemapanipatparnellpeshawarpiccadillypolitical subdivisionprefectureprefecturesprelature
Show 35 more words
quarterraperegionregionalregionsrheingaurozellesanjakseatsectionspandausrinagarstate territorystate the factssubdivisionsubdivision functionsubdivisionstebettenderlointerraterritorial dominionterritoriesterritorytrabloustractvaubanvicariatevisakhapatnamvoting districtwardswembleywestminsterzonazonezones
locationlocusmagistracymetropolismetropolitan areamilieumunicipalityneighborhoodneighbourhoodoblastoffshore rightsokrugparcelparcel outparishpartpartitionpartspinpointplace
Show 49 more words
placementpointportionpositionprecinctprecinctspremisesprincipalityprovincepurlieusquarterregionresidentridingsalientsectionsectorsegmentsheriffaltysheriffwickshireshrievaltysitesituationsitussoilsokespacesplitsplit upspotstakestatesteadsubdivideterrainterritorythree-mile limittowntownshiptwelve-mile limitvicinagevicinityvillagewapentakewardwhereaboutwhereaboutszone
Adjective(3 words)
Verb(1 words)
Choosing the right synonym
- Closest matches in this entry: abode, administrative area, administrative district, administrative division, air space.
- Sentence evidence is available for district, so synonym choice can be checked against real usage rather than a flat word list.
- Ranking signals come from moby, opengloss, derived_reverse, wordnet, and related lexical sources.
Synonym selection checklist
- Match the part of speech before comparing meanings.
- Check whether the synonym changes intensity, formality, or emotional tone.
- Read the replacement inside the full sentence, not just beside "district".
- Prefer the clearest word over the most unusual word when writing for speed or comprehension.
When not to replace "district"
Keep "district" when the sentence already sounds natural, when a synonym would add unintended emphasis, or when readers need the most familiar wording. A synonym should clarify or sharpen the message, not simply make the sentence look more varied.
If two options seem close, choose the one that best matches the audience and purpose of the sentence.
Replacement workflow
1. Preserve meaning
Choose a synonym only if it keeps the core idea of "district" intact in the sentence you are editing.
2. Tune tone
Check whether the replacement sounds more formal, casual, emotional, technical, or forceful than the original word.
3. Re-read context
Read the full sentence after the swap. Keep the synonym only when the sentence becomes clearer or more precise.
Review note: Synonym lists are ranked with lexical data and reviewed for practical writing value. Use the comparison notes, sentence evidence, and source labels together; a high-ranking synonym can still be wrong when the audience, register, or grammar changes.
Final fit check
After choosing a replacement for "district", read the sentence once for meaning and once for rhythm. The best synonym should feel natural in the full sentence, not only accurate in a word list.
If the synonym makes the sentence slower, vaguer, or more dramatic than intended, keep "district" or choose a simpler alternative from the closest-match group.
Related word relations
OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.
More general
16 entriesadministrative unitareacity regionelectoral unitgeographic areagoverngoverned areajurisdictionorderpolitical divisionregionregulariseregularizeregulateterritoryurban area
More specific
18 entriesShowing 16 of 18 words.
Collocations
11 entriesdistrict administrationdistrict assessmentdistrict attorneydistrict boundarydistrict curriculumdistrict mapdistrict policydistrict-leveldistrict-widefinancial districtschool district
Inflections
1 entriesDerivations
4 entriesTranslations
166 translations across 105 languages.
Abaza
1 entries- район noun (administrative division)
Adyghe
1 entries- къедзыгъо noun (administrative division)
Afrikaans
1 entries- distrik noun (administrative division)
Aghul
1 entries- район noun (administrative division)
Albanian
2 entries- rajon noun (administrative division)
- rreth noun (administrative division)
Arabic
2 entries- مُدِيرِيَّة noun (administrative division)
- مُقَاطَعَة noun (administrative division)
Armenian
1 entries- գավառ noun (administrative division)
Avar
1 entries- мухъ noun (administrative division)
Azerbaijani
2 entries- nahiyə noun (administrative division)
- rayon noun (administrative division)
Bashkir
1 entries- районы noun (administrative division)
Bavarian German
3 entries- Beziak noun (administrative division)
- Kroas noun (administrative division)
- Landgreis noun (administrative division)
Belarusian
2 entries- акру́га noun (administrative division)
- раён noun (administrative division)
Bengali
1 entries- জেলা noun (administrative division)
Bulgarian
2 entries- о́кръг noun (administrative division)
- око́лия noun (administrative division)
Burmese
1 entries- ခရိုင် noun (administrative division)
Buryat
1 entries- аймаг noun (administrative division)
Catalan
2 entries- comarca noun (administrative division)
- districte noun (administrative division)
Chechen
1 entries- кӏошт noun (administrative division)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 區 /区 noun (administrative division)
- 區域 /区域 noun (administrative division)
Coptic
3 entries- ⲑⲱϣ noun (administrative division)
- ⲕⲁϩ noun (administrative division)
- ⲛⲟⲙⲟⲥ noun (administrative division)
Corsican
1 entries- distrettu noun (administrative division)
Czech
3 entries- kraj noun (administrative division)
- okres noun (administrative division)
- čtvrť noun (administrative division)
Danish
1 entries- distrikt noun (administrative division)
Dargwa
1 entries- къатӏ noun (administrative division)
Dutch
1 entries- district noun (administrative division)
Dzongkha
1 entries- རྫོང་ཁག noun (administrative division)
Eastern Mari
1 entries- кундем noun (administrative division)
Egyptian
2 entries- N24:t*Z1 noun (administrative division)
- w-a:r:*t-rd-N23 noun (administrative division)
Erzya
1 entries- буе noun (administrative division)
Esperanto
1 entries- distrikto noun (administrative division)
Estonian
2 entries- rajoon noun (administrative division)
- ringkond noun (administrative division)
Finnish
2 entries- alue noun (administrative division)
- piiri noun (administrative division)
French
1 entries- district noun (administrative division)
Galician
1 entries- distrito noun (administrative division)
Georgian
4 entries- მხარე noun (administrative division)
- ოლქი noun (administrative division)
- რაიონი noun (administrative division)
- უბანი noun (administrative division)
German
4 entries- Bezirk noun (administrative division)
- Distrikt noun (administrative division)
- Kreis noun (administrative division)
- Landkreis noun (administrative division)
Greek
1 entries- δήμος noun (administrative division)
Hebrew
1 entries- מָחוֹז noun (administrative division)
Hindi
4 entries- जनपद noun (administrative division)
- ज़िला noun (administrative division)
- जिला noun (administrative division)
- डिस्ट्रिक्ट noun (administrative division)
Hungarian
3 entries- járás noun (administrative division)
- kerület noun (administrative division)
- körzet noun (administrative division)
Ido
1 entries- distrikto noun (administrative division)
Indonesian
1 entries- distrik noun (administrative division)
Ingush
1 entries- район noun (administrative division)
Iranian Persian
2 entries- بَخْش noun (administrative division)
- ناحِیِه noun (administrative division)
Irish
1 entries- ceantar noun (administrative division)
Italian
2 entries- distretto noun (administrative division)
- municipio noun (administrative division)
Japanese
3 entries- 区 noun (administrative division)
- 地区 noun (administrative division)
- 郭 noun (administrative division)
Kabardian
1 entries- куей noun (administrative division)
Kalmyk
1 entries- улс noun (administrative division)
Karelian
1 entries- piiri noun (administrative division)
Kazakh
1 entries- аудан noun (administrative division)
Khmer
1 entries- ស្រុក noun (administrative division)
Komi-Zyrian
1 entries- район noun (administrative division)
Korean
1 entries- 지구 noun (administrative division)
Kumyk
1 entries- якъ noun (administrative division)
Kyrgyz
1 entries- оодан noun (administrative division)
Ladin
1 entries- raion noun (administrative division)
Lak
1 entries- кӏану noun (administrative division)
Latin
1 entries- pāgus noun (administrative division)
Latvian
2 entries- novads noun (administrative division)
- rajons noun (administrative division)
Lezgi
1 entries- район noun (administrative division)
Lithuanian
2 entries- apylinkė noun (administrative division)
- rajonas noun (administrative division)
Macedonian
1 entries- округ noun (administrative division)
Malagasy
1 entries- distrika noun (administrative division)
Malay
1 entries- daerah noun (administrative division)
Malayalam
1 entries- ജില്ല noun (administrative division)
Marathi
1 entries- जिल्हा noun (administrative division)
Mizo
1 entries- bial noun (administrative division)
Moksha
1 entries- аймак noun (administrative division)
Nogai
1 entries- район noun (administrative division)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- distrikt noun (administrative division)
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- distrikt noun (administrative division)
Occitan
1 entries- districte noun (administrative division)
Oromo
1 entries- aanaa noun (administrative division)
Plautdietsch
1 entries- Kjreiss noun (administrative division)
Polish
2 entries- dystrykt noun (administrative division)
- dzielnica noun (administrative division)
Portuguese
1 entries- distrito noun (administrative division)
Romanian
3 entries- district noun (administrative division)
- județ noun (administrative division)
- raion noun (administrative division)
Russian
4 entries- ди́стрикт noun (administrative division)
- дистри́кт noun (administrative division)
- о́бласть noun (administrative division)
- о́круг noun (administrative division)
Rutul
1 entries- район noun (administrative division)
Scots
1 entries- destrict noun (administrative division)
Scottish Gaelic
1 entries- sgìre noun (administrative division)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- kȍtār noun (administrative division)
- ко̏та̄р noun (administrative division)
Slovak
2 entries- okres noun (administrative division)
- štvrť noun (administrative division)
Slovene
2 entries- okraj noun (administrative division)
- okrožje noun (administrative division)
Southern Altai
1 entries- аймак noun (administrative division)
Spanish
1 entries- distrito noun (administrative division)
Sranan Tongo
1 entries- distrikti noun (administrative division)
Swabian
1 entries- Landchrais noun (administrative division)
Swedish
1 entries- distrikt noun (administrative division)
Tabasaran
1 entries- район noun (administrative division)
Tagalog
1 entries- distrito noun (administrative division)
Tajik
3 entries- гузар noun (administrative division)
- маҳалла noun (administrative division)
- ноҳия noun (administrative division)
Tamil
1 entries- மாவட்டம் noun (administrative division)
Telugu
1 entries- జిల్లా noun (administrative division)
Thai
2 entries- อำเภอ noun (administrative division)
- เขต noun (administrative division)
Turkish
1 entries- ilçe noun (administrative division)
Turkmen
2 entries- etrap noun (administrative division)
- raýon noun (administrative division)
Ukrainian
3 entries- дільни́ця noun (administrative division)
- о́круг noun (administrative division)
- райо́н noun (administrative division)
Urdu
1 entries- ضِلَع noun (administrative division)
Uzbek
3 entries- nohiya noun (administrative division)
- okrug noun (administrative division)
- rayon noun (administrative division)
Vietnamese
4 entries- hạt noun (administrative division)
- khu noun (administrative division)
- quận noun (administrative division)
- quận hạt noun (administrative division)
Western Mari
1 entries- кымдем noun (administrative division)
Yakut
1 entries- улууһа noun (administrative division)
Yiddish
1 entries- שטח noun (administrative division)
Sample sentences
16 total sentences available.
The panic spread through the district in an instant.
Source: tatoeba (40842)
The power plant supplies the remote district with electricity.
Source: tatoeba (44438)
The legend has come down in this district from olden times.
Source: tatoeba (44840)
Showing 4 of 16 available sentences.
Common questions
What are the closest synonyms for "district"?
Closest matches include abode, administrative area, administrative district, administrative division, air space.
How should I check whether a synonym fits "district"?
Compare the replacement against real sentence context. This entry includes sample sentences so you can check tone, grammar, and meaning before swapping words.