Pollution has a disastrous effect on the ecology of a region.
Source: tatoeba (25709)
Region
/ˈɹiːd͡ʒn̩/
Synonyms for "region" (353 found)
Ranked by relevance and common usage.
Closest matches (71)
Noun(47 words)
areaachaeaadministrative divisionaeoliaairesalaskaallegheniesandalusiaannexesantofagastaappalachiaapuliaaquitainearcadiaarea of serviceareasargyllarkhangelskasiaassam
abodeacresair spacealluvionalluviumambitarable landarchbishopricarchdioceseareaarrondissementbailiwickbearingsbeltbench markbishopricboroughcantoncityclay
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Adjective(1 words)
administrative area
Strong matches (106)
Noun(61 words)
cochabambacoimbatorecompartcompartmentconnemaracornwallcotswoldcotswoldscountiescountry portioncumberlandcumbriadaledarfurdavaodevondistrictdistrict areadistrictsdobrich
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domaindorsetdutch vastessexeuphratesevergladeexpansefenland areafifefrieslandgalatiagaliciagallowaygeographic areageographical regiongoverned areagovernorateguineahaifahohenlohehuman landhunanindochinajudaeakareliakarrookasaikashmirkatsinakeewatinkerrykhyberkimberleyklondikekolymakoreakrasnoyarskkulunlancashireland territorylands
Adjective(2 words)
continental regiongeographic zone
Adverb(1 words)
Related words (176)
latitude and longitudelieulimitlithospherelocalelocalitylocationlocusmagistracymarginal landmarlmetropolismetropolitan areamilieumoldmouldmouldermouldyneighborhoodneighbourhood
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oblastokrugpaleparishpartpartspinpointplaceplacementpointpositionprecinctprecinctspremisesprincipalityprovincepurlieusquarterreal estatereal propertyregolithreservationridingsalientsectionsectorsheriffaltysheriffwickshireshrievaltysitesituationsitussodsoilsokespherespotstakestatesteadstretchsubaerial depositsubsoilterraterra firmaterrainterritorythe countrytopsoiltowntownshiptractturfvicinityvillagewalkwapentakewardwhereaboutwhereaboutswoodlandzone
Noun(87 words)
laziolindseylocal adjectivelocalitieslombardylorrainelowlandslusitanialyciamacedoniamalaysiamanipurmelanesiamiamimidlandsmoraymurchisonmurrumbidgeenajdnamur
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narragansettnavarreneighborhoodnorfolknormandynunavutoaxacaoctantonondagaoutaouaispalestinepartpernambucopiedmontpoitoupomeraniaprairiespugliaquadrantquadrantsrealmrheingauroanokerostovrussiasabinasahelsamariasardiniasaxonyscandinaviascythiasectionsegmentserbiaserengetisheboyganshropshiresikkimsmall areasmolensksonorasoutheastsoutheastsspacestate territorystate the factssubdivisionsumeriasurreysutherlandterritoriestexasthessalythracetyroneucayaliulsterveracruzwagramworcestershireyorkshireyukonzonazonezonesétats
Adjective(5 words)
Preposition(1 words)
to a greater extent
Choosing the right synonym
- Closest matches in this entry: area, abode, achaea, acres, administrative area.
- Sentence evidence is available for region, so synonym choice can be checked against real usage rather than a flat word list.
- Ranking signals come from wordnet, opengloss, moby, derived_reverse, 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 "region".
- Prefer the clearest word over the most unusual word when writing for speed or comprehension.
When not to replace "region"
Keep "region" 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 "region" 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 "region", 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 "region" 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
9 entriesMore specific
8 entriesabdomen regioncircular regioncoastal regionhead regionmountain regionrectangular regionthoracic regiontriangular region
Collocations
6 entriesgeographic regionregion boundaryregion mapregion studyrural regionurban region
Inflections
1 entriesDerivations
3 entriesTranslations
93 translations across 67 languages.
Arabic
1 entries- إِقْلِيم noun (an administrative subdivision)
Aragonese
1 entries- rechión noun (an administrative subdivision)
Armenian
1 entries- մարզ noun (an administrative subdivision)
Asturian
1 entries- rexón noun (an administrative subdivision)
Azerbaijani
1 entries- vilayət noun (an administrative subdivision)
Bashkir
1 entries- төбәк noun (an administrative subdivision)
Basque
1 entries- eskualde noun (an administrative subdivision)
Belarusian
1 entries- во́бласць noun (an administrative subdivision)
Bulgarian
1 entries- о́бласт noun (an administrative subdivision)
Catalan
1 entries- regió noun (an administrative subdivision)
Central Kurdish
1 entries- ناوچە noun (an administrative subdivision)
Chinese Mandarin
3 entries- 區 /区 noun (an administrative subdivision)
- 大區 /大区 noun (an administrative subdivision)
- 州 noun (an administrative subdivision)
Corsican
2 entries- reghjone noun (an administrative subdivision)
- regione noun (an administrative subdivision)
Danish
1 entries- region noun (an administrative subdivision)
Dari
2 entries- اُسْتَان noun (an administrative subdivision)
- وِلَایَت noun (an administrative subdivision)
Dutch
2 entries- gewest noun (an administrative subdivision)
- regio noun (an administrative subdivision)
Finnish
1 entries- alue noun (an administrative subdivision)
French
1 entries- région noun (an administrative subdivision)
Galician
1 entries- rexión noun (an administrative subdivision)
Georgian
2 entries- მხარე noun (an administrative subdivision)
- რეგიონი noun (an administrative subdivision)
German
3 entries- Bezirk noun (an administrative subdivision)
- Gau noun (an administrative subdivision)
- Region noun (an administrative subdivision)
Hebrew
1 entries- מָחוֹז noun (an administrative subdivision)
Hindi
4 entries- अंचल noun (an administrative subdivision)
- क्षेत्र noun (an administrative subdivision)
- खंड noun (an administrative subdivision)
- प्रदेश noun (an administrative subdivision)
Icelandic
1 entries- hérað noun (an administrative subdivision)
Ido
1 entries- regiono noun (an administrative subdivision)
Igbo
1 entries- mkpaghara noun (an administrative subdivision)
Indonesian
1 entries- daerah noun (an administrative subdivision)
Ingrian
1 entries- oblasti noun (an administrative subdivision)
Interlingua
1 entries- region noun (an administrative subdivision)
Iranian Persian
2 entries- اُسْتان noun (an administrative subdivision)
- وِلایَت noun (an administrative subdivision)
Irish
1 entries- réigiún noun (an administrative subdivision)
Italian
1 entries- regione noun (an administrative subdivision)
Japanese
2 entries- 地方 noun (an administrative subdivision)
- 県 noun (an administrative subdivision)
Kazakh
1 entries- аймақ noun (an administrative subdivision)
Khmer
1 entries- តំបន់ noun (an administrative subdivision)
Korean
4 entries- 도 noun (an administrative subdivision)
- 성 noun (an administrative subdivision)
- 주 noun (an administrative subdivision)
- 지방 noun (an administrative subdivision)
Kyrgyz
1 entries- аймак noun (an administrative subdivision)
Lao
2 entries- ຈັງຫວັດ noun (an administrative subdivision)
- ແຂວງ noun (an administrative subdivision)
Latin
1 entries- regio noun (an administrative subdivision)
Malayalam
1 entries- പ്രദേശം noun (an administrative subdivision)
Marathi
1 entries- प्रदेश noun (an administrative subdivision)
Moore
1 entries- reezõ noun (an administrative subdivision)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- region noun (an administrative subdivision)
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- region noun (an administrative subdivision)
Occitan
1 entries- region noun (an administrative subdivision)
Ottoman Turkish
1 entries- ناحیه noun (an administrative subdivision)
Pashto
1 entries- سيمه noun (an administrative subdivision)
Poitevin-Saintongeais
1 entries- réjhiun noun (an administrative subdivision)
Polish
2 entries- obwód noun (an administrative subdivision)
- region noun (an administrative subdivision)
Portuguese
1 entries- região noun (an administrative subdivision)
Russian
2 entries- край noun (an administrative subdivision)
- о́бласть noun (an administrative subdivision)
Sanskrit
1 entries- देश noun (an administrative subdivision)
Sardinian
1 entries- regione noun (an administrative subdivision)
Scots
1 entries- region noun (an administrative subdivision)
Scottish Gaelic
1 entries- roinn noun (an administrative subdivision)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- ȍblāst noun (an administrative subdivision)
- о̏бла̄ст noun (an administrative subdivision)
Sicilian
2 entries- riggioni noun (an administrative subdivision)
- riggiuni noun (an administrative subdivision)
Slovene
1 entries- pokrajina noun (an administrative subdivision)
Spanish
1 entries- región noun (an administrative subdivision)
Swedish
1 entries- region noun (an administrative subdivision)
Tagalog
1 entries- rehiyon noun (an administrative subdivision)
Tajik
2 entries- вилоят noun (an administrative subdivision)
- устон noun (an administrative subdivision)
Thai
1 entries- จังหวัด noun (an administrative subdivision)
Ukrainian
1 entries- о́бласть noun (an administrative subdivision)
Urdu
4 entries- رِیاسَت noun (an administrative subdivision)
- صُوبَہ noun (an administrative subdivision)
- وِلایَت noun (an administrative subdivision)
- پْرَدیش noun (an administrative subdivision)
Uzbek
1 entries- viloyat noun (an administrative subdivision)
Vietnamese
1 entries- tỉnh noun (an administrative subdivision)
Sample sentences
17 total sentences available.
The South East region of England is densely populated.
Source: tatoeba (26152)
The odd custom is peculiar to the region.
Source: tatoeba (44081)
The region is relatively rich in mineral resources.
Source: tatoeba (45142)
Showing 4 of 17 available sentences.
Common questions
What are the closest synonyms for "region"?
Closest matches include area, abode, achaea, acres, administrative area.
How should I check whether a synonym fits "region"?
Compare the replacement against real sentence context. This entry includes sample sentences so you can check tone, grammar, and meaning before swapping words.