Cats can be quite territorial creatures.
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Territorial
//ˌtɛɹ.əˈtɔɹ.i.əl//
Synonyms for "territorial" (7 found)
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Closest matches (2)
Strong matches (2)
Related words (3)
Noun(1 words)
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2 entriesderived
31 entriesShowing 16 of 31 words.
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1 entrieshas context
3 entriesis a
2 entriespart of
1 entriesrelated to
18 entriesShowing 16 of 18 words.
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6 entriesTranslations
61 translations across 52 languages.
Albanian
1 entries- territorial adj (of, relating to, or restricted to a specific geographic area, or territory)
Arabic
1 entries- إِقْلِيمِيّ adj (of, relating to, or restricted to a specific geographic area, or territory)
Armenian
1 entries- տարածքային adj (of, relating to, or restricted to a specific geographic area, or territory)
Azerbaijani
1 entries- ərazi adj (of, relating to, or restricted to a specific geographic area, or territory)
Belarusian
1 entries- тэрытарыя́льны adj (of, relating to, or restricted to a specific geographic area, or territory)
Bulgarian
1 entries- териториа́лен adj (of, relating to, or restricted to a specific geographic area, or territory)
Catalan
1 entries- territorial adj (of, relating to, or restricted to a specific geographic area, or territory)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 領土 /领土 adj (of, relating to, or restricted to a specific geographic area, or territory)
Czech
2 entries- teritoriální adj (of, relating to, or restricted to a specific geographic area, or territory)
- územní adj (of, relating to, or restricted to a specific geographic area, or territory)
Danish
1 entries- territorial adj (of, relating to, or restricted to a specific geographic area, or territory)
Dutch
2 entries- land(s) adj (of, relating to, or restricted to a specific geographic area, or territory)
- territoriaal adj (of, relating to, or restricted to a specific geographic area, or territory)
Estonian
1 entries- territoriaalne adj (of, relating to, or restricted to a specific geographic area, or territory)
Finnish
2 entries- alueellinen adj (of, relating to, or restricted to a specific geographic area, or territory)
- territoriaalinen adj (of, relating to, or restricted to a specific geographic area, or territory)
French
1 entries- territorial adj (of, relating to, or restricted to a specific geographic area, or territory)
Friulian
1 entries- teritoriâl adj (of, relating to, or restricted to a specific geographic area, or territory)
Galician
1 entries- territorial adj (of, relating to, or restricted to a specific geographic area, or territory)
Georgian
1 entries- ტერიტორიული adj (of, relating to, or restricted to a specific geographic area, or territory)
German
2 entries- Gebiets adj (of, relating to, or restricted to a specific geographic area, or territory)
- territorial adj (of, relating to, or restricted to a specific geographic area, or territory)
Greek
1 entries- εδαφικός adj (of, relating to, or restricted to a specific geographic area, or territory)
Hindi
2 entries- अर्ज़ी adj (of, relating to, or restricted to a specific geographic area, or territory)
- क्षेत्रीय adj (of, relating to, or restricted to a specific geographic area, or territory)
Indonesian
1 entries- teritorial adj (of, relating to, or restricted to a specific geographic area, or territory)
Italian
1 entries- territoriale adj (of, relating to, or restricted to a specific geographic area, or territory)
Japanese
1 entries- 領土 adj (of, relating to, or restricted to a specific geographic area, or territory)
Kazakh
1 entries- аумақтық adj (of, relating to, or restricted to a specific geographic area, or territory)
Khmer
1 entries- ទឹកដី adj (of, relating to, or restricted to a specific geographic area, or territory)
Korean
2 entries- 령토 adj (of, relating to, or restricted to a specific geographic area, or territory)
- 영토 adj (of, relating to, or restricted to a specific geographic area, or territory)
Kyrgyz
1 entries- аймактык adj (of, relating to, or restricted to a specific geographic area, or territory)
Lao
1 entries- ອານາເຂດ adj (of, relating to, or restricted to a specific geographic area, or territory)
Latvian
1 entries- teritoriāls adj (of, relating to, or restricted to a specific geographic area, or territory)
Ligurian
1 entries- teritoriâle adj (of, relating to, or restricted to a specific geographic area, or territory)
Lithuanian
1 entries- teritorinis adj (of, relating to, or restricted to a specific geographic area, or territory)
Lombard
1 entries- territorial adj (of, relating to, or restricted to a specific geographic area, or territory)
Macedonian
1 entries- територија́лен adj (of, relating to, or restricted to a specific geographic area, or territory)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- territorial adj (of, relating to, or restricted to a specific geographic area, or territory)
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- territorial adj (of, relating to, or restricted to a specific geographic area, or territory)
Persian
2 entries- اَرضی adj (of, relating to, or restricted to a specific geographic area, or territory)
- سَرزَمینی adj (of, relating to, or restricted to a specific geographic area, or territory)
Polish
1 entries- terytorialny adj (of, relating to, or restricted to a specific geographic area, or territory)
Portuguese
1 entries- territorial adj (of, relating to, or restricted to a specific geographic area, or territory)
Romanian
1 entries- teritorial adj (of, relating to, or restricted to a specific geographic area, or territory)
Russian
1 entries- территориа́льный adj (of, relating to, or restricted to a specific geographic area, or territory)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- teritorijalan adj (of, relating to, or restricted to a specific geographic area, or territory)
- територијалан adj (of, relating to, or restricted to a specific geographic area, or territory)
Slovak
2 entries- teritoriálny adj (of, relating to, or restricted to a specific geographic area, or territory)
- územný adj (of, relating to, or restricted to a specific geographic area, or territory)
Slovene
1 entries- teritorialen adj (of, relating to, or restricted to a specific geographic area, or territory)
Spanish
1 entries- territorial adj (of, relating to, or restricted to a specific geographic area, or territory)
Swedish
1 entries- territoriell adj (of, relating to, or restricted to a specific geographic area, or territory)
Tagalog
1 entries- lupainin adj (of, relating to, or restricted to a specific geographic area, or territory)
Tajik
1 entries- территориявӣ adj (of, relating to, or restricted to a specific geographic area, or territory)
Thai
1 entries- อาณาเขต adj (of, relating to, or restricted to a specific geographic area, or territory)
Turkish
1 entries- bölge adj (of, relating to, or restricted to a specific geographic area, or territory)
Ukrainian
1 entries- територіа́льний adj (of, relating to, or restricted to a specific geographic area, or territory)
Urdu
1 entries- اَرْضی adj (of, relating to, or restricted to a specific geographic area, or territory)
Vietnamese
1 entries- lãnh thổ adj (of, relating to, or restricted to a specific geographic area, or territory)
Sample sentences
13 total sentences available.
Dogs are territorial.
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Tawny owls are highly territorial.
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I began to stake out my territorial waters in the sorority house's hot tub.
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Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.