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place has 42 distinct synonyms spread across 23 of its 32 senses. Each sense below keeps its own list, because a synonym belongs to a meaning and not to a word: swapping one sense's substitute into another sense's sentence is how a thesaurus makes writing worse. WordNet records no antonym for it — antonymy is a relation between word forms rather than concepts, so it is deliberately sparse.
Counts are distinct word forms across every sense. A synonym that appears under three senses is counted once here and shown three times below, under each sense it belongs to.
a point located with respect to surface features of some region
“this is a nice place for a picnic”
a general vicinity
“He comes from a place near Chicago”
where you live at a particular time
“deliver the package to my home”
a job in an organization
“he occupied a post in the treasury”
proper or designated social situation
“he overstepped his place”
the passage that is being read
“he lost his place on the page”
proper or appropriate position or location
“a woman's place is no longer in the kitchen”
an item on a list or in a sequence
“in the second place”
a blank area
“write your name in the space provided”
Synonyms, antonyms and the broader and narrower relations for place come from Princeton University’s WordNet. Full sources and licences.
place somebody in a particular situation or location
“he was placed on probation”
assign a rank or rating to
“how would you rank these students?”
recognize as being; establish the identity of someone or something
“She identified the man on the `wanted' poster”
finish second or better in a horse or dog race
“he bet $2 on number six to place”