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range has 42 distinct synonyms spread across 12 of its 17 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.
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 limits within which something can be effective
“range of motion”
a large tract of grassy open land on which livestock can graze
“they used to drive the cattle across the open range every spring”
a series of hills or mountains
“the valley was between two ranges of hills”
a place for shooting (firing or driving) projectiles of various kinds
“the army maintains a missile range in the desert”
a variety of different things or activities
“he answered a range of questions”
(mathematics) the set of values of the dependent variable for which a function is defined
“the image of f(x) = x^2 is the set of all non-negative real numbers if the domain of the function is the set of all real numbers”
a kitchen appliance used for cooking food
“dinner was already on the stove”
Synonyms, antonyms and the broader and narrower relations for range come from Princeton University’s WordNet. Full sources and licences.
have a range; be capable of projecting over a certain distance, as of a gun
“This gun ranges over two miles”
range or extend over; occupy a certain area
“The plants straddle the entire state”
let eat
“range the animals in the prairie”
assign a rank or rating to
“how would you rank these students?”