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noun boundary, periphery
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verb achieve, get
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Synonyms for compass
Informal
noun boundary, periphery
ambit
domain
orbit
realm
area
enclosure
perimeter
restriction
bound
environs
precinct
round
circle
expanse
purlieus
scope
circuit
extent
purview
sphere
circumference
field
radius
stretch
circumscription
limit
range
sweep
Word Origin & History
confines
limitation
reach
zone
compass c.1300, "space, area, extent," from O.Fr. compas, from compasser "to go around, measure, divide equally," from V.L. *compassare "to pace out," from L. com- "together" + passus "a step." The mathematical instrument so called from late 14c. The mariners' directional tool (so called since early 15c.) took the name, perhaps, because it's round and has a point like the mathematical instrument. The word is in most European languages, with a mathematical sense in Romance, a nautical sense in Germanic, and both in English.
Antonyms for compass freedom
interior
infinity
middle
inside
open
release
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But, nerved as he was by desperation, he found the task greater than he could compass.
area
noun. extent, scope of a surface breadth
expanse
range
sphere
compass
field
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distance
operation
space
width
The rock is very magnetic, and the compass is quite useless. I was tired of trying to steer a course for myself, with no compass to go by. This fact is sustained by evidences teeming upon us from every point of the compass. EXPAND
beset
verb. plague; hem in aggress
compass
fall on
hassle
assail
dog
fall upon
infest
attack
drive up the wall
girdle
invade
badger
embarrass
give a bad time
jump on one's case
bedevil
encircle
give a hard time
nag
beleaguer
enclose
give one the business nudge
besiege
encompass
give the needle
overrun
bug
entangle
harass
perplex
circle
environ
harry
pester
pick on put the squeeze on ride ring start in on storm strike surround
boundary
noun. outer limit abuttals
circumscription
frontier
mete
ambit
compass
hem
outline
barrier
confines
horizon
outpost
beginning
edge
limits
pale
border
end
line
perimeter
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environs
line of demarcation
periphery
borderline
extent
march
precinct
bounds
extremity
margin
purlieus
brink
frame
mark
radius
circumference
fringe
mere
rim
side skirt terminal termination terminus verge
bound/bounds noun. farthest limit boundary
environs
line
precinct
compass
extremity
march
purlieus
confine
fringe
margin
rim
edge
limit
pale
term
end
limitation
periphery
termination
verge
breadth
noun. extent amplitude
expanse
inclusiveness
range
area
extensiveness
largeness
reach
compass
fullness
magnitude
scale
measure
scope
orbit
size
comprehensiveness gamut greatness dimension space spread stretch sweep vastness
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bring about
verb. cause success accomplish
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effect
give rise to
achieve
create
effectuate
make happen
beget
do
engender
manage
bring to pass
draw on
generate
occasion
produce realize secure succeed
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