All confines synonyms

noun confines

• purview — the range of operation, authority, control, concern, etc.
• bounds — a limit; boundary (esp in the phrase know no bounds)
• proportions — comparative relation between things or magnitudes as to size, quantity, number, etc.; ratio.
• terrain — a tract of land, especially as considered with reference to its natural features, military advantages, etc.
• sweep — to move or remove (dust, dirt, etc.) with or as if with a broom, brush, or the like.
• orbit — the curved path, usually elliptical, described by a planet, satellite, spaceship, etc., around a celestial body, as the sun.
• radius — a straight line extending from the center of a circle or sphere to the circumference or surface: The radius of a circle is half the diameter.
• periphery — the external boundary of any surface or area.
• scope — extent or range of view, outlook, application, operation, effectiveness, etc.: an investigation of wide scope.
• territory — any tract of land; region or district.
• reach — to get to or get as far as in moving, going, traveling, etc.: The boat reached the shore.
• term — a word or phrase that has a specific or precise meaning within a given discipline or field and might have a different meaning in common usage: Set is a term of art used by mathematicians, and burden of proof is a term of art used by lawyers.
• compass — A compass is an instrument that you use for finding directions. It has a dial and a magnetic needle that always points to the north.
• precinct — a district, as of a city, marked out for governmental or administrative purposes, or for police protection.
• circumference — The circumference of a circle, place, or round object is the distance around its edge.
• country — A country is one of the political units which the world is divided into, covering a particular area of land.
• region — an extensive, continuous part of a surface, space, or body: a region of the earth.
• range — the extent to which or the limits between which variation is possible: the range of steel prices; a wide range of styles.
• edge — a line or border at which a surface terminates: Grass grew along the edges of the road. The paper had deckle edges.
• dimension — Mathematics. a property of space; extension in a given direction: A straight line has one dimension, a parallelogram has two dimensions, and a parallelepiped has three dimensions. the generalization of this property to spaces with curvilinear extension, as the surface of a sphere. the generalization of this property to vector spaces and to Hilbert space. the generalization of this property to fractals, which can have dimensions that are noninteger real numbers. extension in time: Space-time has three dimensions of space and one of time.
• borders — administrative division of S Scotland, on the English border: 1,800 sq mi (4,662 sq km); pop. 101,000
• purlieus — purlieus, environs or neighborhood.
• limitations — a limiting condition; restrictive weakness; lack of capacity; inability or handicap: He knows his limitations as a writer.
• boundaries — something that indicates bounds or limits; a limiting or bounding line.
• precincts — a district, as of a city, marked out for governmental or administrative purposes, or for police protection.