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Field - Definition, Meaning & Synonyms | Vocabulary.com SKIP TO CONTENT field /fild/ /fild/ IPA guide Other forms: fields; fielding; fielded This word has many meanings — such as a field of daffodils, a field of study, or a field of battle in a war. Think of a field as an area, either physically or subject-wise. A type of business or area of study is a field. All the subjects you study in school are different fields of study. Baseball players field a ball, and you need nine players to field a team. All the horses in a race are the field. Your field of vision is what you can see. Researchers go into the field to collect data — for an education researcher, that’s a school. Most fields are specific areas of one sort or another. Definitions of field noun extensive tract of level open land “he longed for the fields of his youth” synonyms: champaign , plain see more see less examples: Olympia a plain in Greece in the northwestern Peloponnese; the chief sanctuary of Zeus and the site of the original Olympian Games Nullarbor Plain a vast arid plain of southern Australia stretching inland from the Great Australian Bight; has sparse vegetation and no surface water and is almost uninhabited; the site of a major rocket research center Serengeti Plain a vast plain in Tanzania to the west of the Great Rift Valley known for its wildlife types: show 10 types... hide 10 types... flat a level tract of land flood plain , floodplain a low plain adjacent to a river that is formed chiefly of river sediment and is subject to flooding llano an extensive grassy and nearly treeless plain (especially in Latin America) moor , moorland open land usually with peaty soil covered with heather and bracken and moss peneplain , peneplane a more or less level land surface representing an advanced stage of erosion undisturbed by crustal movements snowfield a permanent wide expanse of snow steppe extensive plain without trees (associated with eastern Russia and Siberia) tundra a vast treeless plain in the Arctic regions where the subsoil is permanently frozen alluvial flat , alluvial plain a flat resulting from repeated deposits of alluvial material by running water salt flat , salt plain a flat expanse of salt left by the evaporation of a body of salt water type of: dry land , earth , ground , land , solid ground , terra firma the solid part of the earth's surface noun a piece of land cleared of trees and usually enclosed “he planted a field of wheat” see more see less types: show 14 types... hide 14 types... curtilage , grounds , yard the enclosed land around a house or other building campus a field on which the buildings of a university are situated firebreak , fireguard a narrow field that has been cleared to check the spread of a prairie fire or forest fire grain field , grainfield a field where grain is grown lawn a field of cultivated and mowed grass paddy , paddy field , rice paddy an irrigated or flooded field where rice is grown backyard the grounds in back of a house dooryard a yard outside the front or rear door of a house front yard the yard in front of a house; between the house and the street garden a yard or lawn adjoining a house playground yard consisting of an outdoor area for children's play side yard the grounds at either side of a house corn field , cornfield a field planted with corn wheat field , wheatfield a field planted with wheat type of: parcel , parcel of land , piece of ground , piece of land , tract an extended area of land noun a geographic region (land or sea) under which something valuable is found “the diamond fields of South Africa” see more see less types: coalfield a region where there is coal underground gasfield a region where there is natural gas underground oilfield a region rich in petroleum deposits (especially one with producing oil wells) type of: geographic area , geographic region , geographical area , geographical region a demarcated area of the Earth noun a region in which active military operations are in progress “the army was in the field awaiting action” synonyms: field of operations , theater , theater of operations , theatre , theatre of operations see more see less type of: region a large indefinite location on the surface of the Earth noun a region where a battle is being (or has been) fought synonyms: battlefield , battleground , field of battle , field of honor see more see less examples: Armageddon (New Testament) the scene of the final battle between the kings of the Earth at the end of the world Camlan (Arthurian legend) the battlefield where King Arthur was mortally wounded type of: parcel , parcel of land , piece of ground , piece of land , tract an extended area of land noun a place where planes take off and land synonyms: airfield , flying field , landing field see more see less types: show 5 types... hide 5 types... aerodrome , airdrome , airport , drome an airfield equipped with control tower and hangars as well as accommodations for passengers and cargo airstrip , flight strip , landing strip , strip an airfield without normal airport facilities auxiliary airfield an airfield that functions in a subsidiary capacity flare path an airstrip outline with lights to guide an airplane pilot in landing heliport an airport for helicopters type of: facility , installation a building or place that provides a particular service or is used for a particular industry noun a piece of land prepared for playing a game “the home crowd cheered when Princeton took the field ” synonyms: athletic field , playing area , playing field see more see less types: show 14 types... hide 14 types... arena , scene of action a playing field where sports events take place ball field , baseball field , diamond the baseball playing field court a specially marked horizontal area within which a game is played football field , gridiron the playing field on which football is played palaestra , palestra a public place in ancient Greece or Rome devoted to the training of wrestlers and other athletes bowling green a field of closely mowed turf for playing bowls badminton court the court on which badminton is played basketball court the court on which basketball is played circus an arena consisting of an oval or circular area enclosed by tiers of seats and usually covered by a tent handball court the court on which handball is played piste a flat rectangular area for fencing bouts squash court the indoor court in which squash is played tennis court the court on which tennis is played volleyball court the court on which volleyball is played type of: parcel , parcel of land , piece of ground , piece of land , tract an extended area of land noun the space around a radiating body within which its electromagnetic oscillations can exert force on another similar body not in contact with it synonyms: field of force , force field see more see less types: show 7 types... hide 7 types... electric field a field of force surrounding a charged particle gravitational field a field of force surrounding a body of finite mass flux , magnetic field , magnetic flux the lines of force surrounding a permanent magnet or a moving charged particle radiation field a field that represents the energy lost from the radiator to space electrostatic field electric field associated with static electric charges magnetosphere the magnetic field of a planet; the volume around the planet in which charged particles are subject more to the planet's magnetic field than to the solar magnetic field solar magnetic field the magnetic field of the sun type of: physical phenomenon a natural phenomenon involving the physical properties of matter and energy verb play as a fielder see more see less type of: play participate in games or sport verb select (a team or individual player) for a game “The Buckeyes fielded a young new quarterback for the Rose Bowl” see more see less type of: choose , pick out , select , take pick out, select, or choose from a number of alternatives verb catch or pick up (balls) in baseball or cricket see more see less type of: handle , palm touch, lift, or hold with the hands verb answer adequately or successfully “The lawyer fielded all questions from the press” see more see less type of: answer , reply , respond react verbally noun somewhere (away from a studio or office or library or laboratory) where practical work is done or data is collected “anthropologists do much of their work in the field ” see more see less type of: region a large indefinite location on the surface of the Earth noun a branch of knowledge synonyms: bailiwick , discipline , field of study , study , subject , subject area , subject field see more see less types: show 91 types... hide 91 types... occultism the study of the supernatural communication theory , communications the discipline that studies the principles of transmiting information and the methods by which it is delivered (as print or radio or television etc.) major the principal field of study of a student at a university frontier an undeveloped field of study; a topic inviting research and development genealogy the study or investigation of ancestry and family history allometry the study of the relative growth of a part of an organism in relation to the growth of the whole bibliotics the scientific study of documents and handwriting etc. especially to determine authorship or authenticity ology an informal word (abstracted from words with this ending) for some unidentified branch of knowledge science , scientific discipline a particular branch of scientific knowledge architecture the discipline dealing with the principles of design and construction and ornamentation of fine buildings applied science , engineering , engineering science , technology the discipline dealing with the art or science of applying scientific knowledge to practical problems futuristics , futurology the study or prediction of future developments on the basis of existing conditions arts , humanistic discipline , humanities , liberal arts