Definition of places

Scrabble & Words with friends points

• places is a valid Scrabble US word with a point value of 10
• places is a valid Scrabble UK word with a point value of 10
• places is a valid Words with friends word with a point value of 13

Definition of places

• a job in an organization (noun)

  Synonyms

  1. berth
  2. billet
  3. office
  4. position
  5. post
  6. situation
  7. spot
• assign a location to (verb)

  Synonyms

  1. locate
  2. site
• a point located with respect to surface features of some region (noun)

  Examples

  1. this is a nice place for a picnic

  Synonyms

  1. spot
  2. topographic point
• assign a rank or rating to (verb)

  Synonyms

  1. grade
  2. order
  3. range
  4. rank
  5. rate
• the particular portion of space occupied by something (noun)

  Examples

  1. he put the lamp back in its place

  Synonyms

  1. position
• a particular situation (noun)

  Examples

  1. If you were in my place what would you do?

  Synonyms

  1. shoes
• assign to a station (verb)

  Synonyms

  1. post
  2. send
  3. station
• a space reserved for sitting (as in a theater or on a train or airplane) (noun)

  Examples

  1. he sat in someone else's place

  Synonyms

  1. seat
• recognize as being; establish the identity of someone or something (verb)

  Synonyms

  1. identify
• where you live at a particular time (noun)

  Examples

  1. your place or mine?

  Synonyms

  1. home
• identify the location or place of (verb)

  Synonyms

  1. localise
  2. localize
• locate (verb)

  Synonyms

  1. localise
  2. localize
  3. set
• take a place in a competition; often followed by an ordinal (verb)

  Synonyms

  1. come in
  2. come out
• put into a certain place or abstract location (verb)

  Synonyms

  1. lay
  2. pose
  3. position
  4. put
  5. set
• a public square with room for pedestrians (noun)

  Synonyms

  1. piazza
  2. plaza
• make an investment (verb)

  Synonyms

  1. commit
  2. invest
  3. put
• proper or designated social situation (noun)

  Examples

  1. he overstepped his place

  Synonyms

  1. station
• a blank area (noun)

  Synonyms

  1. blank space
  2. space
• any area set aside for a particular purpose (noun)

  Examples

  1. who owns this place?

  Synonyms

  1. property
• estimate (verb)

  Synonyms

  1. put
  2. set
• an item on a list or in a sequence (noun)

  Examples

  1. in the second place

  Synonyms

  1. position
• intend (something) to move towards a certain goal (verb)

  Synonyms

  1. aim
  2. direct
  3. point
  4. target
• the post or function properly or customarily occupied or served by another (noun)

  Examples

  1. took his place

  Synonyms

  1. lieu
  2. position
  3. stead
• a general vicinity (noun)

  Examples

  1. He comes from a place near Chicago
• an abstract mental location (noun)

  Examples

  1. he has a special place in my thoughts
  2. a place in my heart
  3. a political system with no place for the less prominent groups
• assign to (a job or a home) (verb)
• finish second or better in a horse or dog race (verb)

  Examples

  1. he bet $2 on number six to place
• place somebody in a particular situation or location (verb)

  Examples

  1. he was placed on probation
• proper or appropriate position or location (noun)

  Examples

  1. a woman's place is no longer in the kitchen
• sing a note with the correct pitch (verb)
• the passage that is being read (noun)

  Examples

  1. he lost his place on the page
• to arrange for (verb)

  Examples

  1. place a phone call
  2. place a bet

See definition of places in Merriam Webster