Definition for Purlieu:

• [ Fr.] The ground near a royal palace, made pure or free from the forest laws.

Synonyms for Purlieu:

• n.

  •border (noun)
  • boundary,
  • edge.
  •distance (noun)
  • ex-tensions,
  • farnesses,
  • ex-tension,
  • re-moves,
  • pro-vinces,
  • ex tents,
  • out-posts,
  • re move,
  • pro vinces,
  • re-move,
  • far pieces,
  • ex-tents,
  • ex-tent,
  • out posts,
  • ex tent,
  • ex tension.
  •environ (noun)
  • neighborhood,
  • area,
  • hangout.
  •environment (noun)
  • district,
  • environs,
  • locale,
  • vicinity.
  •hangout (noun)
  • watering hole,
  • stomping grounds,
  • honky tonk,
  • honky-tonk,
  • watering holes,
  • honkytonk,
  • stomping ground.
  •haunt (noun)
  • living quarters,
  • head quarters,
  • clubhouses,
  • clubhouse,
  • trysting place,
  • gathering place,
  • locality.
  •outskirts (noun)
  • out skirt,
  • out skirts,
  • out-skirt,
  • out-skirts.
  •rendezvous (noun)
  • gathering points.
  •resort (noun)
  • holiday spots,
  • tourist centers,
  • re sorts,
  • re-sort,
  • tourist traps,
  • re-sorts,
  • re sort.
  •social place (noun)
  • hang-out.
  •stamping ground (noun)
  • neck of woods,
  • customary territory,
  • favorite gathering place,
  • native environment.
  •suburb (noun)
  • outlying areas,
  • residential areas.

• Other synonyms:

  •border
  • fringe,
  • periphery.

Antonyms for Purlieu:

• n.

  • border
    middle, inside, interior.
  • environ
    center.
  • Other antonyms:
    midtown, downtown, inner city.

Purlieu Sentence Examples:

• When Mrs. Allerton died George was sent to school, but Lucy, in charge of a governess, remained year in, year out, at Hamlyn's Purlieu with her books, her dogs, and her horses.

• It was clear that he had forgotten the catastrophe that had parted him from Hamlyn's Purlieu, and yet, strangely, he asked no questions.

Homophones for Purlieu:

• pearl, pep rally, parolee, poor law, perilla, prairial, poorly, parula, prole, poorwill, prayer wheel, prairie willow, puerile, pyrrhula, prowl, payroll, parley, purl, purely, parallel, pearly, power law, purloo, peril, parole, parlay, pyrola.