Definition for Purview:

• Limit or sphere of authority; scope; extent.

Synonyms for Purview:

• n.

  •
  • compulsion,
  • obligation,
  • sphere,
  • onus,
  • swing,
  • duty,
  • accountability,
  • territory,
  • extent,
  • concern,
  • guardianship,
  • responsibility,
  • trust,
  • commitment.
  •
  • ken,
  • see,
  • ability,
  • knowledge.
  •attribute (noun)
  • view,
  • purview.
  •authority (noun)
  • command,
  • privilege,
  • credential,
  • sway,
  • title,
  • empowerment,
  • kingship,
  • superiority,
  • sovereignty,
  • might,
  • powerfulness,
  • entitlement,
  • precedence,
  • right,
  • rank,
  • prestige,
  • license,
  • authority,
  • office,
  • force,
  • domination,
  • clout,
  • enfranchisement,
  • commission,
  • punch,
  • mastery,
  • primacy,
  • charge,
  • prerogative,
  • puissance,
  • birthright,
  • power,
  • seniority,
  • stature,
  • Prepotency,
  • mightiness,
  • mandate,
  • cogency,
  • potency,
  • strength,
  • steam,
  • control,
  • faculty,
  • influence.
  •compass (noun)
  • re strictions,
  • re-strictions,
  • re striction,
  • re-striction.
  •confines (noun)
  • pro portions,
  • pro-portions,
  • pro portion,
  • pro-portion.
  •distance (noun)
  • out skirt,
  • far pieces,
  • re move,
  • out skirts,
  • pro vinces,
  • re-moves,
  • out posts,
  • out-skirt,
  • re-move,
  • farnesses,
  • out-posts,
  • out-skirts,
  • pro-vinces.
  •extension (noun)
  • de-lay,
  • dis tensions,
  • de-lays,
  • spreading outs,
  • ex tension,
  • in crease,
  • de lay,
  • ex-tension,
  • lengthenings,
  • ex tensions,
  • drawing outs,
  • in-crease,
  • stretchings,
  • dis-tension,
  • dis-tensions,
  • dis tension,
  • de lays,
  • in-creases,
  • continuings,
  • ex-tensions,
  • in creases.
  •extent (noun)
  • spaciousness,
  • Elbowroom,
  • period of time,
  • wideness.
  •field (noun)
  • cup tea,
  • pro vince,
  • de mesne,
  • de-mesne,
  • pro-vince,
  • champaigns.
  •field of vision (noun)
  • field view,
  • line vision,
  • peripheral fields,
  • field vision,
  • peripheral visions,
  • sight lines,
  • field-vision,
  • sight line,
  • sight-lines,
  • sightlines,
  • line sight.
  •front (noun)
  • foreground.
  •horizon (noun)
  • horizons,
  • vista.
  •panorama (noun)
  • over views,
  • bird'seye view,
  • over view,
  • over-view,
  • bird-eye view,
  • birdeye view,
  • birds eye view,
  • bird eye view,
  • birdseye view,
  • scenic views,
  • birds-eye view,
  • over-views.
  •protraction (noun)
  • pro tractions,
  • pro-tractions,
  • pro traction,
  • pro-traction.
  •radius (noun)
  • spoke,
  • semi-diameter,
  • semidiameter,
  • spokes.
  •range (noun)
  • circle,
  • vicinity,
  • area,
  • matter,
  • neighborhood,
  • leeway,
  • amplitude,
  • run,
  • spectrum,
  • space,
  • width,
  • gamut,
  • order,
  • play,
  • latitude,
  • expanse,
  • parameters,
  • spread,
  • province,
  • bounds,
  • tune,
  • dimensions,
  • hearing,
  • domain,
  • dimension,
  • magnitude,
  • span.
  •realm (noun)
  • neck woods,
  • neck the woods.
  •scope (noun)
  • field reference,
  • out-look,
  • out look,
  • out looks,
  • out-looks,
  • comprehensivenesses.
  •visual field (noun)
  • field of vision.

• Other synonyms:

  •n.
  • ambit,
  • bird's eye view,
  • champaign,
  • compass,
  • comprehensiveness,
  • confines,
  • demesne,
  • diapason,
  • dilatation,
  • diorama,
  • distance,
  • distension,
  • earshot,
  • elongation,
  • extension,
  • farness,
  • field,
  • field of view,
  • hinterland,
  • horizon,
  • judicature,
  • jurisdiction,
  • lastingness,
  • length,
  • lengthiness,
  • line of vision,
  • linearity,
  • longitude,
  • longness,
  • magistracy,
  • mileage,
  • orbit,
  • outskirt,
  • panorama,
  • peripheral vision,
  • pilgrimage,
  • precinct,
  • principality,
  • prolongation,
  • protraction,
  • radius,
  • range,
  • reach,
  • realm,
  • region,
  • remoteness,
  • scope,
  • sky,
  • speciality,
  • stretch,
  • stretching,
  • sweep,
  • tallness,
  • terrain,
  • year,
  • years,
  • Extensiveness,
  • Magistracies,
  • Principalities,
  • Specialities,
  • Dilatations,
  • realms,
  • limits,
  • restrictions,
  • judicatures,
  • longitudes,
  • dioramas,
  • demesnes,
  • stomping ground,
  • distensions,
  • extensity,
  • good way,
  • good ways,
  • neck of woods,
  • protractedness,
  • ranginess,
  • run of,
  • spreading out,
  • stomping grounds,
  • widenings,
  • far piece,
  • scenic view,
  • field of reference,
  • peripheral field,
  • sight-line,
  • sightline.
  •v.
  • activity.

Paraphrases for Purview:

• Forward Entailment

  • Noun, singular or mass
    ambit, area.

• Independent

  • Noun, singular or mass
    responsibility, mandate, mandates, matter, proficiency, power, powers, competition, supervision, field, framework, skill, skills, guardianship, realm, context.

• Other Related

  • Noun, singular or mass
    jurisdiction, competence, remit, rules, competency, scope, prerogative, authority, sphere, expertise, aegis, domain.

Antonyms for Purview:

• n.

  • ken
    ignorance, misinterpretation, unconsciousness, misunderstanding, misconception, stupidity, blindness, mistake.
  • range
    height, limitation, extreme, insignificance.

Purview Sentence Examples:

• When we have it before our eyes that for six thousand years mankind in Europe, Asia, and Africa, even when led by great nations, and illuminated by marvellous minds, did not advance one inch beyond the arts of Egypt, we may conceive what lapses, what aeons, of time it must have required to bring savage man to that condition of refinement and civilization possessed by Egypt when it first comes within the purview of history.

• It is not necessary, in order to decide whether this action of the President of the United States comes within the purview and meaning of this statute, for us to talk about revolutions or what this man or that man has said or decided.

Hyponym for Purview:

• n.

  • attribute
    compass, reach, orbit, range, scope, ambit.