What is another word for shire?
190 synonyms found
Pronunciation:
[ ʃˈa͡ɪ͡ə], [ ʃˈaɪə], [ ʃ_ˈaɪə]
The word "shire" commonly refers to a county in England, but there are many synonyms that can be used interchangeably. For example, "county" is the most commonly used synonym for shire. Other synonyms include "province," "region," "territory," and "district." Some other synonyms could be "jurisdiction", "county palatine" and "shireland". While all of these words refer to a geographical area, they may differ slightly in terms of size and boundaries. Nevertheless, these synonyms provide a good alternative when looking to add variety to a piece of writing or to avoid overuse of one word.
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Synonyms for Shire:
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adj.
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n.
• administrative • county • horse- Lippizaner ,
- Percheron ,
- Shetland Pony ,
- Spanish horse ,
- Suffolk ,
- albino ,
- appaloosa ,
- arabian ,
- belgian ,
- bronco ,
- clydesdale ,
- galloway ,
- hackney ,
- horse ,
- jennet ,
- morgan ,
- mustang ,
- palomino ,
- quarter horse ,
- thoroughbred ,
- turk ,
- welsh pony .
- arena ,
- bailiwick ,
- business ,
- calling ,
- capacity ,
- charge ,
- colony ,
- concern ,
- department ,
- dependency ,
- domain ,
- dominion ,
- duty ,
- employment ,
- field ,
- function ,
- jurisdiction ,
- line ,
- office ,
- orbit ,
- post ,
- pursuit ,
- region ,
- role ,
- section ,
- sphere ,
- terrain ,
- territory ,
- walk ,
- work .
- beat ,
- belt ,
- block ,
- clearing ,
- commonweal ,
- country ,
- duchy ,
- dukedom ,
- earldom ,
- empire ,
- environs ,
- expanse ,
- ghetto ,
- ground ,
- inner city ,
- jungle ,
- kingdom ,
- locale ,
- locality ,
- lot ,
- municipality ,
- nation ,
- neck of woods ,
- neighborhood ,
- parcel ,
- place ,
- plot ,
- range ,
- scene ,
- stomping ground ,
- suburb ,
- turf ,
- vicinity ,
- world .
Other synonyms:
Other relevant words:
- Archdukedom ,
- Arrondissement ,
- Bumbledom ,
- Constablewick ,
- Lord Lieutenant ,
- Sheriffalty ,
- Sheriffwick ,
- Shrievalty ,
- Shrieve ,
- Soke ,
- Wapentake ,
- administrative district ,
- administrative division ,
- archbishopric ,
- archdiocese ,
- archduchy ,
- bishopric ,
- congressional district ,
- constable ,
- constabulary ,
- corporation ,
- departement ,
- diocese ,
- draft horse ,
- draught horse ,
- dray horse ,
- electoral district ,
- electorate ,
- fuzz ,
- gendarmerie ,
- government ,
- hamlet ,
- hundred ,
- judge ,
- land ,
- limited ,
- magistracy ,
- metropolitan area ,
- municipal ,
- neighbourhood ,
- oblast ,
- okrug ,
- parish ,
- part ,
- particular ,
- peculiar ,
- police ,
- police force ,
- principality ,
- property ,
- restricted ,
- selectman ,
- sheriff ,
- shier ,
- shire horse ,
- specific ,
- stake ,
- state government ,
- township ,
- tribunal ,
- village ,
- ward .
How to use "Shire" in context?
Sheerness is the only town in England to have a 'shire' designation and sits on the easternmost point of the mainland. The town took its name from the Sheerness manor and parish, which in turn was derived from the Old English word 'scir' meaning 'a piece of land, district or estate'.
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Reverse Entailment
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Proper noun, singular
oxfordshire.
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Proper noun, singular
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Independent
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Noun, singular or mass
constituency, parish.
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Noun, singular or mass
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Other Related
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Proper noun, singular
county.
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Noun, singular or mass
county.
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Proper noun, singular
Homophones for Shire:
- sciara, succory, sear, sower, skewer, surrey, saussure, succorer, serra, scurry, squeaker, shocker, seizer, soar, sherry, screw eye, shaker, scoria, secure, suer, sugary, sr, shareware, sarah, saussurea, sore, screwy, shore, sir, surya, shrew, sea-ear, sari, scree, scary, sierra, sirrah, sahuaro, saucer, scouser, squeezer, sakkara, skier, swearer, saguaro, successor, swear, scare, sere, sukur, saqqara, square away, sorry, Scry, share, swayer, saqqarah, shearer, securer, SACEUR, sheer, sokoro, seashore, ssri, scissor, sura, saury, shirr, soiree, sorrow, seeker, scarer, serow, squire, sharer, scissure, sahara, sorrower, shear, sugar, soaker, sucre, squawker, sire, sour, succour, score, syria, swagger, sixer, sucker, souari, scare away, scorer, Sauce Chausseur, shower, sure, seer, shirer, shari, saree, shorea, screw, serer, sea hare, sr., soccer, swaggerer, scour, sur, scarey, sawyer, shariah, sewer, showery, succourer, sharia, seeger, sauria, square, scourer, succor, seizure, scar.
Hyponym for Shire:
n.
Meronym for Shire:
n.
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location
shire town, county town.
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location
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