Definition for Township:

• In surveys of the public land of the United States, a division of territory six miles square, containing 36 sections.

Synonyms for Township:

• n.

  •
  • city state,
  • capital,
  • conurbation,
  • county seat,
  • dormitory town,
  • boom town,
  • the big smoke,
  • county town.
  •area (noun)
  • precinct,
  • kingdom,
  • dominion,
  • locality,
  • city,
  • neighborhood,
  • sectors,
  • townships,
  • belt,
  • parcel,
  • neck of woods,
  • ward,
  • neck of the woods,
  • principality,
  • patch,
  • domain,
  • sphere,
  • turf,
  • enclosure,
  • sector,
  • vicinity,
  • county,
  • block,
  • tract,
  • state,
  • field,
  • section,
  • zone,
  • stretch,
  • Principalities,
  • quarter,
  • plot,
  • square.
  •territory (noun)
  • extent,
  • country,
  • terrain,
  • commonwealth,
  • walk,
  • mandate,
  • land,
  • nation,
  • expanse,
  • terrene,
  • colony,
  • boundary,
  • empire,
  • province,
  • street.
  •town (noun)
  • hamlet,
  • whistle-stop,
  • apple,
  • borough,
  • metropolis,
  • suburb,
  • boondocks,
  • sticks,
  • village,
  • burg,
  • seat.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • public.
  •
  • division.

Paraphrases for Township:

• Forward Entailment

  • Proper noun, singular
    town, towns.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    town.

• Independent

  • Proper noun, singular
    municipality, Municipalities.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    municipality.

• Other Related

  • Proper noun, singular
    canton, cantons, TWP, county.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    canton, sub-county, neighborhood, countryside, county.

Antonyms for Township:

• n.

  • area
    whole.
  • territory
    sky.

Township Sentence Examples:

• The farm, the homestead, had sprung up and grown in the centre of the estate like a prosperous township, with inhabitants, servants, and live stock, a perfect focus of ardent triumphal life.

• No wonder all the men in the township flocked to the tavern - they had to to know anything of town affairs, to say nothing of local scandals.

Hyponym for Township:

• n.

  • location
    administrative division, administrative district, territorial division.