Word Meanings - ARENA - Book Publishers vocabulary database

The area in the central part of an amphitheater, in which the gladiators fought and other shows were exhibited; -- so called because it was covered with sand. 2. Any place of public contest or exertion; any sphere of action; as, the arenaof debate;

Additional info about word: ARENA

The area in the central part of an amphitheater, in which the gladiators fought and other shows were exhibited; -- so called because it was covered with sand. 2. Any place of public contest or exertion; any sphere of action; as, the arenaof debate; the arena of life.

Possible synonyms: (Same meaning words of ARENA)

• Field
• Ground
• scope
• province
• arena
• scene
• opportunity
• room

Related words: (words related to ARENA)

• FIELD
  The whole surface of an escutcheon; also, so much of it is shown unconcealed by the different bearings upon it. See Illust. of Fess, where the field is represented as gules , while the fess is argent . 6. An unresticted or favorable opportunity
• SCENEMAN
  The man who manages the movable scenes in a theater.
• GROUNDWORK
  That which forms the foundation or support of anything; the basis; the essential or fundamental part; first principle. Dryden.
• FIELDING
  The act of playing as a fielder.
• SCOPELINE
  Scopeloid.
• GROUNDEN
  p. p. of Grind. Chaucer.
• FIELDY
  Open, like a field. Wyclif.
• GROUNDNUT
  The fruit of the Arachis hypogæa ; the peanut; the earthnut. A leguminous, twining plant , producing clusters of dark purple flowers and having a root tuberous and pleasant to the taste. The dwarf ginseng . Gray. A European plant of the genus
• GROUNDLESS
  Without ground or foundation; wanting cause or reason for support; not authorized; false; as, groundless fear; a groundless report or assertion. -- Ground"less*ly, adv. -- Ground"less*ness, n.
• SCENESHIFTER
  One who moves the scenes in a theater; a sceneman.
• FIELDPIECE
  A cannon mounted on wheels, for the use of a marching army; a piece of field artillery; -- called also field gun.
• SCOPE
  1. That at which one aims; the thing or end to which the mind directs its view; that which is purposed to be reached or accomplished; hence, ultimate design, aim, or purpose; intention; drift; object. "Shooting wide, do miss the marked scope."
• SCOPELOID
  Like or pertaining to fishes of the genus Scopelus, or family Scopelodæ, which includes many small oceanic fishes, most of which are phosphorescent. -- n.
• SCENE
  1. The structure on which a spectacle or play is exhibited; the part of a theater in which the acting is done, with its adjuncts and decorations; the stage. 2. The decorations and fittings of a stage, representing the place in which the action
• FIELDED
  Engaged in the field; encamped. To help fielded friends. Shak.
• ARENARIOUS
  Sandy; as, arenarious soil.
• ARENA
  The area in the central part of an amphitheater, in which the gladiators fought and other shows were exhibited; -- so called because it was covered with sand. 2. Any place of public contest or exertion; any sphere of action; as, the arenaof debate;
• ARENATION
  A sand bath; application of hot sand to the body. Dunglison.
• SCENEFUL
  Having much scenery.
• GROUNDLY
  Solidly; deeply; thoroughly. Those whom princes do once groundly hate, Let them provide to die as sure us fate. Marston.
• MISGROUND
  To found erroneously. "Misgrounded conceit." Bp. Hall.
• HAEMATOSCOPE
  A hæmoscope.
• HOMEFIELD
  Afield adjacent to its owner's home. Hawthorne.
• LACTOSCOPE
  An instrument for estimating the amount of cream contained in milk by ascertaining its relative opacity.
• METEOROSCOPE
  An astrolabe; a planisphere. An instrument for measuring the position, length, and direction, of the apparent path of a shooting star.
• UNDERGROUND INSURANCE
  Wildcat insurance.
• OTOSCOPEIC
  Of or pertaining to the otoscope or to otoscopy.
• PLAYGROUND
  A piece of ground used for recreation; as, the playground of a school.
• ENDOSCOPE
  An instrument for examining the interior of the rectum, the urethra, and the bladder.
• MICROSPECTROSCOPE
  A spectroscope arranged for attachment to a microscope, for observation of the spectrum of light from minute portions of any substance.
• INFIELD
  To inclose, as a field.
• STEREOMONOSCOPE
  An instrument with two lenses, by which an image of a single picture projected upon a screen of ground glass is made to present an appearance of relief, and may be viewed by several persons at once.
• TELESPECTROSCOPE
  A spectroscope arranged to be attached to a telescope for observation of distant objects, as the sun or stars. Lockyer.
• ANEMOSCOPE
  An instrument which shows the direction of the wind; a wind vane; a weathercock; -- usually applied to a contrivance consisting of a vane above, connected in the building with a dial or index with pointers to show the changes of the wind.