arena

I

(New American Roget's College Thesaurus)

Athletic enclosure

Nouns

1. arena, field, theater; [athletic or playing] field, terrain, etc.; amphitheater, coliseum, Colosseum, stadium, bowl; hippodrome, circus, racecourse or -track, turf, cockpit; hall, auditorium; playground, gymnasium, [bull, boxing, or wrestling] ring, canvas, mat, rink, lists, tilting ground; gymkhana; stage. Informal, gym. See amusement, contention, sports.

2. bailiwick, turf, stamping ground, home territory (See influence).

3. theater [of war]; battlefield, battleground, front, field of combat, battling field, field of slaughter, Aceldama; combat zone, no-man's-land; theater of operations. See warfare.argot

n. slang, cant, jargon (See speech).

II

(Roget's IV) n.

Syn. field, pit, ground, park, coliseum, square, football field, gridiron, stadium, athletic field, playing field, baseball field, amphitheater, boxing ring, hippodRome, circus, bowl, stage, platform, course, gymnasium, gym*, sphere, battlefield.

III

(Roget's 3 Superthesaurus) n.

1. stadium, coliseum, amphitheater, stage, ring, hippodrome.

2. dominion field, area, realm, province.

IV

(Roget's Thesaurus II) noun A sphere of activity, experience, study, or interest: area, bailiwick, circle, department, domain, field, orbit, province, realm, scene, subject, terrain, territory, world. Slang: bag. See TERRITORY.