Thesaurus:state

Thesaurus

state

English

Noun

Sense: a set of circumstances applying at any given time

Synonyms

• condition
• position
• scenario
• set up
• shape    [⇒ thesaurus]
• situation
• state
• state of affairs (idiomatic)
• status

Hyponyms

• difficult situation    [⇒ thesaurus]
• exigence
• exigency

Meronyms

• circumstance    [⇒ thesaurus]

Further reading

• “7. state” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
• “state” in Moby Thesaurus II, Grady Ward, 1996.