n. 1 ground, land, arable, pasture, grassland, meadow, green, lawn, common, clearing, tract, area, acreage, Literary greensward, lea, sward; Archaic mead The house looks out over the fields 2 battlefield, battleground, airfield; (cricket) pitch, football or hockey or soccer field, American football gridiron We marched onto the field prepared for anything 3 competition, competitors, players, entrants, contestants, participants, candidates, possibilities, applicants Who can match you among today's field? 4 area, domain, realm, department, territory, province, sphere, scope, division, interest, line, métier, discipline, bailiwick, speciality, specialization, expertise, forte, strength She is certainly the leading expert in her field My field is biochemistry.
v. 5 catch, stop, return, retrieve, pick up Did you see how Border fielded that ball? 6 answer, reply to, respond to, handle, manipulate, deal with, react to, cope with: The candidate adroitly fielded questions from the press