Setting and Terrain

Setting

Setting noun - The circumstances, conditions, or objects by which one is surrounded.

Usage example: the novice camper felt lost outside of his familiar urban setting

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Terrain and setting are semantically related in environment topic. In some cases you can use "Terrain" instead a noun "Setting".

Nearby Words: set, settling, setter

Terrain noun - The circumstances, conditions, or objects by which one is surrounded.

Usage example: a new senator getting lost in the foggy terrain of double-dealing and deception

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Setting and terrain are semantically related in environment topic. You can use "Setting" instead a noun "Terrain".

good	good setting	good terrain
familiar	familiar setting	familiar terrain
high	high setting	high terrain
similar	similar setting	similar terrain
Other adjectives: normal, natural, specific, actual, real, hard, new, general, possible, different.

The outside portion of Cosmo Canyon is a mix of red and brown due to the terrain and the setting sun's light.

Source: Real Is Brown
The Overworld Usually an open field or whatever the 'neutral' terrain is for the setting, used in non linear games as a go between for other points of interest.

Source: Videogame Settings
The 2010 remake, though shot in New Mexico and Texas, more accurately represents the real terrain of the stated setting, although still was not shot on location.

Source: The Mountains of Illinois

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