Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun purview

1 sense of purview

Sense 1
horizon, view, purview -- (the range of interest or activity that can be anticipated; "It is beyond the horizon of present knowledge")
       => scope, range, reach, orbit, compass, ambit -- (an area in which something acts or operates or has power or control: "the range of a supersonic jet"; "a piano has a greater range than the human voice"; "the ambit of municipal legislation"; "within the compass of this article"; "within the scope of an investigation"; "outside the reach of the law"; "in the political orbit of a world power")