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

1 sense of testing ground

Sense 1
testing ground, laboratory -- (a region resembling a laboratory inasmuch as it offers opportunities for observation and practice and experimentation; "the new nation is a testing ground for socioeconomic theories"; "Pakistan is a laboratory for studying the use of American troops to combat terrorism")
       => region -- (a large indefinite location on the surface of the Earth; "penguins inhabit the polar regions")