niches

Meaning of niches

plural noun
  1. a comfortable or suitable position in life or employment.
    he is now a partner at a leading law firm and feels he has found his niche
    he is carving out a niche for himself as one of the most talented and reliable character actors around
  2. a specialized segment of the market for a particular kind of product or service.
    he believes he has found a niche in the market
    smaller cooperatives must find and develop a niche for their speciality product
  3. a shallow recess, especially one in a wall to display a statue or other ornament.
    each niche held a shepherdess in Dresden china
    her bed was tucked into a niche in the wall
verb, 3rd person present
  1. place (something) in a niche or recess.
    these elements were niched within the shadowy reaches

early 17th century (in niche (sense 3 of the noun)): from French, literally ‘recess’, from nicher ‘make a nest’, based on Latin nidus ‘nest’.

Information about niches

  • The singular form of niches is: niche.
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Hyphenation of niches

niches

  • It consists of 1 syllables and 6 chars.
  • niches is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable

niches synonyms

Meaning the action or sound of calling:

calling

Meaning a strong feeling of suitability for a particular career or occupation:

vocation

Meaning a person's rank or status:

place

Meaning an activity that is natural to or the purpose of a person or thing:

function

Meaning a paid position of regular employment:

job

Meaning an allotted place in an arrangement or scheme such as a broadcasting schedule:

slot

Meaning a time or set of circumstances that makes it possible to do something:

opportunity

Meaning a hollow space inside something:

recess

Meaning a recess in the wall of a room or garden:

alcove

Meaning a corner or recess, especially one offering seclusion or security:

nook

Meaning a small, narrow space or opening:

cranny

Meaning a long, narrow cut or opening:

slit

Meaning a hole or depression in something:

hollow

Meaning a broad inlet of the sea where the land curves inwards:

bay

Meaning an empty space within a solid object:

cavity

Meaning a small enclosed space or room:

cubbyhole

Meaning each of a set of small open-fronted compartments in a workplace or other organization where letters or messages may be left for individuals:

pigeonhole

Meaning a space or gap that allows passage or access:

opening

Meaning an opening, hole, or gap:

aperture

Meaning a niche in the wall of a mosque, at the point nearest to Mecca, towards which the congregation faces to pray:

mihrab

Anagrams of niches

chines, chinse, inches, Schein

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