Acton
Massachusetts town name
Acton is a place name for several locations, most notably a district in West London.
It also functions as a surname, famously borne by the English historian Lord Acton, who declared that power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely.
As a given name, Acton is rare.
England's capital city
- Greater LondonUK's capital administrative area
- suburbOutlying residential district
- boroughAdministrative town or district
- districtBounded administrative area
Dwellings or protective covering
- homesPersonal living quarters
- apartmentsRented dwelling units
- propertySomething owned or inherent
- streetsPublic urban ways
dwellings · estate · terraced houses · semi-detached · flats · commuter · regeneration · development
Inherited cultural legacy
- settlementResolved dispute or colony
- foundationUnderlying support structure
- archivesStored historical documents
- chronicleOrdered historical record
tradition · pioneer · ancestry · medieval · Saxon · manor · Victorian · industrial
Expert on past events
- philosopherStudent of fundamental questions
- libertyAbsence of unjust constraint
- CambridgeUniversity city, two countries
London
England's capital city
- Greater LondonUK's capital administrative area
- suburbOutlying residential district
- boroughAdministrative town or district
district · neighborhood · Middlesex · West London · High Street
housing
Dwellings or protective covering
- homesPersonal living quarters
- apartmentsRented dwelling units
- propertySomething owned or inherent
streets · dwellings · estate · terraced houses · semi-detached · flats · commuter · regeneration · development · urbanization
heritage
Inherited cultural legacy
- settlementResolved dispute or colony
- foundationUnderlying support structure
- archivesStored historical documents
chronicle · tradition · pioneer · ancestry · medieval · Saxon · manor · Victorian · industrial · market town
historian
Expert on past events
- philosopherStudent of fundamental questions
- libertyAbsence of unjust constraint
- CambridgeUniversity city, two countries
ActonMayfair
Upscale central London district
Westminster · Soho · Bank · Covent Garden · Knightsbridge
ActonMayfair
Upscale central London district
Kensington · Chelsea · Belgravia · Knightsbridge · Hampstead
- take actionBegin doing something
- in actionActively performing a task
- action movieHigh-adrenaline cinema
- action figuresJointed miniature character toys
- action starPerformer in thrillers
- social actionOrganized efforts for change
action, active, activity, actions, activate, actively, activated, activation, activating