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niche Definition

niche (nic̸h; Brit also nēs̸h)

noun

  1. a recess or hollow in a wall, as for a statue, bust, or vase
  2. a place or position particularly suitable to the person or thing in it
  3. any small, specialized business market
  4. Ecol.
    1. the particular role of an individual species or organism in its community and its environment, including its position in the food cycle and its behavior
    2. the specific space occupied by an organism within its habitat

Etymology: Fr < OFr nichier, to nest < VL *nidicare < L nidus, nest

transitive verb niched, nich′·ing

to place in or as in a niche

niche Synonyms

niche

n.

recess, cranny, corner, cubbyhole; see recess 2, 3.

niche Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • carve: With our specialist music policy we are able to carve a niche.
  • occupy: Quite clearly, poaching ballads occupy a niche of their own in broadside printing terms.
  • canopy: The canopied niches either side of the east window are stonework from an earlier church.
  • fill: Filling this niche is CD Check, a little utility program from a company called Fusion.
  • recess: Feature inglenook style fireplace with inset wood burning stove and recessed display niche.
  • exploit: Agents seek to adapt so as to exploit the local niche to which they have access.

Noun used with modifier

market: Highly focused in its market niche the group has grown profitably.. .

Adjective modifier

  • ecological: Wolves, occupying a similar ecological niche to humans, may give us insight into our own mental life.
  • arched: East wall: splayed window of no great age; ledge above supports tie beam; piscina beside altar with two-centred arched niche.
  • profitable: Online Gold Finder Online Gold Finder will help you find hidden profitable online niches in seconds.
  • lucrative: Fitness instruments make up a lucrative niche in the Finnish consumer electronics industry.
  • vacant: Or the work dropped into a vacant niche, unrecognized at the time.
  • tactical: We are unclear about the tactical niche of this cartridge, which is claimed by the factory to be a good sniping device.

Modifies a noun

  • market: A small number of students on niche market courses are offered courses, which are fully online.
  • cashmere: They have each been very supportive of our niche cashmere strategy and we have been actively encouraging their increased involvement for some time.
  • consultancy: But some may prefer to go down the specialist route, becoming a smaller, niche consultancy.
  • recruitment: Law Consultants is a niche recruitment agency committed solely to Legal Recruitment.
  • marketing: Niche marketing of specific types of courses that are paid for by students.
  • audience: An ebook is the easiest way to reach any large niche audience of any type.

Preposition: in

marketplace: Black architects have found a niche in the architectural marketplace.