| Main Entry: | harbor |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | place for storing boats in the water |
Synonyms: |
anchorage, arm, bay, bight, breakwater, chuck, cove, dock, embankment, firth, gulf, haven, inlet, jetty, landing, mooring, pier, port, road, roadstead, wharf |
| Notes: | harbor first meant 'shelter' and 'lodging' and that is how the word first entered English place-names, as a 'place of shelter; refuge' for a crowd of people; a port is a haven for vessels and it is equipped for loading and unloading ships, while a harbor is a haven for vessels but does not necessarily have onshore facilities |
| Main Entry: | harbor |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | place for seclusion |
Synonyms: |
asylum, cover, covert, harborage, haven, port, refuge, retreat, sanctuary, sanctum, security, shelter |
| Main Entry: | harbor |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | hide, protect |
Synonyms: |
accommodate, board, bunk, conceal, defend, domicile, entertain, guard, hold back, house, lodge, nurse, nurture, provide refuge, put up, quarter, relieve, safeguard, screen, secrete, secure, shelter, shield, suppress, withhold |
Antonyms: |
eject, let out, uncover |
| Main Entry: | harbor |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | hold in imagination |
Synonyms: |
believe, brood over, cherish, cling to, consider, entertain, foster, hold, imagine, maintain, nurse, nurture, regard, retain |
Antonyms: |
disregard, ignore |
| Main Entry: | accommodate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make room, lodging available |
Synonyms: |
board, contain, domicile, entertain, furnish, harbor, hold, house, put up, quarter, receive, rent, shelter, supply, take in, welcome |
Antonyms: |
turn away, turn out |
| Main Entry: | admit |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | allow entry or use |
Synonyms: |
accept, be big on, bless, buy, concede, enter, entertain, give access, give the nod, give thumbs up, grant, harbor, house, initiate, introduce, let, let in, lodge, okay, permit, receive, shelter, sign off on, sign*, suffer, take, take in |
| Notes: | with admit, the acknowledgment of something being true applies to one's own sphere of conduct, whereas with concede the acknowledgment applies to another's; admit implies reluctance to disclose, grant, or concede and refers usually to facts rather than their implications |
Antonyms: |
debar, deny, dismiss, eject, exclude, expel, oust, refuse, reject, repel, shut |
| Main Entry: | asylum |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | refuge |
Synonyms: |
cover, den, harbor, haven, hideaway, hideout, hole, ivory tower, port, preserve, refuge, retreat, safe house, safety, sanctuary, security, shelter |
| Main Entry: | base |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | headquarters |
Synonyms: |
camp, center, depot, dock, field, garrison, hangar, harbor, home, port, post, settlement, site, starting point, station, strip, terminal |
Antonyms: |
annex, branch |
| Main Entry: | bay |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | shoreline indentation |
Synonyms: |
anchorage, arm, basin, bayou, bight, cove, estuary, fiord, firth, gulf, harbor, inlet, lagoon, loch, mouth, narrows, sound, strait |
| Main Entry: | bear |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | support mentally |
Synonyms: |
cherish, entertain, exhibit, harbor, have, hold, hold up, maintain, possess, shoulder, sustain, uphold, weigh upon |