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castle - 16 thesaurus results
| Main Entry: | castle |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | magnificent home, often for royalty |
| Synonyms: | citadel, fastness, fort, fortification, fortress, hold, keep, manor, mansion, palace, peel, seat, stronghold, tower, villa, acropolis, alcazar, château, donjon, estate house, fasthold, safehold |
| Notes: | castle and chateau derive from Latin castellum, a diminutive form of castrum 'fort'; chateau is the modern French version that has been borrowed into English 'as is' |
| Main Entry: | citadel |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | top, tower |
| Synonyms: | bastion, castle, fastness, fort, fortification, fortress, keep, manor, stronghold, blockhouse, redoubt |
| Main Entry: | domicile |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | human habitat |
| Synonyms: | abode, accommodation, apartment, castle, condominium, crash pad*, dump, dwelling, habitation, home, house, joint, mansion, pad*, rack*, residence, roost*, settlement, co-op, commorancy, condo, legal residence, residency, roof over head |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | dwelling |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | home |
| Synonyms: | abode, castle, den, domicile, dump*, establishment, habitat, habitation, haunt, house, lodging, pad, quarters, residence, commorancy, digs, hole in the wall, residency |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | exchange |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | trade |
| Synonyms: | alternate, bandy, bargain, barter, castle, change, change hands, commute, correspond, displace, flip-flop*, interchange, invert, market, network, rearrange, reciprocate, replace, reverse, revise, seesaw, shift, shuffle, shuttle, substitute, swap, switch, traffic, transact, transfer, transpose, truck*, buy and sell, cash in, contact with, convert into, deal in, give and take, go over to, hook up, horse trade, link up, pass to, pay back, return the compliment, swap horses, turn the tables |
| Antonyms: | hold, keep |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | fort/fortress |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | stronghold |
| Synonyms: | camp, castle, citadel, fastness, fortification, garrison, station, acropolis, blockhouse, redoubt |
| Main Entry: | fortification |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | reinforced position |
| Synonyms: | barricade, barrier, bastion, battlement, block, buffer, bulwark, castle, citadel, consolidation, defense, fastness, fort, fortress, garrison, keep, outpost, parapet, preparation, protection, reinforcement, stockade, stronghold, support, wall, blockhouse, breastwork, earthwork, embattlement, entrenchment, presidio, strengthening |
| Main Entry: | lodging |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | accommodation for rent |
| Synonyms: | abode, address, apartment, bed and breakfast, camp, castle, cover, domicile, dwelling, habitation, harbor, home, hostel, hotel, inn, lodge, motel, palace, place, port, protection, quarters, residence, resort, roof, room, room and board, rooming house, shelter, boarding house, chambers, dorm, lodgment, pied-à-terre |
| Main Entry: | mansion |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | very large house |
| Synonyms: | abode, building, castle, chateau, dwelling, estate, habitation, hall, home, manor, palace, residence, seat, villa |
| Antonyms: | hut |
| Main Entry: | palace |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | royal or enormous home |
| Synonyms: | castle, chateau, dwelling, hall, manor, mansion, alcazar, official residence, royal residence |
| Main Entry: | stronghold |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | refuge |
| Synonyms: | bastion, bulwark, castle, citadel, fastness, fort, fortification, fortress, garrison, keep, presidio, redoubt |
| Main Entry: | tower |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | very high building or building part |
| Synonyms: | belfry, castle, citadel, column, fort, fortification, fortress, keep, lookout, mast, monolith, obelisk, pillar, refuge, skyscraper, spire, steeple, stronghold, turret, cloud buster, high rise, minaret |
| Main Entry: | fort |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | stronghold |
| Synonyms: | camp, castle, citadel, fastness, fortification, fortress, garrison, station, acropolis, blockhouse, redoubt |
| Main Entry: | home |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | place where a human lives |
| Synonyms: | abode, address, apartment, asylum, cabin, castle, cave*, condominium, cottage, crash pad*, domicile, dormitory, dump*, dwelling, farm, flat, habitation, hangout*, haunt, hearth, hideout, home plate, hospital, house, hut, joint*, manor, mansion, nest*, pad*, palace, place, residence, resort, roof*, rooming house, roost*, shanty, shelter, trailer, turf, villa, boarding house, bungalow, co-op, commorancy, condo, diggings, digs, fireside, hole in the wall, homestead, living quarters, orphanage, parking place, where the hat is |
| Antonyms: | office |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | house |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | human habitat |
| Synonyms: | abode, apartment, box*, building, castle, cave*, condominium, coop, crash pad*, crib*, cubbyhole*, den, domicile, dump*, dwelling, edifice, flat, flophouse*, habitation, home, home plate, joint, kennel, layout, lean-to*, mansion, pad, pigpen*, rack*, residence, roof, roost*, setup, shack, shanty, turf*, bullpen, co-op, commorancy, condo, diggings, digs, hole in the wall, homestead, pied-à-terre, pigsty, residency |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | court |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | ruler's attendants |
| Synonyms: | castle, cortege, entourage, hall, palace, retinue, staff, suite, train, lords and ladies, royal household |
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