| Main Entry: | garrison |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | military post, fort |
Synonyms: |
barracks, base, camp, citadel, command post, encampment, fortification, fortress, stronghold |
| Main Entry: | barracks |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | shelter for military |
Synonyms: |
Quonset hut, billet, bivouac, camp, cantonment, dormitory, encampment, enclosure, garrison, headquarters, hut, prefab, quarters, tent |
| 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: | defend |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | protect |
Synonyms: |
avert, battle, beat off, bulwark, care for, cherish, conserve, contend, cover, entrench, espouse, fend off, fight, fight for, fortify, foster, garrison, guard, guard against, hedge, hold, hold at bay, house, insure, keep safe, look after, maintain, mine, nourish, oppose, panoply, preserve, prevent, provide sanctuary, repel danger, resist, retain, safeguard, save, screen, secure, shelter, shield, stave off, sustain, take in, uphold, war, ward off, watch, watch over, withstand |
Antonyms: |
abandon, attack, desert, leave, quit, relinquish, resign, surrender |
| Main Entry: | defense |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | armament; protection system |
Synonyms: |
aegis, armor, arms, barricade, bastille, bastion, bulwark, buttress, citadel, cover, deterrence, dike, embankment, fastness, fence, fort, fortification, fortress, garrison, guard, immunity, munitions, palisade, parapet, position, protection, rampart, redoubt, resistance, safeguard, security, shelter, shield, stockade, stronghold, trench, wall, ward, warfare, weaponry, weapons |
Antonyms: |
desertion, flight, surrender |
| Main Entry: | fort/fortress |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | stronghold |
Synonyms: |
acropolis, blockhouse, camp, castle, citadel, fastness, fortification, garrison, redoubt, station |
| Main Entry: | fortification |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | reinforced position |
Synonyms: |
barricade, barrier, bastion, battlement, block, blockhouse, breastwork, buffer, bulwark, castle, citadel, consolidation, defense, earthwork, embattlement, entrenchment, fastness, fort, fortress, garrison, keep, outpost, parapet, preparation, presidio, protection, reinforcement, stockade, strengthening, stronghold, support, wall |
| Main Entry: | fortify |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make strong and secure; add to |
Synonyms: |
brace, build up, bulwark, buttress, charge up, consolidate, embattle, entrench, garrison, gird, prepare, prop, protect, punch up, ready, reinforce, secure, shore up, soup up, steel*, step up, strengthen, support |
Antonyms: |
decrease, hurt, injure, weaken |
| Main Entry: | occupy |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | seize, take over |
Synonyms: |
capture, conquer, garrison, hold, invade, keep, obtain, overrun, take possession |
Antonyms: |
surrender, yield |
| Main Entry: | patrol |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | guarding; guard |
Synonyms: |
convoying, defending, escorting, garrison, lookout, patroler, policing, protecting, protection, rounds, safeguarding, scouting, sentinel, spy, vigilance, watch, watching, watchperson |