| Main Entry: | rampart |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | fortification, stronghold |
Synonyms: |
barricade, barrier, bastion, breastwork, bulwark, defense, earthwork, elevation, embankment, fence, fort, guard, hill, mound, parapet, protection, ridge, security, support, vallation, wall |
| Main Entry: | barricade |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | blocking object |
Synonyms: |
bar, barrier, blank wall, block, blockade, bulwark, fence, obstruction, palisade, rampart, roadblock, stockade, stop, wall |
Antonyms: |
opening |
| Main Entry: | barrier |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | obstruction |
Synonyms: |
bar, barricade, blank wall, blockade, bound, boundary, confines, curtain, ditch, enclosure, fence, fortification, gully, hurdle, impediment, limit, moat, obstacle, pale, palisade, railing, rampart, roadblock, stop, trench, wall |
Antonyms: |
opening |
| Main Entry: | bulwark |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | fortification, support |
Synonyms: |
barrier, bastion, buffet, buttress, citadel, defense, embankment, fort, fortress, guard, mainstay, outwork, parapet, partition, protection, rampart, redoubt, safeguard, security, stronghold, vallation |
Antonyms: |
weak point |
| 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: | fence |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | barrier used to enclose a piece of land |
Synonyms: |
Cyclone, backstop, balustrade, bar, barbed wire, barricade, block, boards, chains, defense, dike, guard, hedge, net, paling, palisade, pickets, posts, rail, railing, rampart, roadblock, shield, stakes, stockade, stop, wall |
| Main Entry: | guard |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | defense |
Synonyms: |
aegis, armament, armor, buffer, bulwark, pad, protection, rampart, safeguard, screen, security, shield, ward |
| Main Entry: | parapet |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | bulwark |
Synonyms: |
barricade, barrier, bastion, buffet, buttress, defense, embankment, fortification, partition, protection, protective wall, rampart, safeguard |
| Main Entry: | shield |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | protection |
Synonyms: |
absorber, aegis, armament, armor, buckler, buffer, bulwark, bumper, cover, defense, escutcheon, guard, mail, rampart, safeguard, screen, security, shelter, ward |
| Main Entry: | support |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | something that holds up structure |
Synonyms: |
abutment, agency, back, backing, base, bed, bedding, block, brace, buttress, collar, column, cornerstone, device, flotation, foothold, footing, foundation, fulcrum, groundwork, guide, hold, lining, means, medium, pillar, platform, pole, post, prop, rampart, reinforcement, rest, rib, rod, shore, stake, stanchion, stave, stay, stiffener, stilt, substratum, substructure, sustentation, timber, underpinning |