Synonyms for column
ˈkɒl əmcol·umn

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1. columnnoun

   A solid upright structure designed usually to support a larger structure above it, such as a roof or horizontal beam, but sometimes for decoration.

   Synonyms:
   pillar, post, sile

2. columnnoun

   Antonyms:
   row

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:1.0 / 1 vote

1. columnnoun

   a line of units following one after another

   Synonyms:
   tower, chromatography column, editorial, pillar, newspaper column

2. column, chromatography columnnoun

   a vertical glass tube used in column chromatography; a mixture is poured in the top and washed through a stationary substance where components of the mixture are adsorbed selectively to form colored bands

   Synonyms:
   tower, chromatography column, editorial, pillar, newspaper column

3. columnnoun

   a vertical array of numbers or other information

   "he added a column of numbers"

   Synonyms:
   tower, chromatography column, editorial, pillar, newspaper column

4. column, tower, pillarnoun

   anything that approximates the shape of a column or tower

   "the test tube held a column of white powder"; "a tower of dust rose above the horizon"; "a thin pillar of smoke betrayed their campsite"

   Synonyms:
   newspaper column, pillar, editorial, chromatography column, towboat, tugboat, tug, tower, mainstay

5. column, editorial, newspaper columnnoun

   an article giving opinions or perspectives

   Synonyms:
   tower, chromatography column, editorial, pillar, newspaper column

6. column, pillarnoun

   a vertical cylindrical structure standing alone and not supporting anything (such as a monument)

   Synonyms:
   tower, chromatography column, editorial, mainstay, pillar, newspaper column

7. column, pillarnoun

   (architecture) a tall vertical cylindrical structure standing upright and used to support a structure

   Synonyms:
   tower, chromatography column, editorial, mainstay, pillar, newspaper column

8. columnnoun

   a page or text that is vertically divided

   "the newspaper devoted several columns to the subject"; "the bookkeeper used pages that were divided into columns"

   Synonyms:
   tower, chromatography column, editorial, pillar, newspaper column

9. columnnoun

   any tubular or pillar-like supporting structure in the body

   Synonyms:
   tower, chromatography column, editorial, pillar, newspaper column

Matched Categories

1. • Array
   • File
   • Military
   • Skeletal Structure
   • Structure
   • Text
   • Tube

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. columnnoun

   Synonyms:
   pillar (that is round)

2. columnnoun

   Synonyms:
   file, line, row

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated WordsRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. columnnoun

   Synonyms:
   pillar, post, shaft, obelisk, file, line, row, pilaster

   Associated words:
   entablature, frieze, architrave, triglyph, cornice, base, shaft, capital, plinth

2. columnnoun

   Synonyms:
   peristyle, portico, colonnade

   Associated words:
   entablature, frieze, architrave, triglyph, cornice, base, shaft, capital, plinth

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1. List of paraphrases for "column":

   columns, spine, stanchion, chronic, al-amud, amud, columnar

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1. Bernie Sanders:

   Trump has called the press the 'enemy of the people,' and now - taking a page from his dictator friends around the world - is trying to dismantle the right to a free press in the First Amendment by suing the New York Times for publishing an opinion column about his dangerous relationship with Russia.

2. Steven Pawson:

   What we can measure right now is the total column of CO2 in the atmosphere, the current technology is not strong enough to give absolute values, but if there were a gross misrepresentation (of one country's emissions), it would be quite possible to see.

3. Nigel Farage:

   We do have, I'm sad to say, a fifth column that is living within our own countries that is utterly opposed to our values, we're going to have to be a lot braver... in standing up for our Judaeo-Christian culture.

4. Luiz Rocha:

   It's a really different environment : It's darker( because the water functions as a filter absorbing light, so the deeper you go, the darker it gets) and colder, there are much fewer corals, and almost no algae( because of the lack of light), so the fish community is very different and most fish at this depth feed on plankton( tiny marine invertebrates that live in the water column).

5. Feltham:

   It was a false maxim of Domitian that he who would gain the people of Rome must promise all things and perform nothing. For when a man is known to be false in his word, instead of a column, which he might be by keeping it, for others to rest upon, he becomes a reed, which no man will vouchsafe to lean upon. Like a floating island, when we come next day to seek it, it is carried from the place we left it in, and, instead of earth to build upon, we find nothing but inconstant and deceiving waves.