Synonyms for resort
rɪˈzɔrtre·sort

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1. resortverb

   Synonyms:
   repair, fly, retire, retreat

   Antonyms:
   shun, ignore, avoid, discard

2. resortnoun

   Synonyms:
   assembly, betaking, repairing, haunt, frequentation, employment, recourse

   Antonyms:
   shunning, avoidance, forsaking, abandonment, desertion

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1. resort, resort hotel, holiday resortnoun

   a hotel located in a resort area

   Synonyms:
   repair, spa, recourse, stamping ground, hangout, holiday resort, refuge, resort hotel, haunt

2. haunt, hangout, resort, repair, stamping groundnoun

   a frequently visited place

   Synonyms:
   repair, mending, reparation, fixture, stamping ground, mend, fix, fixing, hangout, holiday resort, refuge, resort hotel, recourse, haunt

3. recourse, refuge, resortnoun

   something or someone turned to for assistance or security

   "his only recourse was the police"; "took refuge in lying"

   Synonyms:
   repair, sanctuary, stamping ground, asylum, holiday resort, hangout, recourse, refuge, resort hotel, haunt, safety

4. recourse, resort, refugeverb

   act of turning to for assistance

   "have recourse to the courts"; "an appeal to his uncle was his last resort"

   Synonyms:
   repair, sanctuary, stamping ground, asylum, hangout, holiday resort, refuge, resort hotel, recourse, haunt, safety

5. fall back, resort, recurverb

   have recourse to

   "The government resorted to rationing meat"

   Synonyms:
   lag, repeat, lapse, recidivate, retrogress, fall behind, regress, go back, drop off, lose, dawdle, fall back, recur, recede, relapse, repair

6. repair, resortverb

   move, travel, or proceed toward some place

   "He repaired to his cabin in the woods"

   Synonyms:
   recreate, recur, animate, mend, quicken, bushel, reanimate, furbish up, revivify, renovate, restore, recompense, touch on, fall back, rectify, indemnify, revive, doctor, fix, compensate, amend, vivify, remedy, repair, remediate

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1. resortverb

   Synonyms:
   go, repair, apply, have recourse, betake one's self

2. resortnoun

   Synonyms:
   recourse

3. resortnoun

   Synonyms:
   haunt, den, retreat, place much frequented

4. resortnoun

   Synonyms:
   concourse, meeting, confluence

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1. List of paraphrases for "resort":

   recourse, resorting, remedy, appeal, resource, use, asylum, remedies, resorts, instance, rely, refuge, redress

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1. Ralph Waldo Emerson:

   If a man knows the law, find out, though he live in a pine shanty, and resort to him. And if a man can pipe or sing, so as to wrap the imprisoned soul in an elysium; or can paint a landscape, and convey into souls and ochres all the enchantments of Spring or Autumn; or can liberate and intoxicate all people who hear him with delicious songs and verses; it is certain that the secret cannot be kept; the first witness tells it to a second, and men go by fives and tens and fifties to his doors.

2. Michael Avenatti:

   Mr. Cohen and Brent Blakely can't deal with the truth, the facts, and the law, so they have to resort to unethical, meritless motions.

3. Sara Gottfried:

   I think it’s much better to do the foundational work to change the way you eat, move, think and supplement before you resort to prescription medication.

4. Jerry Nadler:

   I am pleased that we have reached an agreement to review at least some of the evidence underlying the Mueller report -- including interview notes, first-hand accounts of misconduct, and other critical evidence -- and that this material will be made available without delay to members on both sides of the aisle, as a result, I see no need to resort to the criminal contempt statute to enforce our April 19 subpoena, at least for now, so long as Justice Department upholds Justice Department end of the bargain.

5. Adam Yu:

   Just look at the Russia-Ukraine war, there are so many types of weapons used. When does a soldier ever have to resort to a bayonet to attack their enemy ? I think that was really outdated. we were ordered to memorize a series of slogans.