Antonyms for FORTRESS
ˈfɔr trɪsfortress

English Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:1.0 / 2 votes

1. fortress

   The weak may speak or act in defense of the strong; none but the powerful can assure others of protection. A defense is ordinarily against actual attack; protection is against possible as well as actual dangers. We speak of defense against an assault, protection from the cold. Vindication is a triumphant defense of character and conduct against charges of error or wrong. Compare APOLOGY.

   Antonyms:
   abandonment, betrayal, capitulation, desertion, flight, surrender

   Synonyms:
   apology, bulwark, defense, guard, justification, protection, rampart, resistance, safeguard, shelter, shield, vindication

   Preposition:
   Defense against assault or assailants; in law, defense to an action, from the testimony.

Matched Categories

1. • Defensive Structure

Princeton's WordNetRate these antonyms:2.3 / 6 votes

1. fortress, fortnoun

   a fortified defensive structure

   Synonyms:
   fort, fortress, garrison

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

1. fortressnoun

   Synonyms:
   fort

How to use FORTRESS in a sentence?

1. Collings Foundation:

   The Collings Foundation flight team is fully cooperating with officials to determine the cause of the crash of the B-17 Flying Fortress and will comment further when details become known.

2. Mike Pompeo:

   State Mike Pompeo calls on our allies and partners in government and industry around the world to join the growing tide to secure our data from the [ Chinese Communist Party's ] surveillance state and other malign entities, building a [ clean ] fortress around State Mike Pompeo citizens' data will ensure all of our nations' security.

3. Tim Soutphommasane:

   In the past, this had its most potent expression in the form of the Fortress Australia immigration policy.

4. Vladimir Putin:

   The collective West does not plan on backing off its policy of economic pressure on Fortress Russia.

5. Amr Ezzat:

   Any religious modernization will ultimately be against al-Azhar, since it is the conservative fortress in the system.

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