Synonyms for Fort
fɔrt, foʊrtfort

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1. fort

   Fortification is the general word for any artificial defensive work; a fortress is a fortification of especial size and strength; a fortress is regarded as permanent, and is ordinarily an independent work; a fort or fortification may be temporary; a fortification may be but part of a defensive system; we speak of the fortifications of a city. A citadel is a fortification within a city, or the fortified inner part of a city or fortress, within which a garrison may be placed to overawe the citizens, or to which the defenders may retire if the outer works are captured; the medieval castle was the fortified residence of a king or baron. Fort is the common military term for a detached fortified building or enclosure of moderate size occupied or designed to be occupied by troops. The fortifications of a modern city usually consist of a chain of forts. Any defensible place, whether made so by nature or by art, is a fastness or stronghold.

   Synonyms:
   castle, citadel, fastness, fortification, fortress, stronghold

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1. garrison, fortnoun

   a fortified military post where troops are stationed

   Synonyms:
   fort, fortress, garrison

2. fortress, fortverb

   a fortified defensive structure

   Synonyms:
   fort, fortress, garrison

3. fort, fort upverb

   gather in, or as if in, a fort, as for protection or defense

   Synonyms:
   fort, fort up, fortify

4. fortify, fortverb

   enclose by or as if by a fortification

   Synonyms:
   fort up, fortify, gird, build up, fort, spike, arm, beef up, lace, strengthen

5. fortverb

   station (troops) in a fort

   Synonyms:
   fort up, fortify

Matched Categories

1. • Enclose
   • Military
   • Military Post
   • Station

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   Submitted by rinat on June 9, 2017  

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1. fortnoun

   Synonyms:
   fortification, fortress, stronghold, bulwark, castle, citadel, fastness, fortified place

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1. fortnoun

   Synonyms:
   fortress, fortification, citadel, fastness, stronghold, bulwark, redoubt

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1. List of paraphrases for "fort":

   strong, loud, hard, fortress, very, high, highly, forte, quite, wurth, powerful

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1. FORT

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1. Ted Cruz:

   If 10,000 refugees arrive [to Fort Bliss], every one of those 10,000 can choose to leave tomorrow, there's no fence. There's no gate.

2. Kay Ivey:

   I'm sure it could be worse. But what I've seen this morning in the flyover, Gulf Shores and Orange Beach and Fort Morgan, it's really, really bad.

3. Dana Pittard:

   Fort Bliss by population is in the top five installations in the U.S. Army, there is plenty of space. There are places you can put the Afghan immigrants and keep them secluded until you do the proper checks … so, there’s lots of room.

4. Marc Carroll:

   The City of Blackfoot and its Police Department have a highly valued relationship with the Tribes and we find Sheriff Rowland's comments to be repulsive, his comments do not in any way reflect the City's nor the Blackfoot Police Department's attitudes towards our neighbors at Fort Hall. We truly value these relationships and look forward to the future projects and dealings with the Tribal Council and the Fort Hall Police Department.

5. Lee Merritt:

   We don't think that Fort Worth Police should be investigating it on Fort Worth Police own.