Synonyms for Harbour
ˈhɑr bərhar·bour

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1. seaport, haven, harbor, harbournoun

   a sheltered port where ships can take on or discharge cargo

   Synonyms:
   haven, harbor, seaport, harbour, oasis

2. harbor, harbournoun

   a place of refuge and comfort and security

   Synonyms:
   seaport, harbour, harbor, haven

3. harbor, harbourverb

   secretly shelter (as of fugitives or criminals)

   Synonyms:
   harbour, nurse, harbor, shield, entertain, hold

4. harbor, harbourverb

   keep in one's possession; of animals

   Synonyms:
   harbour, nurse, harbor, shield, entertain, hold

5. harbor, harbour, shieldverb

   hold back a thought or feeling about

   "She is harboring a grudge against him"

   Synonyms:
   screen, harbour, nurse, harbor, shield, entertain, hold

6. harbor, harbour, hold, entertain, nurseverb

   maintain (a theory, thoughts, or feelings)

   "bear a grudge"; "entertain interesting notions"; "harbor a resentment"

   Synonyms:
   accommodate, book, retain, moderate, view as, support, apply, hold back, harbour, defend, take hold, bind, suck, deem, hold up, toy with, arrest, breastfeed, take, have, concord, think about, check, make, take for, go for, throw, defy, control, harbor, keep, suckle, obligate, carry, give, adjudge, entertain, nurse, oblige, curb, hold, lactate, confine, have got, restrain, wet-nurse, withstand, agree, hold in, flirt with, halt, contain, think of, concur, maintain, guard, shield, keep back, sustain, prevail, reserve, admit, obtain, declare, give suck, bear

Matched Categories

1. • Feel
   • Hide
   • Keep
   • Port
   • Refuge
   • Seafront
   • Shelter

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1. List of paraphrases for "harbour":

   port, havre, seaport, harbours, harbor, cross-harbour, ports, haven, portuaire, seaports, wearing, seabed

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1. William Shedd:

   A ship in harbour is safe, but that is not what ships are built for.

2. Roberto Speranza:

   We finally see land, we have a clear route to a safe harbour... It seems likely that from January we will have the first vaccines.

3. Catherine Novelli:

   We are very optimistic that we are going to be able to come to an agreement soon on Safe Harbour.

4. Tanguy Van Overstraeten:

   It could have an impact on the whole Safe Harbour system as a transfer solution.

5. Fox News Parker:

   We know that terrorists based in Syria harbour... ambitions towards the UK - trying to direct attacks against our country, and exhorting extremists here to act independently.