Synonyms for Pentagon
ˈpɛn təˌgɒnpen·ta·gon

Princeton's WordNet

1. Pentagonnoun

   a government building with five sides that serves as the headquarters of the United States Department of Defense

2. Pentagonnoun

   the United States military establishment

3. pentagonnoun

   a five-sided polygon

Matched Categories

1. • Bureaucracy
   • Government Building
   • Military
   • Polygon

NicknamesRate these nicknames:3.0 / 1 vote

1. List of known nicknames for "pentagon":

   Pentagon

Suggested Resources

1. pentagon

   The pentagon symbol -- In this Symbols.com article you will learn about the meaning of the pentagon symbol and its characteristic.

How to pronounce Pentagon?

How to say Pentagon in sign language?

Words popularity by usage frequency

How to use Pentagon in a sentence?

1. Tim Born:

   About 30 minutes into the broadcast they reported an explosion at the Pentagon, i didn't wait around for the details.

2. Margaret Stock:

   It's a fear of foreigners. It's a couple of bureaucrats at The Pentagon who don't want foreigners in their ranks, people at the Pentagon who think [ the Army is ] a jobs program for poor Americans.

3. Ted Olson:

   We weren't in a position to know that we were having last words because all of a sudden the phone went dead, and I suppose that was about the point at which [the plane] was actually crashing into the Pentagon.

4. Don Bacon:

   I’ve been in direct contact with many service members over the last year – including many from Nebraska – who have legitimate concerns about the way the Pentagon has handled the processing and disposition of their requests for religious and medical exemptions, orders are orders,and I received every vaccine known to man when I served in uniform, but maybe it’s time to reassess this particular order. Based on the president’s recent statements on the pandemic, I’m personally not convinced we’ve struck the right balance between military risk and the Constitution.We need to consider the serious recruiting and retention problems now facing the military, and review actions taken against those who did not get the vaccine.

5. Frank Kendall:

   We are at risk and things are getting worse. I came back to the Pentagon in 2010 after being away. The intelligence estimates when I left in 1994 were that China was really not much of a problem for us but in 10 or 15 years they could be based on their economic rate of growth. The intelligence estimates were correct.