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Synonyms for bulwark
ˈbʊl wərk, -wɔrk, ˈbʌl-bul·wark

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English Synonyms and Antonyms0.0 / 0 votes

  1. bulwark

    A bar is something that is or may be firmly fixed, ordinarily with intent to prevent entrance or egress; as, the bars of a prison cell; the bars of a wood-lot. A barrier obstructs, but is not necessarily impassable. Barrier is used of objects more extensive than those to which bar is ordinarily applied. A mountain range may be a barrier to exploration; but a mass of sand across the entrance to a harbor is called a bar. Discovered falsehood is a bar to confidence. Barricade has become practically a technical name for an improvised street fortification, and, unless in some way modified, is usually so understood. A parapet is a low or breast-high wall, as about the edge of a roof, terrace, etc., especially, in military use, such a wall for the protection of troops; a rampart is the embankment surrounding a fort, on which the parapet is raised; the word rampart is often used as including the parapet. Bulwark is a general word for any defensive wall or rampart; its only technical use at present is in nautical language, where it signifies the raised side of a ship above the upper deck, topped by the rail. Compare BOUNDARY; IMPEDIMENT.

    Synonyms:
    bar, barricade, barrier, breastwork, hindrance, obstacle, obstruction, parapet, prohibition, rampart, restraint, restriction

    Antonyms:
    admittance, entrance, opening, passage, road, thoroughfare, transit, way

    Preposition:
    A barrier to progress, against invasion; a barrier between nations.

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms0.0 / 0 votes

  1. bulwark

    Synonyms:
    rampart, fortress, fortification, palladium, citadel, intrenchment, stronghold, parapet, bastion

    Antonyms:
    storming, siege, investment, bombardment, cannonade, boarding

Princeton's WordNet0.0 / 0 votes

  1. rampart, bulwark, wallnoun

    an embankment built around a space for defensive purposes

    "they stormed the ramparts of the city"; "they blew the trumpet and the walls came tumbling down"

    Synonyms:
    breakwater, wall, mole, paries, groyne, rampart, groin, jetty, seawall

  2. bulwarknoun

    a fencelike structure around a deck (usually plural)

    Synonyms:
    breakwater, wall, mole, groyne, rampart, groin, jetty, seawall

  3. breakwater, groin, groyne, mole, bulwark, seawall, jettyverb

    a protective structure of stone or concrete; extends from shore into the water to prevent a beach from washing away

    Synonyms:
    breakwater, mol, groin, wall, counterspy, gram molecule, mole, groyne, rampart, inguen, jetty, seawall

  4. bulwarkverb

    defend with a bulwark

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Dictionary of English Synonymes1.0 / 1 vote

  1. bulwarknoun

    Synonyms:
    rampart, redoubt, fortification

  2. bulwarknoun

    Synonyms:
    security, safeguard, palladium

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words0.0 / 0 votes

  1. bulwarknoun

    Synonyms:
    rampart, fortification, defense, palladium, shield

PPDB, the paraphrase database0.0 / 0 votes

  1. List of paraphrases for "bulwark":

    bastion, stronghold, rampart, citadel, railing, fortress

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#30713jetty
#34633bastion
#43279barricade
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#79120seawall
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#306012paries

How to use bulwark in a sentence?

  1. James Madison:

    The class of citizens who provide at once their own food and their own raiment, may be viewed as the most truly independent and happy. They are more: they are the best basis of public liberty, and the strongest bulwark of public safety. It follows, that the greater the proportion of this class to the whole society, the more free, the more independent, and the more happy must be the society itself.

  2. Franklin Delano Roosevelt:

    The only sure bulwark of continuing liberty is a government strong enough to protect the interests of the people, and a people strong enough and well enough informed to maintain its sovereign control over the goverment.

  3. Cherian George:

    Lee was an unshakeable bulwark against majoritarian tendencies that could have easily overwhelmed Singapore, lee went to the extent of amending the republic's Constitution to stop any party from sweeping into power without minority support.

  4. Kim Hong-kyun:

    Bolton may not be loved by everyone but surely was a bulwark against a half-baked nuclear deal with North Korea, knowing very well about its negotiating tactics, now that he's gone, just at a time when the two countries are talking about restarting working-level talks, North Korea would try to make various attempts and use tricks to turn things to their advantage, seeing this as a chance to score points without defense from the other side.

  5. Ben LaBolt:

    While relatively moderate Republican House candidates performed in line with expectations, MAGA aligned, election denying extremists lost nearly all of their tossup races, their beliefs were simply too radical for persuadable voters. President Biden and Democrats beat expectations by nominating mainstream candidates, passing a popular agenda to bring down costs for working Americans, and serving as a bulwark against extremism.


Translations for bulwark

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  • حصنArabic
  • защита, редут, опора, бастион, фалшборд, вълноломBulgarian
  • vlnolam, záštita, val, hrazeníCzech
  • bolværkDanish
  • Wellenbrecher, Mole, BollwerkGerman
  • προπύργιοGreek
  • remparoEsperanto
  • amurada, baluarteSpanish
  • بارو, سنگرPersian
  • aallonmurtaja, suojaus, suojamuuri, lisälaita, suojavalliFinnish
  • rempart, bastingage, brise-lames, jetéeFrench
  • doirlinn-fasgaidh, bàbhan, mùrScottish Gaelic
  • बांधHindi
  • védelem, bástya, hullámtörőHungarian
  • պաշտպանություն, հողապատնեշ, պատվար, բաստիոն, ծովապատնեշArmenian
  • remparoIdo
  • bolverk, bolvirkiIcelandic
  • impavesata, baluardoItalian
  • 防波堤Japanese
  • ការការពារ, កំពែង, ជញ្ជាំងការពារឆ្នេរសមុទ្រKhmer
  • ಬುರುಜುKannada
  • سه‌نگه‌رKurdish
  • propugnaculumLatin
  • papatū, pākaiMāori
  • насипMacedonian
  • bolwerk, golfbreker, schans, verschansingDutch
  • bolverkNorwegian
  • falochronPolish
  • baluarte, amurada, quebra-marPortuguese
  • мол, вал, волнорез, фальшборт, бастион, редут, насыпь, волнолом, оплот, защита, опораRussian
  • lukobran, bastion, razma, branik, grudobranSerbo-Croatian
  • branikSlovene
  • bålverkSwedish
  • хвилерізUkrainian
  • בולוואַרקYiddish

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