Synonyms for fortress
ˈfɔr trɪsfortress

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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.

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

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

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

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:2.3 / 6 votes

1. fortress, fortnoun

   a fortified defensive structure

   Synonyms:
   fort, garrison

Matched Categories

1. • Defensive Structure

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1. motte

   Submitted by anonymous on April 19, 2020  

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:3.0 / 2 votes

1. fortressnoun

   Synonyms:
   fortification, fort, stronghold, castle, citadel, fortified place (of great magnitude)

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1. fortressnoun

   Synonyms:
   fort

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1. List of paraphrases for "fortress":

   fortaleza, strength, fort, fortitude, stronghold, bastion, bulwark

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1. Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras:

   Europe today is crushed amidst austerity and closed borders. It keeps its border open to austerity but closed for people fleeing war, countries, with Austria in the front, want to impose the logic of fortress Europe.

2. Maria Lipman:

   The Russian people have a sense that they are under sanctions, they are a fortress under siege, this kind of mentality is disseminated consistently and steadily by Russian television: Who else is there to rely on except Putin? Putin is seen as the savior of the nation, and I think he sees himself in this fashion.

3. Thomas Worsdell:

   Their displacement generates socio-economic and cultural burdens that alienate them, hindering their traditional ways and generating the very pressures on biodiversity that these ‘fortress’ models of conservation are attempting to mitigate.

4. Heinrich Heine:

   In these times we fight for ideas and newspapers are our fortress.

5. Tyler Proctor:

   His house is like a fortress and it needs to be. I can see why [he] wants to move out.