Synonyms for headquarters
ˈhɛdˌkwɔr tərz, -ˌkwɔ-head·quar·ters

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1. headquartersnoun

   Synonyms:
   head office, HQ, h.q.

2. headquartersnoun

   The military installation from which troops are commanded and orders are issued; the military unit consisting of a commander and his support staff

   Synonyms:
   HQ, h.q., head office

3. headquartersnoun

   The center of an organization's operations or administration

   Synonyms:
   h.q., head office, HQ

4. headquartersnoun

   A place of concentrated activity or influence

   Synonyms:
   head office, HQ, h.q.

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1. headquarters, central office, main office, home office, home basenoun

   (usually plural) the office that serves as the administrative center of an enterprise

   "many companies have their headquarters in New York"

   Synonyms:
   central office, military headquarters, home, home plate, main office, home office, home base, plate

2. headquarters, HQ, military headquartersnoun

   the military installation from which a commander performs the functions of command

   "the general's headquarters were a couple of large tents"

   Synonyms:
   central office, home base, home office, main office, military headquarters

3. headquartersnoun

   (plural) a military unit consisting of a commander and the headquarters staff

   Synonyms:
   central office, home base, home office, main office, military headquarters

Matched Categories

1. • Military
   • Military Installation
   • Military Unit
   • Office

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1. head office

   noun, plural headquarters (used with a singular or plural verb).

   the master is not in, he's gone to headquarters.

   Submitted by acronimous on July 4, 2018  

PPDB, the paraphrase databaseRate these paraphrases:0.0 / 0 votes

1. List of paraphrases for "headquarters":

   seat, hq, siege, headquarter, sits, seats, sede, seating, nhq, barracks, hqs, headquarters-based, headquartered, command, secretariat

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1. Andre Wagner:

   Our method for fighting slavery is good, but we have very few inspectors, when the complaints are received at our headquarters in Brasilia, we can't go immediately. The delays mean the conditions might have changed.

2. Patrick Pouyanne:

   We don't need a law to impose it on us because it will become a slippery slope, i am convinced that for some of my colleagues, their headquarters will leave France if laws like that are passed.

3. Noman Benotman:

   Derna today looks identical to Raqqa, the ISIS headquarters town in Syria, iSIS pose a serious threat in Libya. They are well on the way to creating an Islamic emirate in eastern Libya.

4. Ali Daboun:

   Four terrorists attacked the entrance to the command headquarters and our soldiers managed to kill them. Regrettably Brigadier Ali Abboud was martyred in the attacks.

5. John K. Hutchens:

   I do not mean to suggest that our handsome, newly enlarged library is to be a headquarters of busy bookworms, old and young, routinely absorbing knowledge by the hour while birds sing outside and the Mets fight it out for last place in the National League. On the contrary, a good library is a joyful place where the imagination roams free, and life is actively enriched.