Synonyms for resort
rɪˈzɔrtre·sort

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1. resortverb

   Synonyms:
   repair, fly, retire, retreat

   Antonyms:
   shun, ignore, avoid, discard

2. resortnoun

   Synonyms:
   assembly, betaking, repairing, haunt, frequentation, employment, recourse

   Antonyms:
   shunning, avoidance, forsaking, abandonment, desertion

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1. resort, resort hotel, holiday resortnoun

   a hotel located in a resort area

   Synonyms:
   repair, spa, recourse, stamping ground, hangout, holiday resort, refuge, resort hotel, haunt

2. haunt, hangout, resort, repair, stamping groundnoun

   a frequently visited place

   Synonyms:
   repair, mending, reparation, fixture, stamping ground, mend, fix, fixing, hangout, holiday resort, refuge, resort hotel, recourse, haunt

3. recourse, refuge, resortnoun

   something or someone turned to for assistance or security

   "his only recourse was the police"; "took refuge in lying"

   Synonyms:
   repair, sanctuary, stamping ground, asylum, holiday resort, hangout, recourse, refuge, resort hotel, haunt, safety

4. recourse, resort, refugeverb

   act of turning to for assistance

   "have recourse to the courts"; "an appeal to his uncle was his last resort"

   Synonyms:
   repair, sanctuary, stamping ground, asylum, hangout, holiday resort, refuge, resort hotel, recourse, haunt, safety

5. fall back, resort, recurverb

   have recourse to

   "The government resorted to rationing meat"

   Synonyms:
   lag, repeat, lapse, recidivate, retrogress, fall behind, regress, go back, drop off, lose, dawdle, fall back, recur, recede, relapse, repair

6. repair, resortverb

   move, travel, or proceed toward some place

   "He repaired to his cabin in the woods"

   Synonyms:
   recreate, recur, animate, mend, quicken, bushel, reanimate, furbish up, revivify, renovate, restore, recompense, touch on, fall back, rectify, indemnify, revive, doctor, fix, compensate, amend, vivify, remedy, repair, remediate

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1. resortverb

   Synonyms:
   go, repair, apply, have recourse, betake one's self

2. resortnoun

   Synonyms:
   recourse

3. resortnoun

   Synonyms:
   haunt, den, retreat, place much frequented

4. resortnoun

   Synonyms:
   concourse, meeting, confluence

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1. List of paraphrases for "resort":

   recourse, resorting, remedy, appeal, resource, use, asylum, remedies, resorts, instance, rely, refuge, redress

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How to use resort in a sentence?

1. Younes Khalaf:

   I think Daesh will benefit from this decision because it will draw more volunteers to resort to it for a salary to sustain their families, they have a lot of money and their members are living in luxury.

2. Rich Hall, "Sniglets":

   Lactomangulation, n.: Manhandling the "open here" spout on a milk carton so badly that one has to resort to using the "illegal" side.

3. Daniel Farkas:

   While litigation is a strategic tool of last resort, our company has fought to do what we believe is right and in the best interest of the welfare of our guests, crew and communities we visit.

4. Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry:

   There are certainly members of the Muslim Brotherhood who are in prison, who are facing trial for having perpetrated actions or activities that are not within the confines of the law, we are doing so in the context of a judicial system without any resort to any extra-judicial measures.

5. Pablo Escobar:

   Haji Bashir Noorzai, currently serving a life sentence in the United States, for all the Americans was possible. Instead, Bergdahl was traded for five senior Taliban leaders who had been serving indefinite sentences at the U.S. military’s prison in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba -- a deal he said had been rejected by senior U.S. officials years. My team had a difficult mission and I used all legal means available to recover the hostages. You, the Congress, were my last resort, i am before you because I did my duty and you need to ensure all in uniform can go on doing their duty without fear of reprisal. He said he is being retaliated against because the FBI and others were angry when Duncan Hunter revealed the Defense Department had tried to pay a ransom for Bergdahl, which is against U.S. law. Jason Amerine said Jason Amerine drew their ire when Duncan Hunter submitted a complaint to the Inspector General alleging an.