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

Matched Categories

1. • Area
   • Travel

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:5.0 / 1 vote

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. Mathias Basner:

   Passive strategies, like new windows or insulation, can be very effective for nocturnal noise exposure, but should really be our last resort, noise that is not produced can not have effects.

2. Juma Mpima:

   With one facility, and over 800 people to use one facility...people resort to using other waters.

3. Patsy Nakell:

   People sometimes are having to resort to these extreme choices between eating and taking life-saving medication, this is the global epicentre of the HIV epidemic and when you have a situation like this where people are struggling to have access to food and to clean water then you know (they) will resort to what we call negative coping mechanisms.

4. 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.

5. Don Blankenship:

   This time we won’t get surprised by the lying establishment, we were assured by White House political staff that they would not interfere in the primary election. Obviously, that turned out not to be true. Now that we know that the establishment will lie and resort to anything else necessary to defeat me, we are better prepared than before.