Synonyms for wall
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1. wallnoun

   an architectural partition with a height and length greater than its thickness; used to divide or enclose an area or to support another structure

   "the south wall had a small window"; "the walls were covered with pictures"

   Synonyms:
   rampart, paries, bulwark

2. wallnoun

   anything that suggests a wall in structure or function or effect

   "a wall of water"; "a wall of smoke"; "a wall of prejudice"; "negotiations ran into a brick wall"

   Synonyms:
   rampart, paries, bulwark

3. wall, pariesnoun

   (anatomy) a layer (a lining or membrane) that encloses a structure

   "stomach walls"

   Synonyms:
   rampart, paries, bulwark

4. wallnoun

   a difficult or awkward situation

   "his back was to the wall"; "competition was pushing them to the wall"

   Synonyms:
   rampart, paries, bulwark

5. wallnoun

   a vertical (or almost vertical) smooth rock face (as of a cave or mountain)

   Synonyms:
   rampart, paries, bulwark

6. wallnoun

   a layer of material that encloses space

   "the walls of the cylinder were perforated"; "the container's walls were blue"

   Synonyms:
   rampart, paries, bulwark

7. wallnoun

   a masonry fence (as around an estate or garden)

   "the wall followed the road"; "he ducked behind the garden wall and waited"

   Synonyms:
   rampart, paries, bulwark

8. rampart, bulwark, wallverb

   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:
   bulwark, breakwater, mole, paries, groyne, rampart, groin, jetty, seawall

9. wall, palisade, fence, fence in, surroundverb

   surround with a wall in order to fortify

   Synonyms:
   fence, surround, palisade, fence in, skirt, circumvent, ring, border, debate, argue, besiege, smother, contend, beleaguer, hem in, environ

Matched Categories

1. • Anatomy
   • Cave
   • Difficulty
   • Fence
   • Geological Formation
   • Layer
   • Object
   • Partition
   • Stratum

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated WordsRate these synonyms:1.0 / 1 vote

1. wallnoun

   Synonyms:
   foundation, partition, defense, breastwork, rampart, battlement, bulwark, parapet, fortification

   Associated words:
   mural, murage dado, buttress, coping, intramural, wainscot, alcove, niche, abutment, pointing, fresco, studding, underpinning

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

1. List of paraphrases for "wall":

   fence, walls, wail, barrier, mural, muro, mauer, mur, zid, muraille, waii, fal, sidewall, siena, breakwall, berm, paredes, lining

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1. Donald Trump:

   Rob Tibbetts, Rob Tibbetts, is now permanently separated from Rob Tibbetts family, a person came in from Mexico, illegally, and killed Rob Tibbetts. We need the wall. We need our immigration laws changed. We need our border laws changed, we need Republicans to do it because the Democrats aren't going to do it.

2. Joe Kasper:

   Any black parent would tell you that they have to have this conversation with their children about police and how to act around them, so that’s the conversation we need to be having here. Not about taking some kid’s picture off the wall — it should be about, how do we change these attitudes and improve the relationships between police and the black community? …we’re less than zero percent worried about this whatsoever.

3. Jenny Ruelas:

   I hit the wall. I was like,' Dad, don't do this to me. Don't.

4. Vice President Biden:

   I'm not being a wise guy about the wall and the President, all that, for real, my word, but instead of building more barriers, if it's drugs you're talking about, we can take one tenth of the amount of money we're talking about building the wall and significantly increase the technological capability at legal ports of entry because that's where 95 % of all the stuff is coming through.

5. Duncan Stewart:

   He wants everything, right, but he won’t give ‘owt back, and I don’t agree with what he’s doing with Mexico, he wants to build that great big wall and make them pay for it.