stronghold

Noun

Meaning

A fastness; a fort or fortress; fortfield place; a place of security.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

fort harbor ark lee chateau center palace garrison citadel palisade presidio castle tower guard haven
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Antonyms

shack attack headland risk strike assault
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Hypernyms

defense defence

Hyponyms

citadel keep hold dungeon bastion redoubt

Examples

Fortify thyself with contentment: that is an impregnable stronghold. Epictetus

Europe becomes more and more a province of Islam, a colony of Islam. And Italy is an outpost of that province, a stronghold of that colony...In each of our cities lies a second city: a Muslim city, a city run by the Quran. A stage in the Islamic expansionism. Oriana Fallaci

The Sabbath, as now recognized and enforced, is one of the main pillars of Priestcraft and Superstition, and the stronghold of a merely ceremonial Religion. William Lloyd Garrison

The home stands in contrast to all other capitalist institutions as the last stronghold of pre-capitalist isolation. C. L. R. James

The Stronghold is taken from within. Bulgarian Proverb

Lying is the thief's stronghold. Kikuyu Proverb

Close letter words and terms

stronghearted strongheartedly strongheartedness strongish strongling stronglink