What is another word for bastille?
1221 synonyms found
Pronunciation:
[ bˈastɪl], [ bˈastɪl], [ b_ˈa_s_t_ɪ_l]
Bastille is primarily known as a French fortress and prison, famous for the July 14, 1789, uprising that sparked the French Revolution. This word, however, has slowly evolved to also mean imprisonment or confinement. In the context of architecture, bastille refers to a turret or tower. A few synonyms for bastille include jail, dungeon, cell, gaol, penitentiary, and confinement. Other terms that indicate a fortress or stronghold are citadel, castle, keep, and stronghold. Bastille also has a figurative meaning, referring to an obstacle or hindrance, for which we can use barrier, hindrance, obstruction, and impediment.
Synonyms for Bastille:
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n.
• artifact • cell- alcove ,
- apartment ,
- booth ,
- burrow ,
- cage ,
- cavity ,
- chamber ,
- cloister ,
- closet ,
- compartment ,
- coop ,
- crib ,
- crypt ,
- cubicle ,
- den ,
- dungeon ,
- hold ,
- hole ,
- keep ,
- nook ,
- receptacle ,
- recess ,
- retreat ,
- stall ,
- tower ,
- vault .
- aegis ,
- armor ,
- arms ,
- barricade ,
- bastion ,
- bulwark ,
- buttress ,
- citadel ,
- cover ,
- deterrence ,
- dike ,
- embankment ,
- fastness ,
- fence ,
- fortification ,
- garrison ,
- guard ,
- immunity ,
- munitions ,
- palisade ,
- parapet ,
- position ,
- protection ,
- rampart ,
- redoubt ,
- redoubts ,
- resistance ,
- safeguard ,
- security ,
- shelter ,
- shield ,
- stockade ,
- stronghold ,
- trench ,
- wall ,
- ward ,
- warfare ,
- weaponries ,
- weaponry ,
- weapons .
- Alcatraz ,
- G ,
- San Quentin ,
- Statesville ,
- bridle ,
- collar ,
- confine ,
- confinement ,
- handcuff ,
- harness ,
- irons ,
- jug ,
- manacle ,
- oubliette ,
- penal colony ,
- pillory ,
- pinion ,
- reform school ,
- shackle ,
- straight jacket ,
- tether ,
- vise .
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v.
• imprison • incarcerate • jail Other relevant words:
- Incarcerated ,
- Prisoned ,
- Prisoning ,
- aaron montgomery ward ,
- accommodate ,
- account book ,
- address ,
- adjourn ,
- adjudge ,
- adjudicate ,
- admit ,
- ado ,
- agate line ,
- agitate ,
- agree ,
- air ,
- al qaeda ,
- al qaida ,
- alkali ,
- alone ,
- amex ,
- ancestry ,
- anteroom ,
- apply ,
- appreciation ,
- apprehension ,
- argue ,
- argument ,
- argumentation ,
- armour ,
- arouse ,
- arrest ,
- arse ,
- articulate ,
- articulatio ,
- articulation ,
- ascertain ,
- ass ,
- assay ,
- assembly line ,
- assure ,
- at bottom ,
- at heart ,
- attach ,
- attitude ,
- auspices ,
- back ,
- back away ,
- back out ,
- backside ,
- bag ,
- balk ,
- bang ,
- bank check ,
- bank line ,
- bank vault ,
- bar ,
- barb ,
- barricado ,
- basal ,
- base of operations ,
- baseborn ,
- basis ,
- bathroom ,
- batting cage ,
- baulk ,
- bay ,
- bear ,
- bear away ,
- bear off ,
- beat ,
- bedchamber ,
- bedroom ,
- behind ,
- bench vise ,
- berth ,
- bible ,
- big ,
- bind ,
- binding ,
- bivouac ,
- blanket ,
- blast ,
- blazon ,
- blazonry ,
- block ,
- block off ,
- block up ,
- blockade ,
- blood ,
- blood line ,
- bloodline ,
- bodily cavity ,
- bond ,
- book binding ,
- book of account ,
- bottom ,
- bound ,
- boundary ,
- brand ,
- bread and butter ,
- break ,
- break up ,
- breakwater ,
- breastplate ,
- breastwork ,
- breed ,
- bring up ,
- british pound sterling ,
- brood ,
- bucketful ,
- buckler ,
- budge ,
- bum ,
- buns ,
- burial vault ,
- business ,
- business line ,
- bustle ,
- butch ,
- butt ,
- buttocks ,
- buttressing ,
- cabin car ,
- cable ,
- cadre ,
- cage in ,
- cakehole ,
- call down ,
- call forth ,
- camp down ,
- camp out ,
- campy ,
- can buoy ,
- canful ,
- canton ,
- cantonment ,
- captive ,
- carapace ,
- cargo area ,
- cargo deck ,
- cargo hold ,
- caries ,
- carrel ,
- carrell ,
- carry ,
- carry away ,
- carry off ,
- cast aside ,
- cast away ,
- cast out ,
- castling ,
- catch ,
- cavum ,
- celebrate ,
- cellblock ,
- cellphone ,
- cellular phone ,
- cellular telephone ,
- certificate ,
- chains ,
- chalk ,
- channel ,
- charge ,
- check into ,
- check mark ,
- check off ,
- check out ,
- check over ,
- check up on ,
- check-out procedure ,
- checker ,
- checkout ,
- cheque ,
- chequer ,
- chicken coop ,
- chicken feed ,
- childbed ,
- chink ,
- chip ,
- chit ,
- choker ,
- choky ,
- chuck out ,
- clasp ,
- clench ,
- click ,
- clique ,
- close in ,
- close up ,
- clutch ,
- clutches ,
- coat of arms ,
- column ,
- command post ,
- commode ,
- communication channel ,
- compass ,
- compensate ,
- compose ,
- comprehend ,
- concealment ,
- conciliate ,
- concord ,
- concur ,
- condemn ,
- condemnation ,
- condition ,
- confide ,
- confine to ,
- confined ,
- confirmation ,
- confiscate ,
- conjure ,
- conjure up ,
- conk ,
- consecrate ,
- contain ,
- contend ,
- continue ,
- contrast ,
- control ,
- conviction ,
- cookhouse ,
- coop in ,
- coop up ,
- cooped up ,
- cop ,
- corner ,
- cornerstone ,
- correspond ,
- cot ,
- coterie ,
- course ,
- cover charge ,
- cover song ,
- cover up ,
- cover version ,
- covering ,
- covering fire ,
- covert ,
- crack ,
- crank ,
- crapper ,
- crawfish ,
- crawfish out ,
- crease ,
- credit line ,
- cribbage ,
- crinkle ,
- cross ,
- crucify ,
- cuff ,
- cumber ,
- cupboard ,
- curb bit ,
- curbing ,
- curtail ,
- custody ,
- cut across ,
- cut back ,
- cut through ,
- cuticle ,
- dam ,
- deal ,
- debate ,
- decide ,
- declare ,
- dedicate ,
- deem ,
- deep ,
- deep down ,
- defence ,
- defend ,
- defending team ,
- defense department ,
- defense force ,
- defense lawyers ,
- defense mechanism ,
- defense reaction ,
- defense team ,
- defensive measure ,
- defensive structure ,
- deferral ,
- define ,
- defy ,
- delay ,
- delineate ,
- demarcation ,
- demarcation line ,
- demurrer ,
- denial ,
- dent ,
- dental caries ,
- deoxyephedrine ,
- department of defense ,
- derriere ,
- descend ,
- descent ,
- describe ,
- detention ,
- detention cell ,
- detention home ,
- detention house ,
- determent ,
- determine ,
- deterrent ,
- detract ,
- devote ,
- dig ,
- dilatory ,
- dilly-dally ,
- dillydally ,
- ding ,
- discard ,
- discipline ,
- disincentive ,
- dismiss ,
- displace ,
- dispose ,
- ditch ,
- dividing line ,
- dod ,
- dog collar ,
- dog pound ,
- donjon ,
- doom ,
- drag one's feet ,
- drag one's heels ,
- dragoon ,
- draw ,
- draw back ,
- draw rein ,
- dyke ,
- egis ,
- electric cell ,
- electric resistance ,
- electrical resistance ,
- embrace ,
- encamp ,
- encampment ,
- enclose ,
- enclosed space ,
- encompass ,
- encroach ,
- encumber ,
- enforce ,
- ensconce ,
- enshroud ,
- ensnare ,
- ensure ,
- entertain ,
- entrance hall ,
- entrap ,
- entrench ,
- entrust ,
- establish ,
- evoke ,
- excite ,
- excruciate ,
- exemption ,
- expectant ,
- extend ,
- extort ,
- exuviate ,
- facility ,
- fall ,
- fanny ,
- fencing ,
- fetter ,
- field ,
- field of battle ,
- field of honor ,
- finalise ,
- finalize ,
- find out ,
- fire ,
- fit ,
- fix ,
- fixedness ,
- fixity ,
- fixture ,
- flap down ,
- flat ,
- flight feather ,
- fling ,
- floor ,
- flurry ,
- foot ,
- foothold ,
- force out ,
- fort up ,
- fortify ,
- found ,
- foundation ,
- foyer ,
- frappe ,
- free-base ,
- frost ,
- frosting ,
- fundament ,
- furrow ,
- fuss ,
- galley ,
- gangrene ,
- general headquarters ,
- get across ,
- get back ,
- get over ,
- get the picture ,
- gibbet ,
- gibe ,
- give ,
- give notice ,
- give the axe ,
- give the sack ,
- glass ,
- go along ,
- go down ,
- go for ,
- go on ,
- go over ,
- go under ,
- gob ,
- golf hole ,
- good book ,
- gouge ,
- granting immunity ,
- grasp ,
- gravid ,
- great ,
- grip ,
- groin ,
- ground ,
- groundwork ,
- groyne ,
- guard duty ,
- hall ,
- halt ,
- hammer ,
- hammering ,
- hamper ,
- handgrip ,
- handicap ,
- handle ,
- handlock ,
- harbor ,
- harbour ,
- hatch ,
- have ,
- have got ,
- heavy ,
- hencoop ,
- henhouse ,
- hermit ,
- hide ,
- hideaway ,
- hideout ,
- hind end ,
- hindquarters ,
- hindrance ,
- hitch ,
- hold back ,
- hold in ,
- hold on ,
- hold open ,
- hold up ,
- hole out ,
- hollow ,
- holy scripture ,
- holy writ ,
- home ,
- hoosgow ,
- hospital ward ,
- houseman ,
- hulk ,
- humble ,
- hurdle ,
- hustle ,
- ice chest ,
- ice rink ,
- ice-skating rink ,
- icing ,
- immoral ,
- impedance ,
- impede ,
- impediment ,
- impinge ,
- implements of war ,
- impose ,
- imprison ,
- in spite of appearance ,
- incarcerate ,
- inclose ,
- incubate ,
- indite ,
- indoors ,
- induction ,
- infrastructure ,
- ingroup ,
- inhibit ,
- initiation ,
- inlet ,
- inner ,
- inner circle ,
- installing ,
- installment ,
- instalment ,
- institutionalise ,
- institutionalize ,
- insure ,
- interior ,
- internal-combustion engine ,
- interne ,
- intimidation ,
- intrust ,
- invest ,
- invoke ,
- inwardly ,
- jail cell ,
- jailed ,
- jam ,
- jerkwater ,
- jetty ,
- jibe ,
- job ,
- join ,
- judgment of conviction ,
- jugful ,
- junction ,
- juncture ,
- keep back ,
- keep on ,
- keep open ,
- keister ,
- kerb ,
- kettle of fish ,
- kiosk ,
- koran ,
- labor ,
- labour ,
- labour camp ,
- lag ,
- laggard ,
- lair ,
- large ,
- lav ,
- lavatory ,
- lay ,
- lb ,
- lbf. ,
- lead ,
- learn ,
- leash ,
- ledger ,
- leger ,
- lieu ,
- limit point ,
- limitation ,
- line of business ,
- line of credit ,
- line of descent ,
- line of merchandise ,
- line of products ,
- line of reasoning ,
- line of work ,
- lineage ,
- livelihood ,
- living ,
- lobby ,
- locate ,
- locating ,
- location ,
- lock ,
- lock away ,
- locking ,
- logical argument ,
- lone ,
- lonely ,
- lonesome ,
- loo ,
- look into ,
- lookout ,
- loom ,
- lowly ,
- lumber ,
- lying-in ,
- mail service ,
- maintain ,
- make ,
- make up ,
- marijuana cigarette ,
- mark ,
- mark off ,
- masking ,
- match ,
- maw ,
- mean ,
- meanspirited ,
- medical intern ,
- melodic line ,
- melodic phrase ,
- melody ,
- mess ,
- meth ,
- methamphetamine ,
- methamphetamine hydrochloride ,
- methedrine ,
- military position ,
- military post ,
- mobile phone ,
- moderate ,
- mole ,
- molt ,
- mosh ,
- moult ,
- move back ,
- muddle ,
- munition ,
- nail ,
- nail down ,
- nates ,
- natural covering ,
- neckband ,
- niche ,
- nongregarious ,
- nonsocial ,
- notch ,
- note ,
- nucleotide ,
- nurse ,
- obligate ,
- oblige ,
- observe ,
- obstruct ,
- obtain ,
- obturate ,
- occupation ,
- oceanic abyss ,
- office ,
- one-horse ,
- only ,
- opposition ,
- origin ,
- overcompensate ,
- overlay ,
- overleap ,
- pack ,
- pail ,
- palace ,
- parentage ,
- paries ,
- parturiency ,
- pass over ,
- patch up ,
- pedestal ,
- pedigree ,
- penal facility ,
- penitential ,
- pennon ,
- perpetrate ,
- personal credit line ,
- personal line of credit ,
- perspective ,
- phone line ,
- pick up ,
- pickle ,
- pillar ,
- pinch ,
- pipeline ,
- pit ,
- place ,
- placement ,
- playpen ,
- playscript ,
- plow ,
- point of accumulation ,
- poke ,
- pony ,
- pose ,
- positioning ,
- postal service ,
- posterior ,
- postponement ,
- posture ,
- pot ,
- potty ,
- pound off ,
- pound sign ,
- pound sterling ,
- pound up ,
- pounding ,
- practice ,
- prat ,
- precaution ,
- predominate ,
- preserve ,
- press ,
- prevail ,
- prevent ,
- prison cell ,
- prison farm ,
- prison term ,
- prisoner of war camp ,
- privileged ,
- privy ,
- proceed ,
- procrastinate ,
- product line ,
- production line ,
- protective cover ,
- protective covering ,
- pull ,
- pull away ,
- pull back ,
- pull in one's horns ,
- punt ,
- put ,
- put aside ,
- put forward ,
- put on ice ,
- put to sleep ,
- put under lock and key ,
- put up ,
- quail at ,
- quarter ,
- quid ,
- quill ,
- quill feather ,
- quran ,
- radical ,
- radix ,
- rail ,
- rail line ,
- rail technology ,
- railroad ,
- railroad line ,
- railroad track ,
- railroaded ,
- railroading ,
- railway ,
- railway line ,
- railway system ,
- raise ,
- ram ,
- ram down ,
- rear ,
- rear end ,
- recede ,
- recession ,
- recluse ,
- reconcile ,
- record ,
- record book ,
- reefer ,
- reformative ,
- refugee camp ,
- refutation ,
- rein ,
- rein in ,
- religious residence ,
- remit ,
- remote-controlled ,
- remove ,
- report ,
- reserve ,
- resistivity ,
- resistor ,
- resolve ,
- respite ,
- restriction ,
- retain ,
- retard ,
- retire ,
- retirement ,
- retrograde ,
- roadblock ,
- roast ,
- rook ,
- root ,
- root word ,
- rule ,
- rule book ,
- rump ,
- run along ,
- sack ,
- safe-conduct ,
- safety ,
- safety device ,
- sales booth ,
- sandbag ,
- savage ,
- save ,
- savvy ,
- screen ,
- screening ,
- script ,
- scripture ,
- scud ,
- seal in ,
- seam ,
- seat ,
- seawall ,
- secureness ,
- security department ,
- security measures ,
- security system ,
- see ,
- see to it ,
- seize ,
- send ,
- send away ,
- send back ,
- send up the river ,
- sending up the river ,
- sentences ,
- sentry duty ,
- sentry go ,
- sequester ,
- set ,
- settee ,
- settle down ,
- shabu ,
- shaft ,
- shake ,
- shake up ,
- shed ,
- shell ,
- shift ,
- shillyshally ,
- ship's galley ,
- shoe collar ,
- short letter ,
- shot ,
- shroud ,
- shut away ,
- shut up ,
- side ,
- single-foot ,
- sink ,
- situation ,
- slam dance ,
- sleeping accommodation ,
- sleeping room ,
- snare ,
- snick ,
- sole ,
- solitary confinement ,
- solitudinarian ,
- sparkler ,
- spatial relation ,
- specify ,
- speed ,
- sphacelus ,
- splash ,
- spliff ,
- spot ,
- spread over ,
- square off ,
- square up ,
- squeeze ,
- stake ,
- stalling ,
- stance ,
- stand ,
- station ,
- status ,
- stay ,
- stay fresh ,
- stead ,
- steady down ,
- stem ,
- stemma ,
- stern ,
- stick ,
- stiffen ,
- stimulate ,
- stock ,
- stool ,
- stop ,
- stoppage ,
- storage area ,
- strain ,
- subscriber line ,
- subside ,
- substantiation ,
- substructure ,
- summer camp ,
- support ,
- suppress ,
- surety ,
- surround ,
- sustain ,
- sustenance ,
- sweep ,
- swiftness ,
- tab ,
- tackle ,
- tail ,
- tail end ,
- take ,
- take away ,
- take for ,
- take hold ,
- take out ,
- take root ,
- taking away ,
- taking into custody ,
- tally ,
- tank ,
- tax shelter ,
- telephone circuit ,
- telephone line ,
- tent ,
- terminal point ,
- terminate ,
- theme ,
- thrash ,
- throne ,
- throttle ,
- throw ,
- throw away ,
- throw away the keys ,
- throw book at ,
- throw in dungeon ,
- throw out ,
- throw the book at ,
- thump ,
- tick ,
- tick off ,
- tighten ,
- tighten up ,
- time ,
- time lag ,
- time out ,
- tin ,
- tin can ,
- tink ,
- tinkle ,
- toilet ,
- tollhouse ,
- took away ,
- tooshie ,
- tooth decay ,
- top ,
- torment ,
- torture ,
- toss ,
- toss away ,
- toss out ,
- touch ,
- towboat ,
- trace ,
- track ,
- trade protection ,
- train ,
- trammel net ,
- transmission line ,
- trap ,
- trash ,
- travail ,
- traverse ,
- treat ,
- tribute ,
- troglodyte ,
- trot ,
- trust ,
- tuck away ,
- tuck in ,
- tug ,
- tugboat ,
- tune ,
- tunnel ,
- turn back ,
- tush ,
- underground ,
- understructure ,
- underwrite ,
- unfrequented ,
- unsusceptibility ,
- verification ,
- vestibule ,
- view ,
- view as ,
- vindication ,
- volume ,
- wait ,
- war ,
- wardrobe ,
- watch ,
- water closet ,
- water ice ,
- weapons system ,
- wheel ,
- with child ,
- withdraw ,
- within ,
- withstand ,
- word ,
- word of god ,
- work camp ,
- wrack ,
- wrap up ,
- wring ,
- wrinkle ,
- write ,
- yap .
- Closeting ,
- Remanded ,
- Remanding ,
- Stockaded ,
- Stockading ,
- closeted ,
- fence in ,
- fenced in ,
- hold captive ,
- hold hostage ,
- hold in custody ,
- iced ,
- imprisoned ,
- interned ,
- interning ,
- keep captive ,
- keep in custody ,
- lock in ,
- lock up ,
- locked in ,
- locked up ,
- locking in ,
- locking up ,
- occlude ,
- put behind bars ,
- rail in ,
- remand ,
- remands ,
- send to prison ,
- send up ,
- sends up ,
- sent up ,
- shut in ,
- take prisoner .
- Borstal ,
- Bridewell ,
- Calaboose ,
- Quod ,
- black hole ,
- borstal institution ,
- bucket ,
- caboose ,
- can ,
- chokey ,
- clink ,
- concentration camp ,
- condemned cell ,
- constrain ,
- death house ,
- death row ,
- defense ,
- detention camp ,
- federal prison ,
- forced-labor camp ,
- fortress ,
- guardhouse ,
- guardroom ,
- hoosegow ,
- house of correction ,
- house of detention ,
- immure ,
- industrial school ,
- intern ,
- internment camp ,
- labor camp ,
- penal institution ,
- penal settlement ,
- pokey ,
- prison camp ,
- slammer ,
- state prison ,
- tollbooth ,
- training school .
How to use "Bastille" in context?
The French Revolution began on July 14, 1789 with the storming of the bastille. The Bastille was a medieval prison in Paris, and was attacked by a mob because the French dictator, King Louis XVI, was being held there. The Revolution quickly spread across France, and the Bastille became a symbol of the uprising. The Revolution ultimately led to the French Republic, a government founded on the principles of democracy and freedom. The Revolution also abolished slavery and made other important changes, including expanding the right to liberty and equality.
Holonyms for Bastille:
n.
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artifact
city of light, Capital Of France, French Capital, paris.
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artifact
Hyponym for Bastille:
Word of the Day
pull one's weight
- Synonyms:
- work, pull one's weight.
