Definition for Bastion:

• A kind of tower at the angles of a fortification.

Synonyms for Bastion:

• n.

  •
  • defender,
  • lifesaver,
  • safeguard,
  • shield,
  • guardian angel,
  • protection,
  • precaution,
  • champion,
  • protector,
  • guardian.
  •
  • cockpit,
  • dugout,
  • breach.
  •artifact (noun)
  • bastion.
  •bulwark (noun)
  • parapet,
  • guard,
  • redoubts,
  • outwork,
  • outworks,
  • Vallation,
  • redoubt.
  •citadel (noun)
  • blockhouses,
  • blockhouse.
  •defense (noun)
  • bastilles,
  • weaponry,
  • weaponries,
  • munitions,
  • resistance,
  • bastille.
  •fortification (noun)
  • entrenchment,
  • presidios,
  • Embattlement,
  • breastwork,
  • presidio,
  • earthworks,
  • earthwork,
  • entrenchments,
  • breastworks.
  •parapet (noun)
  • protective wall.
  •support; fortified place (noun)
  • support,
  • rock,
  • tower of strength,
  • mainstay,
  • prop,
  • fortress.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • emplacement,
  • no man's land,
  • safe area,
  • trouble spot,
  • supply line,
  • buffer zone,
  • war zone,
  • beachhead,
  • killing fields,
  • outpost.
  •
  • minefield,
  • bridgehead,
  • disputed,
  • battlefield,
  • front line.
  •
  • sector,
  • trench,
  • hot spot.
  •
  • theater.
  •
  • field.
  •
  • front.
  •parapet
  • battlement.

Paraphrases for Bastion:

• Equivalence

  • Noun, singular or mass
    citadel.

• Independent

  • Noun, singular or mass
    pillar.

• Other Related

  • Noun, singular or mass
    bulwark, outpost, rampart, beacon, heartland.

Antonyms for Bastion:

• n.

  • support; fortified place
    weakness, weak spot.

Bastion Sentence Examples:

• The French had dug fifty miles of trenches during the 366 days of the siege, and 4, 100 feet of mines before a single bastion.

• If we had but enough soldiers to make a sally, said Madame La Tour to her officer, as she also came for an instant to the bastion, we might take his batteries.

Homophones for Bastion:

• bostonian, based on, boughten, bisection, best man, back down, basidium, boston, bog down, backdown, begotten, bus station, baby's dummy, boxed-in, boxed in, big time.

Hyponym for Bastion:

• n.

  • artifact
    munition, fortification.
  • group
    defence, defense force, Defence Force, defense.