Definition for Fortification:

• The art of strengthening a military position by means of defensive works: that which fortifies.

Synonyms for Fortification:

• adj.

  •enceinte (adjective)
  • gestate.
  •pregnant (adjective)
  • enceinte.

• n.

  •
  • develop,
  • entrenchment,
  • assemblage,
  • lay,
  • construction,
  • reinforcement,
  • assembly,
  • masonry,
  • development.
  •
  • castellated,
  • chateau,
  • bell tower,
  • chatelaine,
  • blockhouse,
  • groin,
  • dugout,
  • battlements,
  • campanile,
  • trench,
  • parapet,
  • barricade,
  • support,
  • outwork,
  • bailey,
  • casbah,
  • redoubt,
  • buffer,
  • outpost,
  • belfry,
  • block,
  • rampart,
  • stockade,
  • battlement.
  •
  • harden,
  • sharpen,
  • toughen,
  • intensify,
  • bolster,
  • invigorate,
  • strengthen,
  • stiffen.
  •act (noun)
  • fortification.
  •artifact (noun)
  • munition.
  •barrier (noun)
  • blank walls.
  •bastion (noun)
  • protection,
  • breastworks,
  • tower of strength,
  • breastwork.
  •battlement (noun)
  • Embattlement.
  •castle (noun)
  • safeholds,
  • fastholds,
  • estate houses.
  •citadel (noun)
  • redoubts,
  • blockhouses.
  •consolidation (noun)
  • consolidation.
  •defense (noun)
  • resistance,
  • bastilles,
  • weaponry,
  • weaponries,
  • munitions,
  • bastille.
  •parapet (noun)
  • protective wall.
  •reinforced position (noun)
  • strengthening,
  • fastness,
  • preparation,
  • keep,
  • fortress.
  •tower (noun)
  • minarets,
  • minaret,
  • cloud buster,
  • high rise,
  • obelisk.
  •wall (noun)
  • re strictions,
  • sur-face,
  • re-strictions,
  • re striction,
  • re-striction,
  • sur faces,
  • sur face.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • redevelop,
  • underpin,
  • structural,
  • earthwork.
  •
  • reinforce,
  • works,
  • roofing,
  • pointing.
  •
  • reconstruction.
  •
  • work.
  •stockade
  • palisade.

Paraphrases for Fortification:

• Independent

  • Noun, singular or mass
    addition, reinforcement, strengthening, expansion.

• Other Related

  • Proper noun, singular
    enrichment, spike, Spiking.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    enrichment-related, enrichment, supplementation, defence, spike, Spiking.

Antonyms for Fortification:

• n.

  • reinforced position
    opening.

Fortification Sentence Examples:

• According to Jonas's advice, the evening before, they had agreed to make their fortification twelve feet square, and the walls about one foot thick.

• Judge Regis stood with his silk hat perfectly level upon his head, his cane tucked under his arm, and he was looking over the spread sheet of the Jordantown Signal very much as if he stared at an enemy over the top of an impregnable fortification.

Hypernym for Fortification:

• n.

  • artifact
    escarp, scarp, parapet, dugout, lunette, escarpment, intrenchment, entrenchment, stockade, fieldwork, breastwork, redoubt, defilade, bastion, bunker, palisade, protective embankment, castle.

Hyponym for Fortification:

• n.

  • act
    enrichment.
  • artifact
    defensive structure, defense, defence.
  • cognition
    prowess, artistry, art.

Meronym for Fortification:

• n.

  • artifact
    wall, rampart, bulwark.