Definition for Outpost:

• A post or station without the limits of a camp, or at a distance from the main body of an army, for observation of the enemy.

Synonyms for Outpost:

• n.

  •
  • cockpit,
  • breach,
  • battlefield,
  • bastion,
  • forward line,
  • vanguard,
  • buffer zone,
  • emplacement,
  • dugout,
  • beachhead,
  • disputed,
  • bridgehead,
  • point of attack,
  • listening post.
  •
  • conurbation,
  • the big smoke,
  • county town,
  • county seat,
  • city,
  • burg,
  • boom town,
  • capital,
  • city state,
  • dormitory town.
  •artifact (noun)
  • outpost.
  •border (noun)
  • marchlands,
  • out posts,
  • out-posts,
  • be-ginning,
  • be ginning.
  •boundary (noun)
  • ex-tents,
  • out lines,
  • ex tent,
  • line demarcation,
  • out-line,
  • ex tents,
  • ex-tent,
  • out line,
  • out-lines.
  •branch (noun)
  • ex-tension,
  • sub-divisions,
  • sub division,
  • sub divisions,
  • de pendency,
  • de pendencies,
  • de-pendencies,
  • sub section,
  • ex tension,
  • sub sections,
  • de-pendency,
  • ex-tensions,
  • sub-division.
  •colony (noun)
  • pro-vince,
  • new lands,
  • subject states,
  • pro vince.
  •distance (noun)
  • pro vinces,
  • re-move,
  • farnesses,
  • pro-vinces,
  • far pieces,
  • re-moves,
  • re move.
  •fortification (noun)
  • stronghold,
  • Embattlement,
  • blockhouses,
  • earthworks,
  • presidio,
  • breastworks,
  • presidios,
  • entrenchment,
  • breastwork,
  • blockhouse,
  • entrenchments,
  • earthwork.
  •frontier settlement (noun)
  • frontier settlement.
  •outpost (noun)
  • outstation.
  •outskirts (noun)
  • out skirts,
  • out-skirt,
  • out-skirts,
  • out skirt.
  •remote station (noun)
  • frontier.
  •scout (noun)
  • out-rider,
  • pre cursors,
  • out-riders,
  • out rider,
  • pre-cursor,
  • out riders,
  • pre-cursors,
  • reconnoiterers.
  •settlement (noun)
  • in-habitancy,
  • in habitancies,
  • inhabitancies,
  • in-habitancies,
  • in habitancy.
  •suburb (noun)
  • residential areas,
  • outlying areas.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • branch.

Paraphrases for Outpost:

• Forward Entailment

  • Noun, singular or mass
    post.

• Independent

  • Noun, singular or mass
    forefront, site.

• Other Related

  • Noun, singular or mass
    stronghold, bastion, position, settlement, station, foothold, bulwark.
  • Verb, base form
    outsource.

Outpost Sentence Examples:

• The next outpost was six miles away.

• The English commander sent detachments to this outpost sufficient to defend it, but no more.

Hyponym for Outpost:

• n.

  • artifact
    post, military post.
  • location
    station, post.