Definition for Pillar:

• Figuratively, that which resembles such a pillar in appearance, character, or office; a supporter or mainstay; as, the Pillars of Hercules; a pillar of the state.

Synonyms for Pillar:

• adj.

  •praiseworthy (adjective)
  • more pillar,
  • more meritable,
  • most meritable,
  • salt earth,
  • most pillar,
  • most thankworthy,
  • more thankworthy.

• n.

  •
  • follower,
  • mast,
  • proponent,
  • ideologue,
  • advocate,
  • adherent,
  • sympathizer,
  • sponsor,
  • pedestal,
  • exponent.
  •
  • dependence,
  • idea,
  • philosophy,
  • faith,
  • commitment,
  • belief,
  • thought,
  • theory,
  • ideal,
  • concept.
  •
  • frame,
  • rafter,
  • framework,
  • scaffold,
  • joist,
  • gantry,
  • stanchion,
  • buttress.
  •
  • heroine,
  • legend,
  • wonder,
  • idol,
  • guiding light,
  • golden boy,
  • golden girl,
  • folk hero,
  • role model,
  • hero.
  •
  • pole,
  • stick,
  • string,
  • spring,
  • length,
  • filament,
  • thread,
  • strip,
  • strap,
  • line.
  •anchor (noun)
  • de fenses,
  • grappling irons,
  • mud hooks,
  • de-fenses.
  •artifact (noun)
  • pillar.
  •back and forth (noun)
  • undecided,
  • vacillating,
  • fluctuating.
  •beam (noun)
  • cantilever,
  • crosspieces,
  • crosspiece,
  • cantilevers,
  • scantling,
  • crossbars,
  • scantlings,
  • lath,
  • plank,
  • lintel,
  • lintels,
  • cross bar,
  • Laths,
  • crossbar,
  • two-by-four,
  • cross-piece,
  • stringers,
  • sills,
  • stringer,
  • sill,
  • pilings.
  •column of building, or freestanding column (noun)
  • obelisk,
  • pilaster,
  • piling,
  • colonnade,
  • prop.
  •cornerstone (noun)
  • mainspring,
  • linchpin,
  • keystones,
  • main ingredient,
  • linchpins,
  • key element,
  • mainsprings.
  •picket (noun)
  • uprights,
  • palings.
  •pier (noun)
  • quay,
  • Pierage,
  • Moles,
  • jetty,
  • pilasters.
  •pillar (noun)
  • caryatid.
  •post (noun)
  • newel,
  • doorpost,
  • stud,
  • doorposts,
  • newels,
  • stilts,
  • stilt.
  •rest (noun)
  • pediment.
  •shaft (noun)
  • diaphysis,
  • thill,
  • helves,
  • helve.
  •support (noun)
  • stave,
  • substructure,
  • stiffeners,
  • Fulcrums,
  • fulcrum,
  • flotation,
  • Fulcra,
  • flotations,
  • substructures,
  • sustentation,
  • stiffener.
  •support/supporter (noun)
  • well-wishers,
  • ex pounders,
  • well wishers,
  • de-fenders,
  • co worker,
  • ex-pounder,
  • sub-scriber,
  • tower strength,
  • pre-server,
  • pre server,
  • ex pounder,
  • well wisher,
  • pre-servers,
  • de-fender,
  • ex-pounders,
  • de fenders,
  • de fender,
  • sub scriber,
  • sub-scribers,
  • pre servers,
  • co workers,
  • sub scribers.
  •tower (noun)
  • stronghold,
  • high rise,
  • cloud buster,
  • minaret,
  • minarets.

• v.

  •reinforce (verb)
  • in-crease,
  • souping up,
  • soups up,
  • lending a hand,
  • stands up for,
  • props up,
  • multi-plying,
  • under-lined,
  • punches up,
  • lent hand,
  • lends a hand,
  • in creasing,
  • punching up,
  • heating up,
  • under lining,
  • lend hand,
  • lent a hand,
  • under line,
  • under-line,
  • adds fuel to fire,
  • under lined,
  • standing up for,
  • adds fuel fire,
  • punched up,
  • shores up,
  • in creases,
  • in-creased,
  • in crease,
  • under lines,
  • multi-plied,
  • hyping,
  • lends hand,
  • lending hand,
  • multi plying,
  • in-creases,
  • under-lines.
  •support (verb)
  • reinforcement.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • milestone.
  •
  • foundation,
  • support.

Paraphrases for Pillar:

• Equivalence

  • Noun, singular or mass
    mainstay.

• Reverse Entailment

  • Proper noun, singular
    c-pillar.

• Independent

  • Proper noun, singular
    pilar, sections.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    coordinates, highlights, beams, linchpin, Underpinning, pier, pile, centrepiece, prop, milestone, piles, milepost, stronghold, bastion.

• Other Related

  • Proper noun, singular
    components.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    cornerstone, backbone, lynchpin, drumstick, plank, bedrock, anchor.

Pillar Sentence Examples:

• Next day about noon the Sugar - loaf mountain rose out of the sea like a great pillar of hope to Orlando, as well as to the missionary.

• They are driven to set pillar against pillar in the same temple, while we can set city against city across the plains of the world.

Homophones for Pillar:

• Piller.

Holonyms for Pillar:

• n.

  • artifact
    temple.

Hypernym for Pillar:

• n.

  • artifact
    newel, telamon, piling, stilt, spile, pile, caryatid, atlas, support column, totem pole, obelisk, pilaster.
  • cognition
    pillar of Islam.
  • shape
    hoodoo, columella.

Hyponym for Pillar:

• n.

  • artifact
    construction, upright, vertical, structure.
  • cognition
    principle, rule.
  • shape
    form, shape.

Meronym for Pillar:

• n.

  • artifact
    chapiter, footstall, plinth, scape, shaft, Entasis, pedestal, capital, cap.