What is another word for pillar?
572 synonyms found
Pronunciation:
[ pˈɪlə], [ pˈɪlə], [ p_ˈɪ_l_ə]
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Similar words for pillar:
- other relevant words (adjective)
- praiseworthy (adjective)
- anchor (noun)
- artifact (noun)
- back and forth (noun)
- beam (noun)
- column of building, or freestanding column (noun)
- cornerstone (noun)
- mainstay (noun)
- mainstay; source of strength (noun)
- memorial (noun)
- monolith (noun)
- monument (noun)
- obelisk (noun)
- other relevant words (noun)
- picket (noun)
- pier (noun)
- pillar (noun)
- post (noun)
- shaft (noun)
- support (noun)
- support/supporter (noun)
- tower (noun)
- reinforce (verb)
- other synonyms
- other relevant words
- other relevant words (noun)
Synonyms for Pillar:
adj.
• Other relevant words: (adjective) • praiseworthy (adjective)n.
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- follower,
- mast,
- proponent,
- ideologue,
- advocate,
- adherent,
- sympathizer,
- sponsor,
- pedestal,
- exponent.
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- dependence,
- idea,
- philosophy,
- faith,
- commitment,
- belief,
- thought,
- theory,
- ideal,
- concept.
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- heroine,
- legend,
- wonder,
- idol,
- guiding light,
- golden boy,
- golden girl,
- folk hero,
- role model,
- hero.
- 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.
- sustainer,
- SINEWS,
- upholders,
- sustainers,
- sinew,
- maintainer,
- right-hand person,
- righthand person,
- good right arm,
- maintainers,
- upholder.
- re cords,
- re-cord,
- head stones,
- re-minders,
- re cord,
- Head-stone,
- re-minder,
- head-stones,
- stelai,
- re-cords,
- re minder.
- anchor,
- vertical,
- Expounder,
- preserver,
- mainstay,
- booster,
- friend,
- stele,
- endorsers,
- cornerstone,
- grappling iron,
- supporter,
- Paraclete,
- cenotaphs,
- erections,
- monolith,
- seconder,
- protagonist,
- grapnel,
- marker,
- thing,
- preservers,
- gravestones,
- abiders,
- erection,
- Footstone,
- head stone,
- mud hook,
- tower,
- relic,
- architecture,
- endorser,
- apologist,
- kedges,
- protection,
- apologists,
- expounders,
- suspenders,
- beam,
- Cairns,
- steles,
- admirer,
- stalwarts,
- grapnels,
- pier,
- Abider,
- gravestone,
- principle,
- Espouser,
- monument,
- monuments,
- structure,
- co-worker,
- menhir,
- espousers,
- Coworker,
- tower of strength,
- rest,
- well-wisher,
- column,
- rule,
- construction,
- cenotaph,
- shaft,
- seconders,
- Kedge,
- co-workers,
- picket,
- stake,
- coworkers,
- upright,
- champion,
- form,
- post,
- wellwishers,
- cairn,
- shape,
- memorial,
- Wellwisher.
- stiffener,
- sustentation,
- Fulcrums,
- stiffeners,
- flotations,
- substructures,
- Fulcra,
- fulcrum,
- flotation.
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.
Other synonyms:
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- milestone.
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- foundation,
- support.
- propping up,
- prop up,
- heat up,
- pillared,
- toughen,
- soup up,
- under-lining,
- shore up,
- shored up,
- heats up,
- reinforce,
- heated up,
- punch up,
- stood up for,
- pillaring,
- propped up,
- shoring up,
- souped up,
- lend a hand,
- stand up for.
- drum,
- nonplussed,
- keystone,
- staff,
- skyscraper,
- bole,
- derrick,
- newspaper column,
- Rara Avis,
- dolmen,
- ribbon,
- commemoration,
- bolster,
- table,
- necrology,
- flatter,
- columned,
- vellum,
- thill,
- pedicle,
- arch,
- cask,
- Zocle,
- bust,
- strut,
- paper,
- truss,
- medal,
- arcade,
- quill,
- creditable,
- tomb,
- remember,
- roller,
- coax,
- style,
- celebrity,
- cylinder,
- office,
- antenna tower,
- abutment,
- socle,
- martello,
- foolscap,
- jamb,
- handle,
- fire tower,
- balustrade,
- belfry,
- meritorious,
- patroness,
- plinth,
- surbase,
- position,
- reliquary,
- lamppost,
- graveled,
- inscription,
- pagoda,
- Crutches,
- enforce,
- peduncle,
- stationery,
- pile,
- pyramid,
- plaque,
- reputable,
- newel,
- pike,
- cromlech,
- blackboard,
- palisade,
- footing,
- editorial,
- at a nonplus,
- admirable,
- newel post,
- brass,
- mausoleum,
- base,
- telamon,
- Protectress,
- kowtow,
- bedrock,
- boundary stone,
- tug,
- standard,
- towboat,
- Crutched,
- lantern,
- pickets,
- stuck fast,
- remembrance,
- papyrus,
- trunk,
- memorial stone,
- grave,
- applaudable,
- stone,
- grovel,
- spire,
- testimonial,
- pipe,
- encourage,
- observation tower,
- ink bottle,
- crutch,
- establishment,
- shrine,
- enhance,
- wheedle,
- tugboat,
- hard up,
- pedicel,
- paling,
- strengthen,
- shank,
- pencil,
- turret,
- slab,
- consolidate,
- uncertain,
- patron,
- colossus,
- aground,
- Hoarstone,
- bar,
- Classman,
- headstone,
- tube,
- pillars,
- Underpinning,
- up a tree,
- aux abois,
- stalk,
- mail,
- pander to,
- banister,
- mullion,
- thrown out,
- pinched,
- minaret,
- repay,
- honorable,
- Hatchment,
- Cylindroid,
- shore,
- memento,
- barrel,
- stanchions,
- irresolutely,
- girder,
- harden,
- standpipe,
- jack,
- stranded,
- intensify,
- parchment,
- timber,
- seesaw,
- enrich,
- stilt,
- supporting structure,
- typewriter,
- steeple,
- good,
- cupola,
- slate,
- somebody,
- barbican,
- play up to,
- guy wire,
- at a loss,
- notability,
- memory,
- stem,
- subbase,
- pale,
- substructure,
- lion,
- lynchpin,
- helve,
- tablet,
- buttresses,
- Irresolvedly,
- leg,
- cross,
- brace,
- ziggurat,
- chromatography column,
- trophy,
- Candle power,
- tope,
- estimable,
- vertebrate,
- strength,
- stud,
- build up,
- achievement,
- pylon,
- place,
- baluster,
- barrow,
- fixture,
- stave,
- dome,
- nobleman,
- stand,
- portico,
- prize,
- rely on,
- Footstalk,
- Stupa,
- straitened,
- Martello Tower,
- megalith,
- marble,
- guy,
- defender,
- mound,
- spike,
- jump about,
- puzzled,
- pinnacle,
- backbones,
- rod,
- cup,
- nonplused,
- stay,
- campanile,
- atlas,
- at bay,
- rouleau,
- fortify,
- reinforcement,
- tour,
- protector,
- pen,
- water tower,
- lighthouse,
- standby,
- roll,
- tombstone,
- obituary,
- pediment,
- die,
- lean on,
- dado,
- stela,
- peristyle,
- celebration,
- at a standstill,
- rostral column,
- Backboned.
How to use "Pillar" in context?
A pillar is a supporting structural element of an arch or vault, either central or at one of its arms. They were first used in the ancient Egyptian and Sumerian civilizations, and were later adopted by the Greeks. The name comes from the Latin word "pilaris", meaning "pillar".
Paraphrases for Pillar:
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Equivalence
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Noun, singular or mass
mainstay.
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Noun, singular or mass
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Reverse Entailment
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Proper noun, singular
c-pillar.
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Proper noun, singular
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Independent
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Noun, singular or mass
bastion, centrepiece, linchpin, milepost, milestone, pier, pile, piles, prop, stronghold, Underpinning, coordinates, beams, highlights.
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Noun, singular or mass
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Other Related
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Proper noun, singular
components.
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Proper noun, singular
Homophones for Pillar:
Holonyms for Pillar:
n.
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artifact
temple.
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artifact
Hypernym for Pillar:
n.
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artifact
newel, telamon, piling, stilt, spile, pile, caryatid, atlas, support column, totem pole, obelisk, pilaster.
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cognition
pillar of Islam.
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artifact
Hyponym for Pillar:
n.
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artifact
construction, upright, vertical, structure.
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artifact
Meronym for Pillar:
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Eradiated
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