Definition for Redoubt:

• [ Fr., It.] ( Mil.) Any closed fortification, the parapet of which nowhere forms re-entering angles; generally constructed on a small polygon. See Reduit.

Synonyms for Redoubt:

• n.

  •artifact (noun)
  • redoubt.
  •bulwark (noun)
  • mainstay,
  • buttress,
  • embankment,
  • Vallation,
  • bastion,
  • outwork,
  • buffet,
  • outworks,
  • parapet,
  • security,
  • rampart,
  • protection,
  • redoubts,
  • barrier,
  • guard,
  • partition,
  • safeguard.
  •citadel (noun)
  • blockhouse,
  • castle,
  • manor,
  • keep,
  • blockhouses.
  •defense (noun)
  • immunity,
  • armor,
  • weapons,
  • resistance,
  • wall,
  • fence,
  • aegis,
  • dike,
  • deterrence,
  • bastille,
  • warfare,
  • shelter,
  • stockade,
  • ward,
  • arms,
  • trench,
  • position,
  • cover,
  • barricade,
  • weaponries,
  • shield,
  • bastilles,
  • weaponry,
  • garrison,
  • munitions,
  • palisade.
  •fort/fortress (noun)
  • station,
  • camp.
  •redoubt (noun)
  • sconce.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • fortification.

Antonyms for Redoubt:

• n.

  • bulwark
    harm, injury, hurt, weak point.
  • defense
    capitulation, flight, betrayal, desertion, yielding, surrender.

Redoubt Sentence Examples:

• By the 16th of March, the advanced batteries were pushed to within 500 yards of Fort Bourbon, and 200 yards of the enemy's nearest redoubt.

• The redoubt was dominated from the left and could be swept by cross fire from the rear and right.

Homophones for Redoubt:

• red bat, rhodophyta, readapt, reduviidae, Red Eft, ratibida, reduviid, roadbed, radiophoto, redbud, ratified.

Hyponym for Redoubt:

• n.

  • artifact
    fastness, munition, fortification, stronghold.