garrison

The word “garrison” has 3 syllables: gar-ri-son

It's pronounced as /ˈɡærɪsən/


What is synonym and antonym for garrison?

In the thesaurus, “garrison” has 81 synonyms and 11 antonyms.

Here are synonyms and antonyms for garrison along with examples of usage in sentences.


Synonyms for garrison

  • airbase
  • assail
  • assault
  • attack
  • barracks
  • base
  • bastion
  • battle
  • battlefront
  • beachhead
  • beleaguer
  • beset
  • besiege
  • blockade
  • blockhouse
  • bridgehead
  • bunker
  • camp
  • cantonment
  • center
  • charge
  • citadel
  • combat
  • command post
  • conquer
  • crush
  • despoil
  • dominate
  • dugout
  • emplacement
  • encampment
  • encroach
  • fastness
  • field
  • fight
  • foothold
  • footing
  • fort
  • fortification
  • fortress
  • front
  • garrison house
  • harass
  • headquarters
  • hold
  • infringe
  • installation
  • invade
  • invest
  • laager
  • leaguer
  • loot
  • maraud
  • occupy
  • outpost
  • overcome
  • overpower
  • overrun
  • overwhelm
  • pillage
  • plunder
  • post
  • raid
  • ransack
  • ravage
  • redoubt
  • rush
  • sack
  • staging area
  • staging ground
  • station
  • storm
  • strike
  • strip
  • stronghold
  • subdue
  • subject
  • subjugate
  • toehold
  • trespass
  • vanquish

Antonyms for garrison

  • defend
  • defy
  • guard
  • oppose
  • protect
  • repel
  • resist
  • safeguard
  • shield
  • ward
  • withstand

Meanings of garrison

  • noun
    1. A permanent military post.
    2. The troops stationed at such a post.
    3. (allusive) Occupants.
    4. (U.S. Space Force) A military unit, nominally headed by a colonel, equivalent to a USAF support wing, or an army regiment.
  • verb
    1. To assign troops to a military post.
    2. To convert into a military fort.
    3. To occupy with troops.

Example Sentences

  • The soldiers stationed at the garrison were responsible for defending the fort.
  • During the war, the town's garrison played a crucial role in maintaining order.
  • The general inspected the garrison to ensure everything was in top condition.
  • The old garrison has been converted into a museum showcasing military history.
  • The garrison was well-supplied with food and ammunition for the winter.

On this page you'll find 92 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to garrison, such as: airbase, assail, assault, attack, barracks, base, bastion.

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Related Words

base

  • abject
  • abominable
  • airbase
  • anchorage
  • assume
  • assumption
  • atrocious
  • attraction
  • authority
  • axis
  • backbone
  • bad
  • basement
  • basis
  • bastion
  • battlefront
  • beachhead
  • bed
  • bedrock
  • blamable
  • blameworthy
  • bottom
  • brace
  • bridgehead
  • bulwark
  • buttress
  • camp
  • capital
  • censurable
  • center
  • central
  • cheap
  • chief constituent
  • coarse
  • command
  • command post
  • common
  • construct
  • contemptible
  • core
  • cornerstone
  • corrupt
  • cruel
  • currish
  • cynosure
  • debased
  • debauched
  • deep
  • degenerate
  • demure
  • depend
  • depot
  • depraved
  • derive
  • despicable
  • detestable
  • dirty
  • discreditable
  • disgraceful
  • dishonorable
  • disreputable
  • dissolute
  • dock
  • emplacement
  • epicenter
  • essence
  • essential
  • establish
  • evidence
  • evil
  • execrable
  • eye
  • fastness
  • fawning
  • field
  • focus
  • foot
  • foothold
  • footing
  • fortress
  • foul
  • found
  • foundation
  • framework
  • front
  • fundamental
  • garrison
  • ground
  • ground zero
  • groundwork
  • grovelling
  • hang
  • hangar
  • hangdog
  • happy hunting ground
  • harbor
  • headquarters
  • heart
  • hinge
  • hive
  • home
  • hot spot
  • hotbed
  • hub
  • humble
  • ignoble
  • ignominious
  • immoral
  • important part
  • indelicate
  • infrastructure
  • iniquitous
  • installation
  • justification
  • kernel
  • key
  • keystone
  • lamblike
  • loadstone
  • loathsome
  • locate
  • locus
  • lodestone
  • low
  • low-down
  • low-minded
  • lowly
  • magnet
  • mean
  • mecca
  • meek
  • menial
  • miscreant
  • modest
  • mount
  • nadir
  • nasty
  • navel
  • nerve center
  • nexus
  • nub
  • nucleus
  • offensive
  • omphalos
  • origin
  • paltry
  • pedestal
  • perverted
  • pith
  • pitiful
  • plant
  • playground
  • playland
  • plebeian
  • polestar
  • poor
  • port
  • post
  • postulate
  • predicate
  • premise
  • premiss
  • presume
  • presumption
  • presuppose
  • presupposition
  • primary element
  • principal
  • principle
  • prop
  • quintessence
  • rationale
  • reprehensible
  • rest
  • retiring
  • rock bottom
  • root
  • scandalous
  • seat
  • seating
  • servile
  • set up
  • settlement
  • shameful
  • sheepish
  • shoddy
  • shore
  • site
  • slavish
  • sleazy
  • snide
  • sordid
  • sorry
  • soul
  • source
  • squalid
  • staging area
  • staging ground
  • stand
  • starting point
  • station
  • stay
  • strip
  • stronghold
  • substratum
  • substructure
  • support
  • suppose
  • supposition
  • sycophant
  • sycophantic
  • terminal
  • theory
  • thesis
  • thick
  • toadyish
  • toehold
  • touchstone
  • trashy
  • ugly
  • unassuming
  • underpinning
  • unethical
  • unpretentious
  • unprincipled
  • unscrupulous
  • unworthy
  • vicious
  • vile
  • villainous
  • warp
  • warp and woof
  • warrant
  • wicked
  • worthless
  • wretched
  • wrong

calotte

  • Stetson
  • baseball cap
  • beret
  • billycock
  • biretta
  • boater
  • bonnet
  • bowler
  • cap
  • capuche
  • casque
  • castor
  • chapeau
  • cloche
  • cocked hat
  • cowboy hat
  • cowl
  • derby
  • fedora
  • fez
  • garrison cap
  • hard hat
  • hat
  • headdress
  • headgear
  • headpiece
  • helm
  • helmet
  • high hat
  • homburg
  • hood
  • kepi
  • kufi
  • leghorn
  • lid
  • miter
  • mitre
  • nightcap
  • opera hat
  • overseas cap
  • panama
  • picture hat
  • pillbox
  • plug hat
  • porkpie hat
  • service cap
  • shako
  • silk hat
  • skimmer
  • skullcap
  • sombrero
  • stocking cap
  • stovepipe
  • sunbonnet
  • tam
  • ten-gallon hat
  • top hat
  • topper
  • toque
  • tricorn
  • tricorne
  • turban
  • warbonnet
  • zucchetto

calottes

  • Stetsons
  • baseball caps
  • berets
  • billycocks
  • birettas
  • boaters
  • bonnets
  • bowlers
  • caps
  • capuches
  • casques
  • castors
  • chapeaus
  • chapeaux
  • cloches
  • cocked hats
  • cowboy hats
  • cowls
  • derbies
  • fedoras
  • fezes
  • fezzes
  • garrison caps
  • hard hats
  • hats
  • headdresses
  • headgears
  • headpieces
  • helmets
  • helms
  • high hats
  • homburgs
  • hoods
  • kepis
  • kufis
  • leghorns
  • lids
  • miters
  • mitres
  • nightcaps
  • opera hats
  • overseas caps
  • panamas
  • picture hats
  • pillboxes
  • plug hats
  • porkpie hats
  • service caps
  • shakoes
  • shakos
  • silk hats
  • skimmers
  • skullcaps
  • sombreros
  • stocking caps
  • stovepipes
  • sunbonnets
  • tams
  • ten-gallon hats
  • top hats
  • toppers
  • toques
  • tricornes
  • tricorns
  • turbans
  • warbonnets
  • zucchettos

earthwork

  • arroyo
  • bank
  • barrage
  • barricade
  • barrier
  • bastion
  • battlement
  • block
  • blockhouse
  • breakwater
  • breastwork
  • buffer
  • bulwark
  • canal
  • castle
  • channel
  • citadel
  • consolidation
  • cut
  • dam
  • defense
  • depression
  • dike
  • ditch
  • drain
  • drill
  • dugout
  • elevation
  • embankment
  • embattlement
  • entrenchment
  • excavation
  • fastness
  • fence
  • floodgate
  • fort
  • fortress
  • fosse
  • foxhole
  • furrow
  • garrison
  • gorge
  • guard
  • gulch
  • gully
  • gutter
  • head
  • hill
  • hollow
  • jetty
  • keep
  • levee
  • lock
  • main
  • milldam
  • moat
  • mound
  • outpost
  • parapet
  • pit
  • preparation
  • presidio
  • protection
  • rampart
  • reinforcement
  • ridge
  • rut
  • seawall
  • security
  • sink
  • sluice
  • stank
  • stockade
  • strengthening
  • stronghold
  • support
  • trough
  • tube
  • vallation
  • wall
  • waterway
  • weir

garrisons

  • airbases
  • assails
  • assaults
  • attacks
  • barracks
  • bases
  • bastions
  • battlefronts
  • battles
  • beachheads
  • beleaguers
  • besets
  • besieges
  • blockades
  • blockhouses
  • bridgeheads
  • bunkers
  • camps
  • cantonments
  • centers
  • charges
  • citadels
  • combats
  • conquers
  • crushes
  • despoils
  • dominates
  • dugouts
  • emplacements
  • encroaches
  • fields
  • fights
  • footholds
  • footings
  • fortifications
  • fortresses
  • forts
  • fronts
  • garrison houses
  • harasses
  • headquarters
  • holds
  • infringes
  • installations
  • invades
  • invests
  • laagers
  • leaguers
  • loots
  • marauds
  • occupies
  • outposts
  • overcomes
  • overpowers
  • overruns
  • overwhelms
  • pillages
  • plunders
  • posts
  • raids
  • ransacks
  • ravages
  • redoubts
  • rushes
  • sacks
  • staging areas
  • staging grounds
  • stations
  • storms
  • strikes
  • strips
  • strongholds
  • subdues
  • subjects
  • subjugates
  • toeholds
  • trespasses
  • vanquishes

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