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

laager

  • airbase
  • barracks
  • base
  • bastion
  • battlefront
  • beachhead
  • blockhouse
  • bridgehead
  • bunker
  • camp
  • cantonment
  • center
  • citadel
  • dugout
  • emplacement
  • fastness
  • field
  • foothold
  • footing
  • fort
  • fortification
  • fortress
  • front
  • garrison
  • garrison house
  • headquarters
  • hold
  • installation
  • leaguer
  • outpost
  • post
  • redoubt
  • staging area
  • staging ground
  • station
  • stronghold

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

safeguarding

  • alert
  • arresting
  • attention
  • averting
  • balking
  • battling
  • buffering
  • bulwarking
  • canning
  • care
  • careful
  • cautious
  • checking
  • cherishing
  • conservancy
  • conservation
  • conservational
  • conservative
  • conservatory
  • conserving
  • contending
  • control
  • convoying
  • coping with
  • covering
  • curing
  • custodial
  • custody
  • defended
  • defending
  • defense
  • defensive
  • deliverance
  • directing
  • economy
  • emergency
  • escorting
  • evaporation
  • expectant
  • extrication
  • fencing
  • fending
  • fighting
  • foiling
  • forestalling
  • forfending
  • freezing
  • frustrating
  • garrison
  • governing
  • guard
  • guarded
  • guardian
  • guardianship
  • guarding
  • impregnable
  • in opposition
  • insulating
  • interrupting
  • inviolable
  • invulnerable
  • jealous
  • keeping
  • lookout
  • maintenance
  • management
  • managing
  • opposing
  • palisading
  • patroler
  • perpetuation
  • picketing
  • pickling
  • policing
  • possessive
  • precautionary
  • preserval
  • preservation
  • preservative
  • preserving
  • preventing
  • preventive
  • protected
  • protecting
  • protection
  • protective
  • ransom
  • recovery
  • redemption
  • refrigeration
  • rescue
  • resisting
  • resistive
  • rounds
  • safe
  • safeguard
  • safekeeping
  • safety
  • salvation
  • saving
  • scouting
  • screening
  • secure
  • securing
  • security
  • sentinel
  • sheltered
  • sheltering
  • shield
  • shielded
  • shielding
  • snug
  • spy
  • standing up for
  • stewardship
  • storage
  • supervising
  • supervision
  • support
  • sustentation
  • tanning
  • thwarting
  • unassailable
  • unconquerable
  • upholding
  • upkeep
  • uptight
  • vigilance
  • vigilant
  • walling
  • ward
  • warding
  • warding off
  • warm
  • warring
  • watch
  • watchful
  • watching
  • watchperson
  • withstanding

raid

  • aggression
  • air raid
  • ambuscade
  • ambush
  • arrest
  • assail
  • assault
  • attack
  • attempt
  • barrage
  • batter
  • battle
  • beat up on
  • beleaguer
  • beset
  • besiege
  • blitz
  • blitzkrieg
  • blockade
  • bomb
  • bombard
  • bombardment
  • bombing
  • breach
  • break in
  • breakthrough
  • buffet
  • bum-rush
  • bushwhack
  • bust
  • cannon
  • cannonade
  • capture
  • charge
  • combat
  • conquer
  • counteraggression
  • counterassault
  • counterattack
  • counteroffensive
  • counterstrike
  • coup de main
  • crush
  • descend on
  • descent
  • despoil
  • devastate
  • dominate
  • encroach
  • envelop
  • envelopment
  • fall upon
  • fight
  • fire on
  • flank
  • flanking
  • fly at
  • forage
  • foray
  • forced entrance
  • fusillade
  • garrison
  • go at
  • hail
  • harass
  • harry
  • heat
  • hit-and-run
  • incursion
  • infringe
  • inroad
  • invade
  • invasion
  • invest
  • irruption
  • knock off
  • knock over
  • lean against
  • lean on
  • light into
  • loot
  • maraud
  • march on
  • mob
  • mug
  • nuke
  • occupy
  • offence
  • offense
  • offensive
  • onset
  • onslaught
  • overcome
  • overpower
  • overrun
  • overwhelm
  • pillage
  • pirate
  • pitch into
  • plaster
  • plunder
  • press
  • pull
  • rake
  • ransack
  • ravage
  • reconnaissance
  • rifle
  • rob
  • round on
  • roundup
  • rush
  • sack
  • sally
  • sally forth
  • salvo
  • set at
  • set on
  • set upon
  • shell
  • shootup
  • sic
  • sick
  • siege
  • slough
  • sortie
  • spoliate
  • storm
  • strafe
  • strike
  • strip
  • subdue
  • subject
  • subjugate
  • surprise
  • surprise attack
  • surprize
  • swarm
  • sweep
  • swoop
  • tear into
  • tip over
  • tipover
  • torpedo
  • trap
  • trash
  • trespass
  • vanquish
  • volley
  • waste
  • waylay
  • whammy

occupies

  • absorb
  • absorbs
  • allures
  • amuse
  • attend
  • attracts
  • be active with
  • be concerned with
  • be established
  • be in command
  • be in residence
  • beguiles
  • bemuses
  • bewitches
  • busies
  • busy
  • captivates
  • capture
  • catches up
  • charms
  • conquer
  • cover
  • distracts
  • divert
  • dwell
  • employ
  • enchants
  • engage
  • engages
  • engross
  • engrosses
  • ensconce
  • entertain
  • enthralls
  • enthrals
  • enwraps
  • establish
  • fascinates
  • fill
  • garrison
  • grips
  • hogs
  • hold
  • hold attention
  • hypnotizes
  • immerse
  • immerses
  • inhabit
  • interest
  • interests
  • intrigues
  • invade
  • involve
  • involves
  • keep
  • keep busy
  • live in
  • maintain
  • mesmerizes
  • monopolize
  • monopolizes
  • obsesses
  • obtain
  • overrun
  • own
  • people
  • permeate
  • pervade
  • populate
  • possess
  • preoccupies
  • preoccupy
  • remain
  • sit
  • soak
  • stay
  • take possession
  • take up
  • tenant
  • tie up
  • utilize

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