headquarters

The word “headquarters” has 3 syllables: head-quar-ters

It's pronounced as /ˈhɛdˌkwɔːr.tɚz/


What is synonym and antonym for headquarters?

In the thesaurus, “headquarters” has 14 synonyms.

Here are synonyms for headquarters along with examples of usage in sentences.


Synonyms for headquarters

  • HQ
  • base
  • base of operations
  • capital
  • center
  • central station
  • command
  • command post
  • company headquarters
  • high command
  • home
  • main office
  • nerve center
  • seat

Meanings of headquarters

  • noun
    1. The military installation from which troops are commanded and orders are issued; the military unit consisting of a commander and his support staff.
    2. The center of an organization's operations or administration.
    3. A place of concentrated activity or influence.

Example Sentences

  • The company’s main headquarters is located in New York City.
  • During the emergency, all staff were asked to report to the headquarters immediately.
  • The military headquarters coordinated the rescue operation efficiently.
  • She was promoted and transferred to the regional headquarters last month.
  • The nonprofit organization moved its headquarters to a larger building to accommodate its growing team.

On this page you'll find 14 synonyms or another words to headquarters, such as: HQ, base, base of operations, capital, center, central station, command.

Make sure to choose synonyms and antonyms that are appropriate for the context of the sentence.

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calaboose

  • bastille
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  • big house
  • big school
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  • brig
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  • pokey
  • police headquarters
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  • reform school
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  • slam
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  • stalag
  • station house
  • stir
  • stockade
  • tank
  • tolbooth
  • training school
  • up the river
  • ward
  • work camp

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

officials

  • President
  • administration
  • administrators
  • admiral
  • advisers
  • authority
  • beadledom
  • board
  • bureau
  • bureaucrats
  • cabinet
  • chair
  • chairmen
  • chairperson
  • chairs
  • city hall
  • civil service
  • command
  • commander
  • commissioners
  • committee
  • consulate
  • department
  • directorate
  • directors
  • embassy
  • executive
  • executives
  • feds
  • flunkeys
  • flunkies
  • front office
  • functionaries
  • general
  • governing body
  • government
  • headquarters
  • heads
  • legislature
  • management
  • managers
  • minions
  • ministry
  • officeholders
  • officers
  • officialdom
  • powers
  • powers that be
  • presidency
  • presidium
  • public servants
  • red tape
  • regulators
  • regulatory commission
  • stewards
  • superintendents
  • supervisors
  • the Establishment
  • the system
  • top brass
  • underlings
  • upstairs

navels

  • attractions
  • axes
  • bases
  • capitals
  • centers
  • centrals
  • cores
  • cynosures
  • deeps
  • epicenters
  • essences
  • eyes
  • foci
  • focuses
  • ground zeros
  • happy hunting grounds
  • headquarters
  • hearts
  • hives
  • hot spots
  • hotbeds
  • hotspots
  • hubs
  • kernels
  • loadstones
  • loci
  • lodestones
  • magnets
  • meccas
  • nerve centers
  • nexus
  • nexuses
  • nubs
  • nuclei
  • nucleuses
  • omphali
  • piths
  • playgrounds
  • playlands
  • polestars
  • quintessences
  • seats
  • souls
  • thicks

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

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