All stronghold synonyms

noun stronghold

• defense — the act or power of defending, or guarding against attack, harm, or danger
• chateau — A château is a large country house or castle in France.
• chateaux — (in France) a castle or fortress.
• laager — a camp or encampment, especially within a protective circle of wagons.
• minaret — a lofty, often slender, tower or turret attached to a mosque, surrounded by or furnished with one or more balconies, from which the muezzin calls the people to prayer.
• defence — Defence is action that is taken to protect someone or something against attack.
• breastwork — a temporary defensive work, usually breast-high
• outwork — to work harder, better, or faster than.
• acropolis — the citadel of an ancient Greek city
• breastworks — a defensive work, usually breast high.
• fort — a strong or fortified place occupied by troops and usually surrounded by walls, ditches, and other defensive works; a fortress; fortification.
• citadel — In the past, a citadel was a strong building in or near a city, where people could shelter for safety.
• earthworks — Plural form of earthwork.
• garrison — William Lloyd, 1805–79, U.S. leader in the abolition movement.
• aerie — the nest of an eagle or other bird of prey that builds in a high place
• entrenchment — The process of entrenching or something which entrenches.
• alcazar — any of various palaces or fortresses built in Spain by the Moors
• barbican — a walled outwork or tower to protect a gate or drawbridge of a fortification
• keep — to hold or retain in one's possession; hold as one's own: If you like it, keep it. Keep the change.
• fortress — a large fortified place; a fort or group of forts, often including a town; citadel.
• bastille — a fortress in Paris, built in the 14th century: a prison until its destruction in 1789, at the beginning of the French Revolution
• fastness — a secure or fortified place; stronghold: a mountain fastness.
• harborage — shelter for vessels, as that provided by a harbor.
• bulwark — A bulwark against something protects you against it. A bulwark of something protects it.
• castle — A castle is a large building with thick, high walls. Castles were built by important people, such as kings, in former times, especially for protection during wars and battles.
• coverts — concealed; secret; disguised.
• blockhouse — (formerly) a wooden fortification with ports or loopholes for defensive fire, observation, etc
• donjon — the inner tower, keep, or stronghold of a castle.
• bastion — If a system or organization is described as a bastion of a particular way of life, it is seen as being important and effective in defending that way of life. Bastion can be used both when you think that this way of life should be ended and when you think it should be defended.
• embattlement — (countable) A battlement.
• weaponry — weapons or weaponlike instruments collectively.
• earthwork — excavation and piling of earth in connection with an engineering operation.
• fortification — the act of fortifying or strengthening.