Synonyms for outpost
ˈaʊtˌpoʊstout·post

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1. outstation, outpostnoun

   a station in a remote or sparsely populated location

   Synonyms:
   frontier settlement, outstation

2. frontier settlement, outpostnoun

   a settlement on the frontier of civilization

   Synonyms:
   outstation, frontier settlement

3. outpostnoun

   a military post stationed at a distance from the main body of troops

   Synonyms:
   frontier settlement, outstation

Matched Categories

1. • Colony
   • Military
   • Military Post
   • Station

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1. List of paraphrases for "outpost":

   bastion, post, stronghold

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1. Awad Abu Samra:

   When they got out of the cars they were attacked by young settlers from the outpost who were carrying clubs and axes. They struck the cars with clubs but the security guards did not respond with their weapons.

2. Thorsten J. Pattberg:

   Harvard has de facto become a Chinese outpost.

3. John Druckenmiller:

   We’re an outpost. We’re still kind of unheard of here, but we’re getting more and more attention.

4. Greg Abbott:

   We in Texas have been left to our own devices to fend for ourselves, just like we're some outpost somewhere along some territory that the federal government doesn't care about anymore, it's not like it was with President Trump. He cared about Texas. He stepped up to Texas. He built the wall in Texas.

5. Awad Abu Samra:

   There were six security guards from the consulate riding in two cars, when they got out of the cars they were attacked by young settlers from the outpost who were carrying clubs and axes. They struck the cars with clubs but the security guards did not respond with their weapons.