Synonyms for column
ˈkɒl əmcol·umn

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1. columnnoun

   A solid upright structure designed usually to support a larger structure above it, such as a roof or horizontal beam, but sometimes for decoration.

   Synonyms:
   pillar, post, sile

2. columnnoun

   Antonyms:
   row

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:1.0 / 1 vote

1. columnnoun

   a line of units following one after another

   Synonyms:
   tower, chromatography column, editorial, pillar, newspaper column

2. column, chromatography columnnoun

   a vertical glass tube used in column chromatography; a mixture is poured in the top and washed through a stationary substance where components of the mixture are adsorbed selectively to form colored bands

   Synonyms:
   tower, chromatography column, editorial, pillar, newspaper column

3. columnnoun

   a vertical array of numbers or other information

   "he added a column of numbers"

   Synonyms:
   tower, chromatography column, editorial, pillar, newspaper column

4. column, tower, pillarnoun

   anything that approximates the shape of a column or tower

   "the test tube held a column of white powder"; "a tower of dust rose above the horizon"; "a thin pillar of smoke betrayed their campsite"

   Synonyms:
   newspaper column, pillar, editorial, chromatography column, towboat, tugboat, tug, tower, mainstay

5. column, editorial, newspaper columnnoun

   an article giving opinions or perspectives

   Synonyms:
   tower, chromatography column, editorial, pillar, newspaper column

6. column, pillarnoun

   a vertical cylindrical structure standing alone and not supporting anything (such as a monument)

   Synonyms:
   tower, chromatography column, editorial, mainstay, pillar, newspaper column

7. column, pillarnoun

   (architecture) a tall vertical cylindrical structure standing upright and used to support a structure

   Synonyms:
   tower, chromatography column, editorial, mainstay, pillar, newspaper column

8. columnnoun

   a page or text that is vertically divided

   "the newspaper devoted several columns to the subject"; "the bookkeeper used pages that were divided into columns"

   Synonyms:
   tower, chromatography column, editorial, pillar, newspaper column

9. columnnoun

   any tubular or pillar-like supporting structure in the body

   Synonyms:
   tower, chromatography column, editorial, pillar, newspaper column

Matched Categories

1. • Array
   • File
   • Military
   • Skeletal Structure
   • Structure
   • Text
   • Tube

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. columnnoun

   Synonyms:
   pillar (that is round)

2. columnnoun

   Synonyms:
   file, line, row

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated WordsRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. columnnoun

   Synonyms:
   pillar, post, shaft, obelisk, file, line, row, pilaster

   Associated words:
   entablature, frieze, architrave, triglyph, cornice, base, shaft, capital, plinth

2. columnnoun

   Synonyms:
   peristyle, portico, colonnade

   Associated words:
   entablature, frieze, architrave, triglyph, cornice, base, shaft, capital, plinth

PPDB, the paraphrase databaseRate these paraphrases:0.0 / 0 votes

1. List of paraphrases for "column":

   columns, spine, stanchion, chronic, al-amud, amud, columnar

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1. Martin Hardcastle:

   What can happen is that the rotation of the black hole itself can twist up magnetic fields and the energy put into those twisted magnetic fields generates a column of energy going out, i like to think of these things a bit like a garden hose.

2. Gabriel Orozco:

   The eruptive column has already cleared away from the volcano and is being taken north by winds.

3. Greg Batista:

   All it takes is one column, and everything can come down like a Jenga, after having seen the video ... you see the actual building coming down, and the actual collapse begins on one of the lower floors. So immediately, I see that something happened down there.

4. Ethan Hawke:

   And I noticed recently if you put in a column of every movie I ever did where I carry a gun, and every movie where I don’t, and my salary… I really think it would be about 92 percent to 8 percent.

5. Frank Moore Colby:

   Averageness is a quality we must put up with. Men march toward civilization in column formation, and by the time the van has learned to admire the masters the rear is drawing reluctantly away from the totem pole.