Synonyms for parapet
ˈpær ə pɪt, -ˌpɛtpara·pet

English Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:4.5 / 2 votes

1. parapet

   A bar is something that is or may be firmly fixed, ordinarily with intent to prevent entrance or egress; as, the bars of a prison cell; the bars of a wood-lot. A barrier obstructs, but is not necessarily impassable. Barrier is used of objects more extensive than those to which bar is ordinarily applied. A mountain range may be a barrier to exploration; but a mass of sand across the entrance to a harbor is called a bar. Discovered falsehood is a bar to confidence. Barricade has become practically a technical name for an improvised street fortification, and, unless in some way modified, is usually so understood. A parapet is a low or breast-high wall, as about the edge of a roof, terrace, etc., especially, in military use, such a wall for the protection of troops; a rampart is the embankment surrounding a fort, on which the parapet is raised; the word rampart is often used as including the parapet. Bulwark is a general word for any defensive wall or rampart; its only technical use at present is in nautical language, where it signifies the raised side of a ship above the upper deck, topped by the rail. Compare BOUNDARY; IMPEDIMENT.

   Synonyms:
   bar, barricade, barrier, breastwork, bulwark, hindrance, obstacle, obstruction, prohibition, rampart, restraint, restriction

   Antonyms:
   admittance, entrance, opening, passage, road, thoroughfare, transit, way

   Preposition:
   A barrier to progress, against invasion; a barrier between nations.

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:5.0 / 1 vote

1. parapetnoun

   a low wall along the edge of a roof or balcony

   Synonyms:
   breastwork

2. parapet, breastworknoun

   fortification consisting of a low wall

   Synonyms:
   breastwork

Matched Categories

1. • Fortification
   • Wall

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. parapetnoun

   Synonyms:
   (Fort.) breastwork (on a rampart)

2. parapetnoun

   Synonyms:
   breast wall (as on a bridge)

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

1. List of paraphrases for "parapet":

   railing

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How to use parapet in a sentence?

1. Richard Bruce Winders:

   Then you would have to remove the parapet.

2. Nigel Kushner:

   There can be no meaningful improvement in investment into the Iranian economy until some robust banks agree to raise their head above the parapet and finance it, i believe they will, but it will take time... I believe it will happen over the next six months and then there will be a domino effect.

3. Sergio Levinsky:

   I think we'll see fewer leaders at the tournament than before because nobody wants to raise their head above the parapet.