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pillarnoun
Synonyms:
sile, column -
pillarnoun
To provide with pillars or added strength as if from pillars.
Synonyms:
sile, column -
pillarnoun
Something resembling such a structure.
a pillar of smoke
Synonyms:
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pillarnoun
An essential part of something that provides support.
He’s a pillar of the community.
Synonyms:
column, sile
Princeton’s WordNetRate these synonyms:3.0 / 2 votes
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pillarnoun
a fundamental principle or practice
«science eroded the pillars of superstition»
Synonyms:
tower, mainstay, column -
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, editorial, chromatography column, column, towboat, tugboat, tug, tower, mainstay -
pillar, mainstaynoun
a prominent supporter
«he is a pillar of the community»
Synonyms:
backbone, column, lynchpin, linchpin, anchor, tower, keystone, mainstay -
column, pillarnoun
a vertical cylindrical structure standing alone and not supporting anything (such as a monument)
Synonyms:
tower, chromatography column, editorial, mainstay, newspaper column, column -
column, pillarnoun
(architecture) a tall vertical cylindrical structure standing upright and used to support a structure
Synonyms:
tower, chromatography column, editorial, mainstay, newspaper column, column
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- Architecture
- Principle
- Shape
- Structure
- Supporter
- Upright
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How to use pillar in a sentence?
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Mesirow Financial:
Eric was not only a pillar in our industry, he was a great partner and friend to many.
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Wang Qun:
This is a pillar, not something that China set. It is universally recognized by the international community.
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Jonathan Moore:
Certainly, gear-marking guidelines and regulations should be a central pillar of all responsible fisheries management operations.
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Hal Steinbrenner:
Stick was a pillar of this organization for decades, he knew the game of baseball like few others did, and was always willing and excited to talk about it with anyone in earshot. His contributions to the Yankees over the years have been immeasurable. He loved baseball and this organization, and he will be profoundly missed. I extend my deepest sympathies to his wife, Joette, and his entire family.
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Elisabeth Hildebrand:
These motives may well have been the case among sedentary farmers, but the finds at Lothagam North Pillar Site show that some instances of monumentality developed for other reasons that did not relate to elites.
Translations for pillar
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- عمودArabic
- баған, бағана, колоннаBashkir
- pilarCatalan, Valencian
- pilířCzech
- Säule, PfeilerGerman
- κίωνας, στυλοβάτης, κολώναGreek
- kolonoEsperanto
- pilarSpanish
- ستون, رکنPersian
- pilari, pylväsFinnish
- pile, pilierFrench
- colbh, carraghScottish Gaelic
- piarGalician
- स्तंभHindi
- oszlopHungarian
- պատվար, կոթող, հենարան, նեցուկ, սյունArmenian
- pilar, tiangIndonesian
- pilastroItalian
- 柱Japanese
- 기둥Korean
- columnaeLatin
- pilioriusLithuanian
- pouMāori
- дирек, столбMacedonian
- pijler, zuil, pilaarDutch
- filarPolish
- pilarPortuguese
- stâlpRomanian
- оплот, столб, опора, колоннаRussian
- stub, стуб, ступ, stupac, ступац, stup, stubac, стубацSerbo-Croatian
- pilierSlovak
- steber, slopSlovene
- shtyllëAlbanian
- kolonn, stöttepelare, pelareSwedish
- majabaliSwahili
- స్తంభముTelugu
- sütunTurkish
- arati’aTahitian
- 支柱Chinese
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architecture, column of building
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I insisted on her taking my own rocker, while I fixed myself on the floor with a pillar for a back-rest.
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To solve this one I stopped on the tavern steps, leaned against a pillar, and gazed through the dozing village.
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Up the tube vapours may be seen ascending at great speed, the whole appearing like a gigantic pillar of swiftly revolving smoke.
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For a pillar of the Church, Billy displayed rather amazing tastes and abilities.
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WORDS RELATED TO PILLAR
- ballast
- bower
- comfort
- defense
- fastener
- foothold
- grapnel
- grappling iron
- grip
- hold
- hook
- kedge
- mainstay
- mooring
- mud hook
- pillar
- protection
- safeguard
- security
- staff
- stay
- support
- axle
- balk
- bolster
- boom
- brace
- cantilever
- column
- crossbar
- crosspiece
- girder
- jamb
- joist
- lintel
- pile
- piling
- pillar
- plank
- pole
- post
- prop
- rafter
- scantling
- shaft
- sill
- spar
- stanchion
- stay
- stringer
- strip
- strut
- stud
- timber
- two-by-four
- anchor
- base
- essential
- foundation
- key element
- keystone
- linchpin
- main ingredient
- mainspring
- mainstay
- pillar
- anchor
- backbone
- brace
- bulwark
- buttress
- crutch
- good right arm
- linchpin
- maintainer
- pillar
- prop
- right-hand person
- sinew
- staff
- standby
- stay
- strength
- supporter
- sustainer
- upholder
- anchors
- backbones
- braces
- bulwarks
- buttresses
- crutches
- good right arms
- linchpins
- maintainers
- pillars
- props
- right-hand persons
- sinews
- staffs
- standbys
- stays
- strengths
- supporters
- sustainers
- upholders
- cairn
- ceremony
- column
- headstone
- inscription
- keepsake
- mausoleum
- memento
- monolith
- obelisk
- pillar
- plaque
- record
- relic
- remembrance
- reminder
- shaft
- slab
- souvenir
- statue
- stele
- tablet
- token
- tombstone
- trophy
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What is another word for pillar?
572 synonyms found
Pronunciation:
[ pˈɪlə], [ pˈɪlə], [ p_ˈɪ_l_ə]
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adj.
• Other relevant words: (adjective)
- meritable,
- Thankworthy,
- salt of earth,
- praiseworthy.
• praiseworthy (adjective)
- more pillar,
- more meritable,
- most meritable,
- salt earth,
- most pillar,
- most thankworthy,
- more thankworthy.
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n.
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- follower,
- mast,
- proponent,
- ideologue,
- advocate,
- adherent,
- sympathizer,
- sponsor,
- pedestal,
- exponent.
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- dependence,
- idea,
- philosophy,
- faith,
- commitment,
- belief,
- thought,
- theory,
- ideal,
- concept.
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•
- frame,
- rafter,
- framework,
- scaffold,
- joist,
- gantry,
- stanchion,
- buttress.
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•
- heroine,
- legend,
- wonder,
- idol,
- guiding light,
- golden boy,
- golden girl,
- folk hero,
- role model,
- hero.
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- pole,
- stick,
- string,
- spring,
- length,
- filament,
- thread,
- strip,
- strap,
- line.
• anchor (noun)
- de fenses,
- grappling irons,
- mud hooks,
- de-fenses.
• artifact (noun)
- pillar.
• back and forth (noun)
- undecided,
- vacillating,
- fluctuating.
• beam (noun)
- cantilever,
- crosspieces,
- crosspiece,
- cantilevers,
- scantling,
- crossbars,
- scantlings,
- lath,
- plank,
- lintel,
- lintels,
- cross bar,
- Laths,
- crossbar,
- two-by-four,
- cross-piece,
- stringers,
- sills,
- stringer,
- sill,
- pilings.
• column of building, or freestanding column (noun)
- obelisk,
- pilaster,
- piling,
- colonnade,
- prop.
• cornerstone (noun)
- mainspring,
- linchpin,
- keystones,
- main ingredient,
- linchpins,
- key element,
- mainsprings.
• mainstay (noun)
- sustainer,
- SINEWS,
- upholders,
- sustainers,
- sinew,
- maintainer,
- right-hand person,
- righthand person,
- good right arm,
- maintainers,
- upholder.
• mainstay; source of strength (noun)
- leader,
- backbone,
- Guider,
- rock,
- worthy,
- light.
• memorial (noun)
- re cords,
- re-cord,
- head stones,
- re-minders,
- re cord,
- Head-stone,
- re-minder,
- head-stones,
- stelai,
- re-cords,
- re minder.
• monolith (noun)
- menhirs.
• monument (noun)
- footstones.
• obelisk (noun)
- pylons.
• Other relevant words: (noun)
- anchor,
- vertical,
- Expounder,
- preserver,
- mainstay,
- booster,
- friend,
- stele,
- endorsers,
- cornerstone,
- grappling iron,
- supporter,
- Paraclete,
- cenotaphs,
- erections,
- monolith,
- seconder,
- protagonist,
- grapnel,
- marker,
- thing,
- preservers,
- gravestones,
- abiders,
- erection,
- Footstone,
- head stone,
- mud hook,
- tower,
- relic,
- architecture,
- endorser,
- apologist,
- kedges,
- protection,
- apologists,
- expounders,
- suspenders,
- beam,
- Cairns,
- steles,
- admirer,
- stalwarts,
- grapnels,
- pier,
- Abider,
- gravestone,
- principle,
- Espouser,
- monument,
- monuments,
- structure,
- co-worker,
- menhir,
- espousers,
- Coworker,
- tower of strength,
- rest,
- well-wisher,
- column,
- rule,
- construction,
- cenotaph,
- shaft,
- seconders,
- Kedge,
- co-workers,
- picket,
- stake,
- coworkers,
- upright,
- champion,
- form,
- post,
- wellwishers,
- cairn,
- shape,
- memorial,
- Wellwisher.
• picket (noun)
- uprights,
- palings.
• pier (noun)
- quay,
- Pierage,
- Moles,
- jetty,
- pilasters.
• pillar (noun)
- caryatid.
• post (noun)
- doorpost,
- stilts,
- doorposts,
- newels.
• shaft (noun)
- diaphysis,
- helves.
• support (noun)
- stiffener,
- sustentation,
- Fulcrums,
- stiffeners,
- flotations,
- substructures,
- Fulcra,
- fulcrum,
- flotation.
• support/supporter (noun)
- well-wishers,
- ex pounders,
- well wishers,
- de-fenders,
- co worker,
- ex-pounder,
- sub-scriber,
- tower strength,
- pre-server,
- pre server,
- ex pounder,
- well wisher,
- pre-servers,
- de-fender,
- ex-pounders,
- de fenders,
- de fender,
- sub scriber,
- sub-scribers,
- pre servers,
- co workers,
- sub scribers.
• tower (noun)
- stronghold,
- cloud buster,
- minarets,
- high rise.
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v.
• reinforce (verb)
- in-crease,
- souping up,
- soups up,
- lending a hand,
- stands up for,
- props up,
- multi-plying,
- under-lined,
- punches up,
- lent hand,
- lends a hand,
- in creasing,
- punching up,
- heating up,
- under lining,
- lend hand,
- lent a hand,
- under line,
- under-line,
- adds fuel to fire,
- under lined,
- standing up for,
- adds fuel fire,
- punched up,
- shores up,
- in creases,
- in-creased,
- in crease,
- under lines,
- multi-plied,
- hyping,
- lends hand,
- lending hand,
- multi plying,
- in-creases,
- under-lines.
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Other synonyms:
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- milestone.
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- foundation,
- support.
• Other relevant words:
- propping up,
- prop up,
- heat up,
- pillared,
- toughen,
- soup up,
- under-lining,
- shore up,
- shored up,
- heats up,
- reinforce,
- heated up,
- punch up,
- stood up for,
- pillaring,
- propped up,
- shoring up,
- souped up,
- lend a hand,
- stand up for.
• Other relevant words (noun):
- drum,
- nonplussed,
- keystone,
- staff,
- skyscraper,
- bole,
- derrick,
- newspaper column,
- Rara Avis,
- dolmen,
- ribbon,
- commemoration,
- bolster,
- table,
- necrology,
- flatter,
- columned,
- vellum,
- thill,
- pedicle,
- arch,
- cask,
- Zocle,
- bust,
- strut,
- paper,
- truss,
- medal,
- arcade,
- quill,
- creditable,
- tomb,
- remember,
- roller,
- coax,
- style,
- celebrity,
- cylinder,
- office,
- antenna tower,
- abutment,
- socle,
- martello,
- foolscap,
- jamb,
- handle,
- fire tower,
- balustrade,
- belfry,
- meritorious,
- patroness,
- plinth,
- surbase,
- position,
- reliquary,
- lamppost,
- graveled,
- inscription,
- pagoda,
- Crutches,
- enforce,
- peduncle,
- stationery,
- pile,
- pyramid,
- plaque,
- reputable,
- newel,
- pike,
- cromlech,
- blackboard,
- palisade,
- footing,
- editorial,
- at a nonplus,
- admirable,
- newel post,
- brass,
- mausoleum,
- base,
- telamon,
- Protectress,
- kowtow,
- bedrock,
- boundary stone,
- tug,
- standard,
- towboat,
- Crutched,
- lantern,
- pickets,
- stuck fast,
- remembrance,
- papyrus,
- trunk,
- memorial stone,
- grave,
- applaudable,
- stone,
- grovel,
- spire,
- testimonial,
- pipe,
- encourage,
- observation tower,
- ink bottle,
- crutch,
- establishment,
- shrine,
- enhance,
- wheedle,
- tugboat,
- hard up,
- pedicel,
- paling,
- strengthen,
- shank,
- pencil,
- turret,
- slab,
- consolidate,
- uncertain,
- patron,
- colossus,
- aground,
- Hoarstone,
- bar,
- Classman,
- headstone,
- tube,
- pillars,
- Underpinning,
- up a tree,
- aux abois,
- stalk,
- mail,
- pander to,
- banister,
- mullion,
- thrown out,
- pinched,
- minaret,
- repay,
- honorable,
- Hatchment,
- Cylindroid,
- shore,
- memento,
- barrel,
- stanchions,
- irresolutely,
- girder,
- harden,
- standpipe,
- jack,
- stranded,
- intensify,
- parchment,
- timber,
- seesaw,
- enrich,
- stilt,
- supporting structure,
- typewriter,
- steeple,
- good,
- cupola,
- slate,
- somebody,
- barbican,
- play up to,
- guy wire,
- at a loss,
- notability,
- memory,
- stem,
- subbase,
- pale,
- substructure,
- lion,
- lynchpin,
- helve,
- tablet,
- buttresses,
- Irresolvedly,
- leg,
- cross,
- brace,
- ziggurat,
- chromatography column,
- trophy,
- Candle power,
- tope,
- estimable,
- vertebrate,
- strength,
- stud,
- build up,
- achievement,
- pylon,
- place,
- baluster,
- barrow,
- fixture,
- stave,
- dome,
- nobleman,
- stand,
- portico,
- prize,
- rely on,
- Footstalk,
- Stupa,
- straitened,
- Martello Tower,
- megalith,
- marble,
- guy,
- defender,
- mound,
- spike,
- jump about,
- puzzled,
- pinnacle,
- backbones,
- rod,
- cup,
- nonplused,
- stay,
- campanile,
- atlas,
- at bay,
- rouleau,
- fortify,
- reinforcement,
- tour,
- protector,
- pen,
- water tower,
- lighthouse,
- standby,
- roll,
- tombstone,
- obituary,
- pediment,
- die,
- lean on,
- dado,
- stela,
- peristyle,
- celebration,
- at a standstill,
- rostral column,
- Backboned.
How to use «Pillar» in context?
A pillar is a supporting structural element of an arch or vault, either central or at one of its arms. They were first used in the ancient Egyptian and Sumerian civilizations, and were later adopted by the Greeks. The name comes from the Latin word «pilaris», meaning «pillar».
Paraphrases for Pillar:
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Equivalence
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Noun, singular or mass
mainstay.
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Noun, singular or mass
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Reverse Entailment
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Proper noun, singular
c-pillar.
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Proper noun, singular
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Independent
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Proper noun, singular
pilar, sections.
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Noun, singular or mass
bastion, centrepiece, linchpin, milepost, milestone, pier, pile, piles, prop, stronghold, Underpinning, coordinates, beams, highlights.
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Proper noun, singular
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Other Related
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Proper noun, singular
components.
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Noun, singular or mass
anchor, backbone, bedrock, cornerstone, drumstick, lynchpin, plank.
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Proper noun, singular
Homophones for Pillar:
- Piller.
Holonyms for Pillar:
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n.
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artifact
temple.
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artifact
Hyponym for Pillar:
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n.
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artifact
construction, upright, vertical, structure.
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cognition
principle, rule.
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shape
form, shape.
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artifact
Meronym for Pillar:
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n.
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artifact
chapiter, footstall, plinth, scape, shaft, Entasis, pedestal, capital, cap.
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artifact
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