Synonyms for column
Synonyms by meaning
Noun
1. Pillar — A solid upright structure designed usually to support a larger structure above it, such as a roof or…
Definitions
- n. 1
A solid upright structure designed usually to support a larger structure above it, such as a roof or horizontal beam, but sometimes for decoration.
- n. 2
A vertical line of entries in a table, usually read from top to bottom.
Related words
- Word family
- columnar columniform columnist columnlike
- Phrases
- vertebral column spinal column advice column agony column control column personal column column inch column stinkhorn
- Is a kind of
- beam
Forms
- Plural
- columns → pillars, posts, piers, siles…
Example sentences
- pilaster There was a decorative pilaster to either side of the building's entrance.
- vertical "Keep away from the vertical cliff!" she shouted.
- editorial He seldom reads an editorial and is not a book worm.
- peristyle Amelia is in the peristyle with Marcus, Quintus and Julia.
By length
- 4 letters
- line1, post1, base1, file1, pier1, sile
- 5 letters
- tower2, shaft1
- 6 letters
- pillar2, plinth1
- 7 letters
- obelisk, portico3
- 8 letters
- vertical3, pilaster3
- 9 letters
- editorial5, colonnade3, peristyle3
- 11 letters
- gynostemium
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (tower2 = 2 syllables).