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Synonyms for picket

13 synonyms
1 meaning

noun

Most common

sentry piquet picketer

All synonyms

Noun

1. Sentry

sentry, watch, sentinel, guard, look-out, watchman, scout, guardsman, spotter

Other

pale, paling, piquet, picketer

Definitions

n. 1
A stake driven into the ground.

Related words

Word family: picketer picketing
Phrases: picket fence screw picket star picket

Forms

Plural: pickets → sentries, watches, sentinels, guards…

Example sentences

sentry The sentry demanded the password from everyone.

Popularity over time

Word	1850 → 2019	Trend
picket		falling
sentry		rising
piquet		rising
picketer		steady

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

4 letters: pale¹
5 letters: watch¹, guard¹, scout¹
6 letters: sentry², paling, piquet
7 letters: spotter²
8 letters: sentinel³, watchman², picketer³
9 letters: guardsman²

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (sentry² = 2 syllables).

In other languages

Français: piquet
Italiano: picchetto