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Synonyms for pillar

Most common

tower shaft monolith obelisk sile

All synonyms

Noun

1. Column

column, tower

Definitions

  1. n. 1

    A large post, often used as supporting architecture.

Forms

Plural
pillars → columns, towers, supports, monoliths…

Example sentences

  • tower That tower you see over there is the Eiffel Tower.
  • shaft From here, you can look down the elevator shaft.
  • monolith A mysterious metal monolith was discovered in Utah.
  • obelisk The Lateran Obelisk is the largest standing Egyptian obelisk in the world.

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
pillarrising
towersteady
shaftfalling
monolithrising
obeliskrising
silefalling

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

By length

4 letters
post1, pier1, prop1, sile
5 letters
tower2, shaft1
6 letters
column2
7 letters
support2, obelisk
8 letters
mainstay2, monolith3
9 letters
supporter3

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (tower2 = 2 syllables).

In other languages

Français
pilier
Italiano
pilastro
Español
pilar
Deutsch
Pfeiler
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pilar