Synonyms for wall
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1. wallnoun

   an architectural partition with a height and length greater than its thickness; used to divide or enclose an area or to support another structure

   "the south wall had a small window"; "the walls were covered with pictures"

   Synonyms:
   rampart, paries, bulwark

2. wallnoun

   anything that suggests a wall in structure or function or effect

   "a wall of water"; "a wall of smoke"; "a wall of prejudice"; "negotiations ran into a brick wall"

   Synonyms:
   rampart, paries, bulwark

3. wall, pariesnoun

   (anatomy) a layer (a lining or membrane) that encloses a structure

   "stomach walls"

   Synonyms:
   rampart, paries, bulwark

4. wallnoun

   a difficult or awkward situation

   "his back was to the wall"; "competition was pushing them to the wall"

   Synonyms:
   rampart, paries, bulwark

5. wallnoun

   a vertical (or almost vertical) smooth rock face (as of a cave or mountain)

   Synonyms:
   rampart, paries, bulwark

6. wallnoun

   a layer of material that encloses space

   "the walls of the cylinder were perforated"; "the container's walls were blue"

   Synonyms:
   rampart, paries, bulwark

7. wallnoun

   a masonry fence (as around an estate or garden)

   "the wall followed the road"; "he ducked behind the garden wall and waited"

   Synonyms:
   rampart, paries, bulwark

8. rampart, bulwark, wallverb

   an embankment built around a space for defensive purposes

   "they stormed the ramparts of the city"; "they blew the trumpet and the walls came tumbling down"

   Synonyms:
   bulwark, breakwater, mole, paries, groyne, rampart, groin, jetty, seawall

9. wall, palisade, fence, fence in, surroundverb

   surround with a wall in order to fortify

   Synonyms:
   fence, surround, palisade, fence in, skirt, circumvent, ring, border, debate, argue, besiege, smother, contend, beleaguer, hem in, environ

Matched Categories

1. • Anatomy
   • Cave
   • Difficulty
   • Fence
   • Geological Formation
   • Layer
   • Object
   • Partition
   • Stratum

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated WordsRate these synonyms:1.0 / 1 vote

1. wallnoun

   Synonyms:
   foundation, partition, defense, breastwork, rampart, battlement, bulwark, parapet, fortification

   Associated words:
   mural, murage dado, buttress, coping, intramural, wainscot, alcove, niche, abutment, pointing, fresco, studding, underpinning

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

1. List of paraphrases for "wall":

   fence, walls, wail, barrier, mural, muro, mauer, mur, zid, muraille, waii, fal, sidewall, siena, breakwall, berm, paredes, lining

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How to use wall in a sentence?

1. Jens Moller:

   We’re still hoping that we’ll find Kim Wall alive, but we are preparing ourselves for the fact that she may not be.

2. Joe Rospars:

   So we got in the fight. We took on the big money. We took on Wall Street. And in 2010, President Barack Obama signed that agency into law, we won. We won.

3. Viola Fletcher:

   We asked her for another hearing day because mother( Viola) Viola Fletcher turns 108 on May 10, and we asked Caroline Wall and... we said' look, this issue needs to be resolved before this lady turns 108 years old.' And that's why she granted that hearing.

4. Mohammad Reza Domiri Ganji:

   This photo shows a building where anyone can pen verses and hang them on the wall -- their own creations or an old favorite, it's also a place for drinking tea and smoking hookah.

5. Tulane University:

   The comment was written on a makeshift wall on our private property, normally used for a game of capture the flag, to mock the ideologies of a political candidate.