Fence

//fɛns//

Synonyms for "fence" (341 found)

Ranked by relevance and common usage.

Strong matches (102)

bulkhead bulkhead in bulwark cage casemate castellate cavil center champion cheval-de-frise chop logic choplogic circumscribe circumvallation clash cloak close close in cofferdam collide

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Verb(3 words)

contend debate fence in

Noun(2 words)

fencer fencing

Related words (170)

impartial indecisive independent insure iron curtain irresolute jam jetty jostle joust jump keep keep from harm leaping weir levee logjam loophole lunette machicolation make safe

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man man the garrison maneuver mantelet mean medium memory barrier merlon mew middle course middle ground middle of the road middle way milldam mine mix it up moat moderantism moderate position moderateness moderation moderatism mole moonshine mound mystify nestle neutral neutral ground nitpick obscure on the fence outwit outwork pale paling palings palisade palter parados parapet patent pawn pen pick nits picket placer police portcullis postern gate protect protection pull away pull back push pussyfoot put off qualify quarrel quibble rail railing rampart rassle ravelin receiver recoil redan redoubt register restrict retaining wall ride shotgun for riot roadblock rock-fill dam run a tilt safeguard sally port scarp sconce scramble screen scuffle seawall secure security separate sheer off shelter shift shift off shilly-shally shirk shove shrink shroud shutter dam shy shy away shy off sidestep skirmish spar split hairs stake step aside stone wall stonewall stop strive struggle surround swagman swagsman swerve tenaille tergiversate third force thrust and parry tilt tourney trellis tussle unbiased uncertain uncommitted undecided underwrite unprejudiced vacillate vacillating vallation vallum via media waffle wage war war ward off weir wicket dam work wrestle zigzag fence

Noun(2 words)

memory barrier placer

Verb(4 words)

palisade pawn surround wall

Related word relations

OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.

18 relation types

More general

17 entries

bargainer barrier close in contend converse dealer discourse enclose fight have inclose monger protect receive shut in struggle

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More specific

4 entries

catch fence electric fence picket fence snow fence

Synonyms

22 entries

argue barrier defence defend equivocate evade fencing fortify guard hedge hoarding jump palings parry pawn prevaricate

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Related terms

2 entries

wire gauze wire netting

capable of

9 entries

border property divide property fence field fence in animals fence in dog part two pieces of propery receive stolen goods separate two yards wall yard

derived

85 entries

Belgian fence Chesterton's fence Fence Houses Fencehouses Virginia fence Virginia rail fence back-fence brush fence buck fence cyclone fence dingo fence drop fence electrical fence fedge fence hopper fence in

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has a

1 entries

posts

has context

4 entries

computing equestrianism programming sports

has first_subevent

5 entries

have proper tools identify boundries put fencing gear on put on protective gear salute oponent

has last_subevent

4 entries

clean up tools go inside say touche yell touche

has prerequisite

30 entries

accuire foil attack buy posts buy sword buy wood dig post holes do fencing sword find fencing instructor get agreement of neighbors get epee get foil get protective gear get sabre get sword go to fencing salon

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has subevent

12 entries

dodge opponents sword drop sword get dressed in special gear getting arrested getting poked have fun jump loose parry raise arms wave sword wear mask

is a

9 entries

barrier barrier against people or animals border falling down fixed freestanding structure fixed obstacle free sheet trader wall

manner of

3 entries

enclose fight receive

motivated by_goal

15 entries

challenging exercise defend enclose space enclosed seperate outside space learn sport like challenging sports like swords and athletics like to play with swords lost gun needed exercise new radio own epee pretend medieval nobleman privacy wanted to settle argument

part of

1 entries

fence line

related to

27 entries

barrier buy buying chain chain link contain criminal divider enclose fencing good fences make good neighbors guard guide hide link memory barrier

Showing 16 of 27 words.

used for

5 entries

containing animals creating privacy enclosing space keep pets in marking property lines

Translations

352 translations across 131 languages.

Aari

1 entries

gurdá noun (barrier)

Albanian

3 entries

gardh noun (barrier)
rrethojë noun (barrier)
thur verb (to enclose by building a fence)

Amharic

1 entries

አጥር noun (barrier)

Ancient Greek

3 entries

φραγμός noun (barrier)
ἕρκος noun (barrier)
φράσσω verb (to enclose by building a fence)

Arabic

4 entries

جدار noun (barrier)
سياج noun (barrier)
سُور noun (barrier)
سُور noun (barrier)

Aragonese

1 entries

barana noun (barrier)

Armenian

2 entries

չափար noun (barrier)
ցանկապատ noun (barrier)

Assamese

2 entries

জেওৰা noun (barrier)
বেৰা noun (barrier)

Asturian

4 entries

allambráu noun (barrier)
barganaz noun (barrier)
barganera noun (barrier)
cierru noun (barrier)

Azerbaijani

4 entries

barı noun (barrier)
divar noun (barrier)
hasar noun (barrier)
sədd noun (barrier)

Bashkir

1 entries

ҡойма noun (barrier)

Basque

1 entries

hesi noun (barrier)

Belarusian

4 entries

агаро́джа noun (barrier)
парка́н noun (barrier)
плот noun (barrier)
тын noun (barrier)

Bengali

1 entries

বেড়া noun (barrier)

Bhojpuri

1 entries

बाड़ noun (barrier)

Bikol Central

1 entries

kudal noun (barrier)

Bislama

1 entries

banis noun (barrier)

Breton

1 entries

peulgae noun (barrier)

Bulgarian

4 entries

огра́да noun (barrier)
плет noun (barrier)
ограждам verb (to enclose by building a fence)
фехтувам се verb (to engage in (the sport) fencing)

Burmese

3 entries

ခြံစည်းရိုး noun (barrier)
စည်း noun (barrier)
အကာ noun (barrier)

Catalan

4 entries

barrera noun (barrier)
perista noun (someone who hides or buys and sells stolen goods)
tanca noun (barrier)
valla noun (barrier)

Cebuano

1 entries

koral noun (barrier)

Central Kurdish

1 entries

پەرژین noun (barrier)

Chechen

1 entries

керт noun (barrier)

Chinese Mandarin

2 entries

柵欄 /栅栏 noun (barrier)
籬笆 /篱笆 noun (barrier)

Church Slavic

2 entries

плотъ noun (barrier)
халѫга noun (barrier)

Chuukese

1 entries

tit noun (barrier)

Cornish

4 entries

ke noun (barrier)
kloos noun (barrier)
keas verb (to enclose by building a fence)
skyrmya verb (to engage in (the sport) fencing)

Czech

4 entries

ohrada noun (barrier)
oplocení noun (barrier)
plot noun (barrier)
oplotit verb (to enclose by building a fence)

Danish

3 entries

hegn noun (barrier)
hæler noun (someone who hides or buys and sells stolen goods)
fægte verb (to engage in (the sport) fencing)

Dari

1 entries

کَتَارَه noun (barrier)

Dutch

4 entries

hek noun (barrier)
heler noun (someone who hides or buys and sells stolen goods)
omheining noun (barrier)
helen verb (to trade with stolen goods)

Esperanto

4 entries

barilo noun (barrier)
ricelisto noun (someone who hides or buys and sells stolen goods)
riceli verb (to trade with stolen goods)
skermi verb (to engage in (the sport) fencing)

Estonian

2 entries

tara noun (barrier)
vehklema verb (to engage in (the sport) fencing)

Faroese

1 entries

girðing noun (barrier)

Finnish

4 entries

aita noun (barrier)
jobbari noun (someone who hides or buys and sells stolen goods)
luukku noun (someone who hides or buys and sells stolen goods)
välittäjä noun (someone who hides or buys and sells stolen goods)

French

4 entries

cloison noun (barrier)
clôture noun (barrier)
fourgue noun (someone who hides or buys and sells stolen goods)
receleur noun (someone who hides or buys and sells stolen goods)

Galician

4 entries

cerrume noun (barrier)
valo noun (barrier)
cercar verb (to enclose by building a fence)
choer verb (to enclose by building a fence)

Georgian

4 entries

გალავანი noun (barrier)
ღობე noun (barrier)
ფარიკაობა verb (to engage in (the sport) fencing)
ხმალაობა verb (to engage in (the sport) fencing)

German

4 entries

Fence noun (barrier)
Fenz noun (barrier)
Haag noun (barrier)
Hag noun (barrier)

Greek

4 entries

κλεπταποδόχος noun (someone who hides or buys and sells stolen goods)
μάντρα noun (barrier)
περίφραξη noun (barrier)
φράχτης noun (barrier)

Greenlandic

1 entries

ungaloq noun (barrier)

Hamer-Banna

4 entries

agála noun (barrier)
kermí noun (barrier)
qalánsi noun (barrier)
áigi noun (barrier)

Hanunoo

1 entries

alad noun (barrier)

Hausa

1 entries

shinge noun (barrier)

Hebrew

2 entries

גָדֵר noun (barrier)
גידר verb (to enclose by building a fence)

Higaonon

1 entries

alad noun (barrier)

Hindi

2 entries

बाड़ noun (barrier)
बाड़ा verb (to enclose by building a fence)

Hungarian

2 entries

kerítés noun (barrier)
orgazda noun (someone who hides or buys and sells stolen goods)

Icelandic

1 entries

girðing noun (barrier)

Ido

2 entries

fencagar verb (to enclose by building a fence)
skermar verb (to engage in (the sport) fencing)

Indonesian

2 entries

pagar noun (barrier)
perantara noun (someone who hides or buys and sells stolen goods)

Ingrian

2 entries

aita noun (barrier)
aijoittaa verb (to enclose by building a fence)

Iranian Persian

3 entries

حِصار noun (barrier)
دیوار noun (barrier)
پَرْچین noun (barrier)

Irish

4 entries

airbhe noun (barrier)
claí noun (barrier)
fál noun (barrier)
sconsa noun (barrier)

Italian

4 entries

barriera noun (barrier)
cinta noun (barrier)
palizzata noun (barrier)
recinto noun (barrier)

Japanese

4 entries

囲い noun (barrier)
垣 noun (barrier)
垣根 noun (barrier)
塀 noun (barrier)

Javanese

1 entries

pager noun (barrier)

Kannada

1 entries

ಬೇಲಿ noun (barrier)

Kazakh

2 entries

дуал noun (barrier)
қаша noun (barrier)

Khiamniungan Naga

2 entries

wām noun (someone who hides or buys and sells stolen goods)
wām verb (to enclose by building a fence)

Khmer

2 entries

ចំណារ noun (barrier)
រ noun (barrier)

Korean

2 entries

담 noun (barrier)
울타리 noun (barrier)

Kyrgyz

2 entries

дубал noun (barrier)
кашаа noun (barrier)

Lao

1 entries

ຮົ້ວ noun (barrier)

Latin

1 entries

saepēs noun (barrier)

Latvian

2 entries

sēta noun (barrier)
žogs noun (barrier)

Lithuanian

1 entries

tvora noun (barrier)

Lower Sorbian

1 entries

płot noun (barrier)

Macedonian

4 entries

о́града noun (barrier)
плет noun (barrier)
плот noun (barrier)
мечува verb (to engage in (the sport) fencing)

Malay

1 entries

pagar noun (barrier)

Malayalam

1 entries

വേലി noun (barrier)

Mansaka

1 entries

arad noun (barrier)

Manx

2 entries

cleigh noun (barrier)
kionneyder griu noun (someone who hides or buys and sells stolen goods)

Maranao

1 entries

alad noun (barrier)

Moksha

1 entries

перяфкс noun (barrier)

Mongolian

4 entries

хайс noun (barrier)
хашаа noun (barrier)
ᠬᠠᠰᠢᠶ᠎ᠠ noun (barrier)
ᠬᠠᠶᠢᠰᠤ noun (barrier)

Māori

4 entries

taiapa noun (barrier)
taiepa noun (barrier)
taki noun (a guard or guide on machinery)
takitaki noun (barrier)

Norman

2 entries

cliôthuthe noun (barrier)
cllôture d'bouais noun (barrier)

Northern Kurdish

2 entries

tan noun (barrier)
çeper noun (barrier)

Norwegian Bokmål

2 entries

gjerde noun (barrier)
heler noun (someone who hides or buys and sells stolen goods)

Norwegian Nynorsk

3 entries

gjerde noun (barrier)
helar noun (someone who hides or buys and sells stolen goods)
hela verb (to trade with stolen goods)

Occitan

1 entries

clausura noun (barrier)

Old English

1 entries

heġe noun (barrier)

Oromo

2 entries

dallaa noun (barrier)
kellaa noun (barrier)

Ossetian

1 entries

ӕмбонд noun (barrier)

Ottoman Turkish

1 entries

چیت noun (barrier)

Pashto

1 entries

کټاره noun (barrier)

Pennsylvania German

1 entries

Fenz noun (barrier)

Plautdietsch

1 entries

Tun noun (barrier)

Polish

4 entries

ogrodzenie noun (barrier)
paser noun (someone who hides or buys and sells stolen goods)
płot noun (barrier)
ogradzać verb (to enclose by building a fence)

Portuguese

4 entries

cerca noun (barrier)
receptador noun (someone who hides or buys and sells stolen goods)
cercar verb (to enclose by building a fence)
esgrimir verb (to engage in (the sport) fencing)

Quechua

1 entries

pirqa noun (barrier)

Romanian

4 entries

gard noun (barrier)
tăinuitoare noun (someone who hides or buys and sells stolen goods)
tăinuitor noun (someone who hides or buys and sells stolen goods)
îngrăditură noun (barrier)

Romansch

1 entries

saiv noun (barrier)

Russian

4 entries

бары́га noun (someone who hides or buys and sells stolen goods)
забо́р noun (barrier)
и́згородь noun (barrier)
огра́да noun (barrier)

Scottish Gaelic

3 entries

bàrd noun (barrier)
callaid noun (barrier)
feansa noun (barrier)

Serbo-Croatian

4 entries

plȏt noun (barrier)
ȍgrada noun (barrier)
о̏града noun (barrier)
пло̑т noun (barrier)

Siberian Tatar

1 entries

цитән noun (barrier)

Sidamo

1 entries

huxxa noun (barrier)

Sinhalese

1 entries

වැට noun (barrier)

Slovak

3 entries

ohrada noun (barrier)
oplotenie noun (barrier)
plot noun (barrier)

Slovene

2 entries

ograja noun (barrier)
sabljati se verb (to engage in (the sport) fencing)

Southern Altai

1 entries

чеден noun (barrier)

Spanish

4 entries

alambrada noun (barrier)
alambrado noun (barrier)
barda noun (barrier)
cerca noun (barrier)

Swahili

4 entries

ua noun (barrier)
ua noun (someone who hides or buys and sells stolen goods)
ua verb (to enclose by building a fence)
ua verb (to engage in (the sport) fencing)

Swedish

4 entries

hälare noun (someone who hides or buys and sells stolen goods)
staket noun (barrier)
stängsel noun (barrier)
fäkta verb (to engage in (the sport) fencing)

Tagalog

1 entries

bakod noun (barrier)

Tajik

2 entries

девор noun (barrier)
ҳисор noun (barrier)

Tamil

1 entries

வேலி noun (barrier)

Tarifit

1 entries

afray noun (barrier)

Tatar

1 entries

койма noun (barrier)

Telugu

2 entries

కంచె noun (barrier)
దడి noun (barrier)

Thai

1 entries

รั้ว noun (barrier)

Tigrinya

1 entries

ሓጹር noun (barrier)

Tok Pisin

1 entries

banis noun (barrier)

Turkish

4 entries

duvar noun (barrier)
çeper noun (barrier)
çit noun (barrier)
çitlemek verb (to enclose by building a fence)

Turkmen

2 entries

aýmança noun (barrier)
haýat noun (barrier)

Tuvan

1 entries

кажаа noun (barrier)

Tày

1 entries

ái noun (barrier)

Ugaritic

1 entries

𐎂𐎄𐎗𐎚 noun (barrier)

Ukrainian

4 entries

огоро́жа noun (barrier)
парка́н noun (barrier)
пліт noun (barrier)
тин noun (barrier)

Upper Sorbian

1 entries

płot noun (barrier)

Urdu

1 entries

باڑ noun (barrier)

Uyghur

1 entries

قاشا noun (barrier)

Uzbek

2 entries

devor noun (barrier)
toʻsiq noun (barrier)

Vietnamese

1 entries

hàng rào noun (barrier)

Vilamovian

1 entries

caojn noun (barrier)

Walloon

2 entries

cloteure noun (barrier)
håye di ronxhes noun (barrier)

Welsh

4 entries

ffens noun (barrier)
ffensiwr noun (someone who hides or buys and sells stolen goods)
cleddyfa verb (to engage in (the sport) fencing)
ffensio verb (to enclose by building a fence)

Yiddish

1 entries

פּלויט noun (barrier)

Sample sentences

24 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

A fence between makes love more keen.

Source: tatoeba (20898)

The school grounds extend as far as this fence.

Source: tatoeba (21555)

A fence runs around the house.

Source: tatoeba (24173)

There is a fence about the house.

Source: tatoeba (24175)

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Fence

Synonyms for "fence" (341 found)

Closest matches (69)

Strong matches (102)

Related words (170)

Related word relations

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Synonyms

Related terms

capable of

derived

has a

has context

has first_subevent

has last_subevent

has prerequisite

has subevent

is a

manner of

motivated by_goal

part of

related to

used for

Translations

Aari

Albanian

Amharic

Ancient Greek

Arabic

Aragonese

Armenian

Assamese

Asturian

Azerbaijani

Bashkir

Basque

Belarusian

Bengali

Bhojpuri

Bikol Central

Bislama

Breton

Bulgarian

Burmese

Catalan

Cebuano

Central Kurdish

Chechen

Chinese Mandarin

Church Slavic

Chuukese

Cornish

Czech

Danish

Dari

Dutch

Esperanto

Estonian

Faroese

Finnish

French

Galician

Georgian

German

Greek

Greenlandic

Hamer-Banna

Hanunoo

Hausa

Hebrew

Higaonon

Hindi

Hungarian

Icelandic

Ido

Indonesian

Ingrian

Iranian Persian

Irish