In a lawless outpost deep within the desert, everybody wore football shoulder pads and mohawks.
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Outpost
//ˈaʊtˌpoʊst//
Synonyms for "outpost" (149 found)
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54 translations across 23 languages.
Bengali
1 entries- থানা noun (A military post)
Bulgarian
1 entries- ава́нпо́ст noun (A military post)
Danish
1 entries- forpost noun (A military post)
Dutch
3 entries- buitenpost noun (A military post)
- buitenpost noun (An outlying settlement)
- voorpost noun (A military post)
Finnish
4 entries- etuvartio noun (A military post)
- etuvartio noun (The troops themselves)
- etuvartioasema noun (A military post)
- etuvartioasema noun (A chess square)
French
2 entries- avant-poste noun (A military post)
- poste avancé noun (A military post)
German
2 entries- Außenposten noun (An outlying settlement)
- Vorposten noun (A military post)
Greek
3 entries- προφυλακή noun (A military post)
- προφυλακή noun (The troops themselves)
- προφυλακή noun (An outlying settlement)
Hebrew
2 entries- מאחז noun (An outlying settlement)
- מוצב חוץ noun (A military post)
Irish
1 entries- urphost noun (A military post)
Italian
1 entries- avamposto noun (A military post)
Macedonian
1 entries- пре́тстража noun (A military post)
Norwegian Bokmål
2 entries- utpost noun (A military post)
- utpost noun (An outlying settlement)
Norwegian Nynorsk
2 entries- utpost noun (A military post)
- utpost noun (An outlying settlement)
Polish
4 entries- czata noun (A military post)
- czata noun (The troops themselves)
- forpoczta noun (A military post)
- forpoczta noun (The troops themselves)
Portuguese
1 entries- posto avançado noun (A military post)
Romanian
2 entries- avanpost noun (A military post)
- avanpost noun (An outlying settlement)
Russian
4 entries- аванпо́ст noun (A military post)
- заста́ва noun (A military post)
- кордо́н noun (A military post)
- форпо́ст noun (A military post)
Spanish
4 entries- avanzada noun (The troops themselves)
- avanzadilla noun (A military post)
- colonia noun (An outlying settlement)
- comunidad noun (An outlying settlement)
Turkish
2 entries- ileri karakol noun (A military post)
- ileri karakol noun (An outlying settlement)
Vietnamese
1 entries- tiền đồn noun (A military post)
Welsh
2 entries- rhagorsaf noun (A military post)
- rhagorsaf noun (An outlying settlement)
Yiddish
1 entries- אַוואַנפּאָסט noun (A military post)
Sample sentences
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Cuba is the nearest outpost of Soviet communism.
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Sami was in a remote mountain outpost.
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I read the article "Science Enabled by a Moon Village" about the possible scientific opportunities of a lunar outpost, in the similar scheme as an Antarctic research facility.
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