Tower

//ˈtaʊ.ə(ɹ)//

Synonyms for "tower" (230 found)

Ranked by relevance and common usage.

Closest matches (46)

column donjon loom acropolis aerial antenna antenna tower architecture arise ascend barbican bastion beachhead beacon bedrock belfry bell tower belvedere bench mark bleachers

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blockhouse blossom bookmark brew bridge bridgehead building bulk bulk large bunker burgeon buss the clouds cairn campanile castle catstone champion citadel colossus come up conning tower construct

Verb(1 words)

aspire

Noun(3 words)

bin calaboose column

Strong matches (69)

Related words (115)

observatory outgrow outlook outsoar outstrip overdevelop overgrow overlook overtop packaged house pagoda palace palais palatial residence palazzo patron patroness peanut gallery peel peel tower

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Noun(4 words)

pillar towboat tug tugboat

Verb(1 words)

predominate

Proper Noun(1 words)

tower of london

Related word relations

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

13 relation types

More general

8 entries

boat construction form lift rear rise shape structure

Synonyms

4 entries

column donjon loom tugboat

Related terms

1 entries

mast

at location

9 entries

airport babel castle city hammond in books medieval castle radio station toronto

defined as

1 entries

archetype of father as protector avenger

derived

78 entries

Charters Towers Glover tower Glover's tower Leaning Tower Maiden Tower Martello tower N-tower Pictish tower Texas tower Tower Hamlets Tower Hill Tower of London Tower ounce Tower pound bell tower cat tower

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derived from

1 entries

tow

etymologically related_to

1 entries

tor

has context

2 entries

cartomancy historical

is a

7 entries

fixed freestanding structure fotmal long thin object structure tall object tall structure with stairs very tall structure not

receives action

1 entries

built for height

related to

89 entries

airport airport control antenna babel bells bricks building building part building tall castle castles circular circular building coin communication concerning

Showing 16 of 89 words.

used for

19 entries

admire landscape aircraft control attaching antennae broadcasting broadcasting radio signals broadcasting signal containing offices finding fires getting off ground help to guard prison housing people install radio antenna look outs radio signals receive signals saving space in cities

Showing 16 of 19 words.

Translations

253 translations across 149 languages.

Adyghe

1 entries

щэчанэ noun (structure)

Afrikaans

1 entries

toring noun (structure)

Albanian

1 entries

kullë noun (structure)

Amharic

1 entries

ግንብ noun (structure)

Ancient Greek

1 entries

πύργος noun (structure)

Arabic

3 entries

برج noun (structure)
بُرْج noun (structure)
بُرْج noun (structure)

Aragonese

2 entries

torraza noun (structure)
torre noun (structure)

Aramaic

1 entries

ܡܓܕܠܐ noun (structure)

Armenian

1 entries

աշտարակ noun (structure)

Assamese

2 entries

দুর্গ noun (structure)
মিনাৰ noun (structure)

Asturian

1 entries

torre noun (structure)

Avar

1 entries

си noun (structure)

Azerbaijani

4 entries

bürc noun (structure)
qala noun (structure)
qüllə noun (structure)
vışka noun (structure)

Bashkir

2 entries

башня noun (structure)
манара noun (structure)

Basque

1 entries

dorre noun (structure)

Bavarian German

1 entries

Tuam noun (structure)

Belarusian

3 entries

ве́жа noun (structure)
вы́шка noun (structure)
це́рам noun (structure)

Bengali

2 entries

বুরুজ noun (structure)
মিনার noun (structure)

Breton

1 entries

tour noun (structure)

Bulgarian

1 entries

ку́ла noun (structure)

Burmese

1 entries

ရဲတိုက် noun (structure)

Catalan

4 entries

casa de déu noun (Tarot card)
la torre noun (Tarot card)
torre noun (structure)
torre noun ((figuratively) any item that is higher than it is wide)

Chechen

1 entries

бӏов noun (structure)

Cherokee

1 entries

ᎡᏆ noun (structure)

Chinese

2 entries

та noun (structure)
塔 noun (structure)

Chinese Cantonese

1 entries

塔 noun (structure)

Chinese Mandarin

4 entries

倫敦塔 /伦敦塔 name (Tower of London)
塔 noun (structure)
塔樓 /塔楼 noun (structure)
樓臺 /楼台 noun (structure)

Church Slavic

4 entries

стлъпъ noun (structure)
сꙑнъ noun (structure)
трѣмъ noun (structure)
ⱄⱅⰾⱏⱂⱏ noun (structure)

Czech

3 entries

věž noun (structure)
věž noun ((figuratively) any item that is higher than it is wide)
věž noun (Tarot card)

Danish

2 entries

tårn noun (structure)
tårn noun ((figuratively) any item that is higher than it is wide)

Dari

1 entries

بُرْج noun (structure)

Dutch

3 entries

toren noun (structure)
toren noun ((figuratively) any item that is higher than it is wide)
toren noun (Tarot card)

Eastern Mari

1 entries

башне noun (structure)

Eastern Min Chinese

1 entries

塔 noun (structure)

Erzya

3 entries

кевмар noun (structure)
палманькудо noun (structure)
сярдак noun (structure)

Esperanto

1 entries

turo noun (structure)

Estonian

1 entries

torn noun (structure)

Faroese

1 entries

torn noun (structure)

Finnish

2 entries

torni noun (structure)
torni noun ((figuratively) any item that is higher than it is wide)

French

2 entries

la maison dieu noun (Tarot card)
tour noun (structure)

Galician

3 entries

caramanchel noun (structure)
crochel noun (structure)
torre noun (structure)

Gan Chinese

1 entries

塔 noun (structure)

Georgian

2 entries

გოდოლი noun (structure)
კოშკი noun (structure)

German

4 entries

Durm noun (structure)
Turm noun (structure)
Turm noun ((figuratively) any item that is higher than it is wide)
der Turm noun (Tarot card)

Greek

1 entries

πύργος noun (structure)

Gujarati

1 entries

બુરજ noun (structure)

Hakka Chinese

1 entries

塔 noun (structure)

Hebrew

1 entries

מִגְדָּל noun (structure)

Hindi

4 entries

अटारी noun (structure)
टावर noun (structure)
बुर्ज noun (structure)
लाट noun (structure)

Hungarian

2 entries

torony noun (structure)
torony noun (Tarot card)

Hunsrik

1 entries

Torrem noun (structure)

Icelandic

1 entries

turn noun (structure)

Ido

1 entries

turmo noun (structure)

Igbo

2 entries

ugẹle noun (structure)
ulọ aja noun (structure)

Ilocano

1 entries

torre noun (structure)

Indonesian

1 entries

menara noun (structure)

Iranian Persian

1 entries

بُرْج noun (structure)

Iraqi Arabic

1 entries

برج noun (structure)

Irish

1 entries

túr noun (structure)

Italian

3 entries

il fulmine noun (Tarot card)
la torre noun (Tarot card)
torre noun (structure)

Japanese

4 entries

タワー noun (structure)
タワー noun ((figuratively) any item that is higher than it is wide)
塔 noun (structure)
塔 noun (Tarot card)

Javanese

1 entries

menara noun (structure)

Jin Chinese

1 entries

塔 noun (structure)

Kalmyk

1 entries

цамхаг noun (structure)

Kannada

1 entries

ಮೇರುವೆ noun (structure)

Kazakh

1 entries

мұнара noun (structure)

Khmer

2 entries

ប៉ម noun (structure)
ប្រាង្គ noun (structure)

Korean

3 entries

타워 noun (structure)
탑 noun (structure)
탑 noun (Tarot card)

Kyrgyz

2 entries

бурана noun (structure)
мунара noun (structure)

Lao

2 entries

ຫໍ noun (structure)
ຫໍຄອຢ noun (structure)

Latin

1 entries

turris noun (structure)

Latvian

1 entries

tornis noun (structure)

Limburgish

1 entries

toeare noun (structure)

Lithuanian

1 entries

bokštas noun (structure)

Lombard

1 entries

tór noun (structure)

Low German

1 entries

Toorn noun (structure)

Lower Sorbian

1 entries

torm noun (structure)

Lutuv

1 entries

ingsuo noun (structure)

Luxembourgish

1 entries

Tuerm noun (structure)

Macedonian

1 entries

кула noun (structure)

Malagasy

1 entries

tilikambo noun (structure)

Malay

1 entries

menara noun (structure)

Malayalam

1 entries

ഗോപുരം noun (structure)

Maltese

2 entries

borġ noun (structure)
torri noun (structure)

Marathi

1 entries

मनोरा noun (structure)

Middle French

1 entries

tour noun (structure)

Mongolian

1 entries

цамхаг noun (structure)

Moore

1 entries

gãosgo noun (structure)

Māori

3 entries

pourewa noun (structure)
pūhara noun (structure)
pūwhara noun (structure)

Nahuatl

1 entries

tlapilkoyan noun (structure)

Nepali

2 entries

टावर noun (structure)
स्तम्भ noun (structure)

Northern Kurdish

1 entries

birc noun (structure)

Northern Min Chinese

1 entries

塔 noun (structure)

Northern Sami

1 entries

toardna noun (structure)

Norwegian Bokmål

1 entries

tårn noun (structure)

Occitan

1 entries

torre noun (structure)

Old East Slavic

2 entries

вѣжа noun (structure)
нꙑръ noun (structure)

Old English

1 entries

stīepel noun (structure)

Old French

1 entries

tor noun (structure)

Old Galician-Portuguese

1 entries

torre noun (structure)

Old Occitan

1 entries

torre noun (structure)

Ossetian

2 entries

гӕнах noun (structure)
мӕсыг noun (structure)

Ottoman Turkish

2 entries

برج noun (structure)
قله noun (structure)

Pannonian Rusyn

1 entries

турня noun (structure)

Pashto

1 entries

برج noun (structure)

Polish

4 entries

baszta noun (structure)
stołp (bergfried) noun (structure)
wieża noun (structure)
wieża noun ((figuratively) any item that is higher than it is wide)

Portuguese

4 entries

Casa de Deus noun (Tarot card)
casa de Deus noun (Tarot card)
torre noun (structure)
torre noun (Tarot card)

Punjabi

4 entries

برج noun (structure)
مینار noun (structure)
ਟਾਵਰ noun (structure)
ਬੁਰਜ noun (structure)

Quechua

1 entries

turri noun (structure)

Romanian

3 entries

turlă noun ((figuratively) any item that is higher than it is wide)
turn noun (structure)
turn noun ((figuratively) any item that is higher than it is wide)

Romansch

1 entries

tur noun (structure)

Russian

4 entries

ба́шня noun (structure)
ба́шня noun ((figuratively) any item that is higher than it is wide)
ве́жа noun (structure)
вы́шка noun (structure)

Samoan

1 entries

olo noun (structure)

Samogitian

1 entries

buokšts noun (structure)

Sanskrit

1 entries

अट्ट noun (structure)

Scots

3 entries

tour noun (structure)
tour noun ((figuratively) any item that is higher than it is wide)
tour noun (Tarot card)

Scottish Gaelic

2 entries

tùr noun (structure)
tùr noun ((figuratively) any item that is higher than it is wide)

Serbo-Croatian

2 entries

tóranj noun (structure)
то́рањ noun (structure)

Sicilian

1 entries

turri noun (structure)

Sinhalese

1 entries

කුළුණ noun (structure)

Slovak

1 entries

veža noun (structure)

Slovene

1 entries

stolp noun (structure)

Spanish

4 entries

burche noun (structure)
crochel noun (structure)
torre noun (structure)
torre noun ((figuratively) any item that is higher than it is wide)

Swahili

1 entries

mnara noun (structure)

Swedish

3 entries

Towern name (Tower of London)
torn noun (structure)
torn noun ((figuratively) any item that is higher than it is wide)

Tagalog

1 entries

tore noun (structure)

Tajik

2 entries

бурҷ noun (structure)
манора noun (structure)

Tamil

1 entries

கோபுரம் noun (structure)

Tatar

2 entries

каланча noun (structure)
манара noun (structure)

Telugu

2 entries

గోపురము noun (structure)
బురుజు noun (structure)

Thai

2 entries

หอ noun (structure)
หอคอย noun (structure)

Tibetan

2 entries

ཁང་ཀྲོང noun (structure)
ཁང་པ་མཐོ་པོ་ཀྲོང་ཀྲོང noun (structure)

Tigrinya

2 entries

ግምቢ noun (structure)
ጸብለለ noun (structure)

Turkish

1 entries

kule noun (structure)

Turkmen

2 entries

minara noun (structure)
wyşka noun (structure)

Ugaritic

1 entries

𐎎𐎂𐎄𐎍 noun (structure)

Ukrainian

4 entries

ба́шта noun (structure)
ве́жа noun (structure)
ви́шка noun (structure)
те́рем noun (structure)

Upper Sorbian

2 entries

bašta noun (structure)
wěža noun (structure)

Urdu

3 entries

بُرْج noun (structure)
مِینار noun (structure)
ٹاوَر noun (structure)

Uyghur

1 entries

مۇنار noun (structure)

Uzbek

4 entries

bashnya noun (structure)
burj noun (structure)
minora noun (structure)
vishka noun (structure)

Vietnamese

1 entries

tháp noun (structure)

Walloon

1 entries

tour noun (structure)

Welsh

1 entries

tŵr noun (structure)

West-Frisian

1 entries

toer noun (structure)

Wu Chinese

1 entries

塔 noun (structure)

Xiang Chinese

1 entries

塔 noun (structure)

Yiddish

1 entries

טורעם noun (structure)

Zhuang

1 entries

dap noun (structure)

Sample sentences

28 total sentences available.

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Do you know how high the television tower is?

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The clock in the church tower struck nine.

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The palace has a tall tower.

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Look at that tower standing on the hill.

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