Closest matches in this entry: acropolis, aerial, antenna, antenna tower, architecture.
Sentence evidence is available for tower, so synonym choice can be checked against real usage rather than a flat word list.
Ranking signals come from moby, derived_reverse, opengloss, wordnet, and related lexical sources.

Synonym selection checklist

Match the part of speech before comparing meanings.
Check whether the synonym changes intensity, formality, or emotional tone.
Read the replacement inside the full sentence, not just beside "tower".
Prefer the clearest word over the most unusual word when writing for speed or comprehension.

When not to replace "tower"

Keep "tower" when the sentence already sounds natural, when a synonym would add unintended emphasis, or when readers need the most familiar wording. A synonym should clarify or sharpen the message, not simply make the sentence look more varied.

If two options seem close, choose the one that best matches the audience and purpose of the sentence.

Replacement workflow

1. Preserve meaning

Choose a synonym only if it keeps the core idea of "tower" intact in the sentence you are editing.

2. Tune tone

Check whether the replacement sounds more formal, casual, emotional, technical, or forceful than the original word.

3. Re-read context

Read the full sentence after the swap. Keep the synonym only when the sentence becomes clearer or more precise.

Review note: Synonym lists are ranked with lexical data and reviewed for practical writing value. Use the comparison notes, sentence evidence, and source labels together; a high-ranking synonym can still be wrong when the audience, register, or grammar changes.

Final fit check

After choosing a replacement for "tower", read the sentence once for meaning and once for rhythm. The best synonym should feel natural in the full sentence, not only accurate in a word list.

If the synonym makes the sentence slower, vaguer, or more dramatic than intended, keep "tower" or choose a simpler alternative from the closest-match group.

Related word relations

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

5 relation types

More general

15 entries

architecture boat buildingcomputer hardwareconstruction edifice exceed forminformation technology equipmentlift rear rise shape structure

More specific

13 entries

belfrybell towerclock towergaming towerloommid towermini toweroutstrip outweigh surpass watchtowerwater towerworkstation tower

Collocations

12 entries

bell towerclock towerobservation towertower abovetower blocktower overtower over the valleytowering heighttowering presencetowering skyscraperswatchtowerwater tower

Inflections

3 entries

towered towering towers

Derivations

2 entries

towered towering

Translations

219 translations across 149 languages.

Adyghe

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щэчанэ noun (structure)

Afrikaans

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toring noun (structure)

Albanian

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kullë noun (structure)

Amharic

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ግንብ noun (structure)

Ancient Greek

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πύργος noun (structure)

Arabic

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

Aragonese

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torraza noun (structure)
torre noun (structure)

Aramaic

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Armenian

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Assamese

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দুর্গ noun (structure)
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Asturian

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torre noun (structure)

Avar

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си noun (structure)

Azerbaijani

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

Bashkir

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башня noun (structure)
манара noun (structure)

Basque

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dorre noun (structure)

Bavarian German

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Tuam noun (structure)

Belarusian

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

Bengali

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বুরুজ noun (structure)
মিনার noun (structure)

Breton

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tour noun (structure)

Bulgarian

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ку́ла noun (structure)

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ရဲတိုက် noun (structure)

Catalan

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torre noun (structure)

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бӏов noun (structure)

Cherokee

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Chinese

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та noun (structure)
塔 noun (structure)

Chinese Cantonese

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塔 noun (structure)

Chinese Mandarin

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塔 noun (structure)
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樓閣 /楼阁 noun (structure)

Church Slavic

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

Czech

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věž noun (structure)

Danish

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tårn noun (structure)

Dari

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بُرْج noun (structure)

Dutch

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toren noun (structure)

Eastern Mari

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башне noun (structure)

Eastern Min Chinese

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塔 noun (structure)

Erzya

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

Esperanto

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turo noun (structure)

Estonian

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torn noun (structure)

Faroese

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torn noun (structure)

Finnish

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torni noun (structure)

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tour noun (structure)

Galician

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

Gan Chinese

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塔 noun (structure)

Georgian

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გოდოლი noun (structure)
კოშკი noun (structure)

German

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Durm noun (structure)
Turm noun (structure)

Greek

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πύργος noun (structure)

Gujarati

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બુરજ noun (structure)

Hakka Chinese

1 entries

塔 noun (structure)

Hebrew

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מִגְדָּל noun (structure)

Hindi

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अटारी noun (structure)
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लाट noun (structure)

Hungarian

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torony noun (structure)

Hunsrik

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Torrem noun (structure)

Icelandic

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turn noun (structure)

Ido

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turmo noun (structure)

Igbo

2 entries

ugẹle noun (structure)
ulọ aja noun (structure)

Ilocano

1 entries

torre noun (structure)

Indonesian

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menara noun (structure)

Iranian Persian

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بُرْج noun (structure)

Iraqi Arabic

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برج noun (structure)

Irish

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túr noun (structure)

Italian

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torre noun (structure)

Japanese

2 entries

タワー noun (structure)
塔 noun (structure)

Javanese

1 entries

menara noun (structure)

Jin Chinese

1 entries

塔 noun (structure)

Kalmyk

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цамхаг noun (structure)

Kannada

1 entries

ಮೇರುವೆ noun (structure)

Kazakh

1 entries

мұнара noun (structure)

Khmer

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ប៉ម noun (structure)
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Korean

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타워 noun (structure)
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бурана noun (structure)
мунара noun (structure)

Lao

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ຫໍ noun (structure)
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turris noun (structure)

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tornis noun (structure)

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toeare noun (structure)

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bokštas noun (structure)

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tór noun (structure)

Low German

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Toorn noun (structure)

Lower Sorbian

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torm noun (structure)

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ingsuo noun (structure)

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Tuerm noun (structure)

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кула noun (structure)

Malagasy

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tilikambo noun (structure)

Malay

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menara noun (structure)

Malayalam

1 entries

ഗോപുരം noun (structure)

Maltese

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borġ noun (structure)
torri noun (structure)

Marathi

1 entries

मनोरा noun (structure)

Middle French

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tour noun (structure)

Mongolian

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цамхаг noun (structure)

Moore

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gãosgo noun (structure)

Māori

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

Nahuatl

1 entries

tlapilkoyan noun (structure)

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टावर noun (structure)
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birc noun (structure)

Northern Min Chinese

1 entries

塔 noun (structure)

Northern Sami

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toardna noun (structure)

Norwegian Bokmål

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tårn noun (structure)

Occitan

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torre noun (structure)

Old East Slavic

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вѣжа noun (structure)
нꙑръ noun (structure)

Old English

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stīepel noun (structure)

Old French

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tor noun (structure)

Old Galician-Portuguese

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torre noun (structure)

Old Occitan

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torre noun (structure)

Ossetian

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гӕнах noun (structure)
мӕсыг noun (structure)

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برج noun (structure)
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турня noun (structure)

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برج noun (structure)

Polish

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baszta noun (structure)
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wieża noun (structure)

Portuguese

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torre noun (structure)

Punjabi

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

Quechua

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turri noun (structure)

Romanian

1 entries

turn noun (structure)

Romansch

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tur noun (structure)

Russian

4 entries

ба́шня noun (structure)
ве́жа noun (structure)
вы́шка noun (structure)
те́рем noun (structure)

Samoan

1 entries

olo noun (structure)

Samogitian

1 entries

buokšts noun (structure)

Sanskrit

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अट्ट noun (structure)

Scots

1 entries

tour noun (structure)

Scottish Gaelic

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tùr noun (structure)

Serbo-Croatian

2 entries

tóranj noun (structure)
то́рањ noun (structure)

Sicilian

1 entries

turri noun (structure)

Sinhalese

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කුළුණ noun (structure)

Slovak

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veža noun (structure)

Slovene

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stolp noun (structure)

Spanish

3 entries

burche noun (structure)
crochel noun (structure)
torre noun (structure)

Swahili

1 entries

mnara noun (structure)

Swedish

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torn noun (structure)

Tagalog

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tore noun (structure)

Tajik

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бурҷ noun (structure)
манора noun (structure)

Tamil

1 entries

கோபுரம் noun (structure)

Tatar

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каланча noun (structure)
манара noun (structure)

Telugu

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గోపురము noun (structure)
బురుజు noun (structure)

Thai

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หอ noun (structure)
หอคอย noun (structure)

Tibetan

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

Tigrinya

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ግምቢ noun (structure)
ጸብለለ noun (structure)

Turkish

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kule noun (structure)

Turkmen

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minara noun (structure)
wyşka noun (structure)

Ugaritic

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𐎎𐎂𐎄𐎍 noun (structure)

Ukrainian

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

Upper Sorbian

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bašta noun (structure)
wěža noun (structure)

Urdu

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

Uyghur

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مۇنار noun (structure)

Uzbek

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

Vietnamese

1 entries

tháp noun (structure)

Walloon

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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.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

Do you know how high the television tower is?

Source: tatoeba (16811)

The clock in the church tower struck nine.

Source: tatoeba (19088)

The palace has a tall tower.

Source: tatoeba (19750)

Look at that tower standing on the hill.

Source: tatoeba (19869)

Showing 4 of 28 available sentences.

Common questions

What are the closest synonyms for "tower"?

Closest matches include acropolis, aerial, antenna, antenna tower, architecture.

How should I check whether a synonym fits "tower"?

Compare the replacement against real sentence context. This entry includes sample sentences so you can check tone, grammar, and meaning before swapping words.

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