Word Type

Noun

Verb

Proper Noun

The word "fort" can be used as noun, verb and proper noun.

Word Relationships

Opposites (Antonyms)

fortification

Derived Terms

Fort Archambault Fort Augustus Fort Bend County Fort Benton Fort Collins Fort Davis Fort Dodge Fort Edward Fort Erie Fort Gaines Fort Gay Fort George Fort Gratiot Fort Kinnaird Fort Lauderdale Fort Lee Fort Lupton Fort Madison Fort Matilda Fort Morgan Fort Payne Fort Pierce Fort Pierre Fort Scott Fort Smith Fort St. John Fort Stockton Fort Sumner Fort Valley Fort Victoria Fort Wayne Fort William Fort Worth Fort Yates Navan Fort climbing fort fairy fort fortlet fortlike forty hill-fort hold down the fort man the fort pillow fort polygonal fort ringfort snow fort star fort

Etymologically Related To

forte

Context

historical

Broader Terms (Hypernyms)

assemble close in defence defense defensive structure enclose foregather forgather gather inclose meet military post place post post send shut in station

Type Of (IsA)

book

Manner Of

meet station

Related Terms

St Fort fort-da fortification fortress hold the fort

Related Terms

army building days defence defence building defensive fortification fortify fortress hold fort house knox military military building military house military outpost outpost palace permanent pioneer pioneer days place post soldier soldier place station stronghold structure troops

Synonym Network

air base bastion fortify fortress garrison

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.