Word Type

Noun

The word "pier" can be used as a noun.

Word Relationships

Typical Location

beach

Coordinate Terms

pile

Derived Terms

Brighton pier abutment pier chain pier end-of-pier end-of-the-pier finger pier gatepier pier glass pier table pierage piered pierhead pierless pierlike piermaster pierside pierwise rocking pier take a long walk off a short pier take a long walk on a short pier you don't fish off the company pier

Context

architecture nautical us

Broader Terms (Hypernyms)

platform support

Type Of (IsA)

construction fixed freestanding structure open air platform support tangible thing walkway

Part Of

bridge wall

Related Terms

jetty mole wharf

Related Terms

access accommodate arch big big plank boardwalk boat boat dock boat landing boats bridge building deck dock docks entertainment fishing fishing place holds holds deck jetty junction landing long mole oceans on boardwalk out pile pillar place plank platform platform sea post projects raise rectangular roof sea seaside resort secure shipping shore span sticks sticks out structure supporting tangent wall water water dock wharf wood wood structure wooden wooden boardwalk wooden structure

Similar Terms

landing

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