Need another word that means the same as “castle”? Find 19 synonyms and 30 related words for “castle” in this overview.
The synonyms of “Castle” are: palace, rook, castling, fortress, fort, stronghold, fortification, keep, citadel, fastness, tower, peel, chateau, donjon, mansion, hall, manor, manor house, country house
According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “castle” as a noun can have the following definitions:
| castling | Interchanging the positions of the king and a rook. Castling is more frequently a defensive than an attacking move. |
| chateau | An impressive country house (or castle) in France. Château Margaux. |
| citadel | A meeting hall of the Salvation Army. Citadels of private economic power. |
| country house | A politically organized body of people under a single government. |
| donjon | The main tower within the walls of a medieval castle or fortress. |
| fastness | A strongly fortified defensive structure. A remote Himalayan mountain fastness. |
| fort | A fortified defensive structure. The city was guarded by a ring of forts. |
| fortification | Defensive structure consisting of walls or mounds built around a stronghold to strengthen it. A medieval fortification. |
| fortress | A person or thing not susceptible to outside influence or disturbance. He had proved himself to be a fortress of moral rectitude. |
| hall | A large and imposing house. Pool hall. |
| keep | The strongest or central tower of a castle, acting as a final refuge. The Society are paying for your keep. |
| manor | The landed estate of a lord (including the house on it. A Tudor manor house in the English countryside. |
| manor house | The landed estate of a lord (including the house on it. |
| mansion | A terrace or mansion block. Carlyle Mansions. |
| palace | The governing group of a kingdom. The palace issued an order binding on all subjects. |
| peel | An act of exfoliating dead skin in the cosmetic treatment of microdermabrasion. Pieces of potato peel. |
| rook | (chess) the piece that can move any number of unoccupied squares in a direction parallel to the sides of the chessboard. |
| stronghold | A place where a particular cause or belief is strongly defended or upheld. A Labour stronghold. |
| tower | Anything that approximates the shape of a column or tower. A CD tower. |
| army | The army of the United States of America the agency that organizes and trains soldiers for land warfare. Army officers. |
| bastion | A natural rock formation resembling a man made bastion. A bastion against corruption. |
| byzantine | Of or relating to the Eastern Orthodox Church or the rites performed in it. |
| cantonment | Temporary living quarters specially built by the army for soldiers. |
| citadel | A stronghold into which people could go for shelter during a battle. Citadels of private economic power. |
| diadem | The authority or dignity symbolized by a crown. He refused the diadem of all the Caesars. |
| emperor | Large richly colored butterfly. He became emperor in 1930. |
| empire | A group of countries under a single authority. The British created a great empire. |
| fort | Station troops in a fort. The city was guarded by a ring of forts. |
| fortress | A military stronghold, especially a strongly fortified town. He had proved himself to be a fortress of moral rectitude. |
| frontier | An international boundary or the area (often fortified) immediately inside the boundary. His novel of the American frontier. |
| garrison | The building occupied by a garrison. Forces from these garrisons have been used against governments. |
| imperial | Belonging to or befitting a supreme ruler. Golden age of imperial splendor. |
| kingdom | A monarchy with a king or queen as head of state. The kingdom of dreams. |
| legionary | Of an ancient Roman legion. The legionary fortress of Isca. |
| majestically | In a majestic manner. The steep slopes of the valley floor rise majestically skywards. |
| medieval | As if belonging to the Middle Ages; old-fashioned and unenlightened. Without other people around I would let my flat degenerate into medieval levels of squalor. |
| noble | Especially in former times a person of noble rank or birth. A noble gas such as helium or neon. |
| outpost | A station in a remote or sparsely populated location. A few scattered outposts along the west coast. |
| palace | A large, splendid house or place of entertainment. The royal palace. |
| pope | The head of the Roman Catholic Church. |
| protector | A person who cares for persons or property. A man who became her protector adviser and friend. |
| royal | A sail set next above the topgallant on a royal mast. The coalition obtained royal approval for the appointment. |
| siege | A military operation in which enemy forces surround a town or building, cutting off essential supplies, with the aim of compelling those inside to surrender. There is a siege of herons at the river. |
| sortie | An attempt to participate in a new activity or sphere. We ll soon know if they sortie. |
| stockade | Surround with a stockade in order to fortify. They built stockades around their towns. |
| stronghold | A strongly fortified defensive structure. A Labour stronghold. |
| temple | A thing regarded as holy or likened to a temple especially a person s body. The veins in his temple throbbed. |
| ukase | An edict of the Russian tsar. He was defying the publisher in the very building from which he had issued his ukase. |
| warrior | (especially in former times) a brave or experienced soldier or fighter. I really love the warrior pose it makes me feel centred and strong. |
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