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STATION: Synonyms and Related Words. What is Another Word for STATION?

Need another word that means the same as “station”? Find 33 synonyms and 30 related words for “station” in this overview.

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Station as a Noun
Definitions of "Station" as a noun
Synonyms of "Station" as a noun (25 Words)
Usage Examples of "Station" as a noun
Station as a Verb
Definitions of "Station" as a verb
Synonyms of "Station" as a verb (8 Words)
Usage Examples of "Station" as a verb
Associations of "Station" (30 Words)

The synonyms of “Station” are: place, post, stopping place, stop, halt, station stop, stage, establishment, base, base camp, camp, ranch, range, channel, broadcasting organization, area of duty, situation, location, rank, status, position in society, social class, level, grade, standing, send, put on duty, position, set, locate, site

Station as a Noun

Definitions of "Station" as a noun

According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “station” as a noun can have the following definitions:

A place or building where a specified activity or service is based.
The place where someone or something stands or is placed on military or other duty.
(nautical) the location to which a ship or fleet is assigned for duty.
One's social rank or position.
The location to which a ship or fleet is assigned for duty.
A facility equipped with special equipment and personnel for a particular purpose.
A bus or coach station.
A small military base, especially of a specified kind.
A subsidiary post office.
A large sheep or cattle farm.
The position where someone (as a guard or sentry) stands or is assigned to stand.
The frequency assigned to a broadcasting station.
A company involved in broadcasting of a specified kind.
Proper or designated social situation.
A site at which a particular species, especially an interesting or rare one, grows or is found.
A place on a railway line where trains regularly stop so that passengers can get on or off.

Synonyms of "Station" as a noun (25 Words)

area of duty	A part of an animal that has a special function or is supplied by a given artery or nerve.
base	A known line used as a geometrical base for trigonometry. Soaps with a vegetable oil base.
base camp	Lowest support of a structure.
broadcasting organization	A medium that disseminates via telecommunications.
camp	A group of people living together in a camp. Both the liberal and conservative camps were annoyed by his high handed manner.
channel	A service or station using a channel of frequencies. Possible distribution channels are wholesalers or small retailers or retail chains or direct mailers or your own stores.
establishment	A public or private structure (business or governmental or educational) including buildings and equipment for business or residence. Rumblings of discontent among the medical establishment.
grade	A relative position or degree of value in a graded group. Clerical and secretarial grades.
halt	The event of something ending. A bus screeched to a halt.
level	An intellectual, social, or moral standard. The front garden is on a level* with this floor.*
location	A point or extent in space. They shot the film on location* in Nevada.*
place	A public square with room for pedestrians. Took his place.
position in society	An item on a list or in a sequence.
post	A starting post or winning post. There is an officer s club on the post.
ranch	Farm consisting of a large tract of land along with facilities needed to raise livestock (especially cattle. A beef cattle ranch.
range	A large tract of grassy open land on which livestock can graze. No one would know if he had survived to live out his life in the ranges back from the river country.
rank	A single line of soldiers or police officers drawn up abreast. He joined the ranks of the unemployed.
situation	A job in an organization. The political situation* in Russia.*
social class	A party of people assembled to promote sociability and communal activity.
stage	The theater as a profession usually the stage. Then we embarked on the second stage* of our Caribbean cruise.*
standing	A stall for cattle and horses. A man of high social standing.
station stop	Proper or designated social situation.
status	A posting on a social networking website that indicates a user’s current situation, state of mind, or opinion about something. The novel attained the status* of a classic.*
stop	A punctuation mark especially a full stop. A bilabial stop.
stopping place	Fastener consisting of a narrow strip of welded metal used to join steel members.

Usage Examples of "Station" as a noun

A radio station.
Karen was getting ideas above her station.
Different stations in life.
A sentry station.
He started looking for a gas station.
Coastal radar stations.
A research station in the rainforest.
The responsibilities of a man in his station.
Paddington Station.
The lookout resumed his station in the bow.
A naval station.
We walked back to the station and caught the train back to Brussels.
Married above her station.
The train pulled into the station.

Station as a Verb

Definitions of "Station" as a verb

According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “station” as a verb can have the following definitions:

Assign to a station.
Put in or assign to a specified place for a particular purpose, especially a military one.

Synonyms of "Station" as a verb (8 Words)

locate	Determine or indicate the place, site, or limits of, as if by an instrument or by a survey. Engineers were working to locate* the fault.*
place	Place somebody in a particular situation or location. He was placed eleventh in the long individual race.
position	Put into a certain place or abstract location. I had positioned her as my antagonist.
post	Assign to a post put into a post. The list was promptly posted all over the internet.
put on duty	Arrange thoughts, ideas, temporal events.
send	Send a message or letter. Send me your latest results.
set	Set in type. I usually set* my alarm clock for eight.*
site	Assign a location to. The rectory is sited behind the church.

Usage Examples of "Station" as a verb

A young girl had stationed herself by the door.
Troops were stationed in the town.

Associations of "Station" (30 Words)

bike	A bicycle or motorcycle. A bike* ride.*
buggy	A light horse-drawn vehicle for one or two people, with two or (in North America) four wheels. Her two younger children were in a buggy.
bus	Ride in a bus. The fenders had fallen off that old bus.
caravan	Travel in a caravan. We were part of a caravan* of almost a thousand camels.*
carriage	Any of the separate sections of a train that carry passengers. A US army howitzer and carriage.
coach	Travel by coach. She is coaching the crew.
commuter	Someone who travels regularly from home in a suburb to work in a city. A fault on the line caused widespread delays for commuters.
continental	In, from, or characteristic of mainland Europe. Continental Europe.
conveyor	A conveyor belt. A conveyor* of information.*
derail	Obstruct (a process) by diverting it from its intended course. The plot is seen by some as an attempt to derail* the negotiations.*
equipage	The equipment for a particular purpose.
gear	Design or adjust the gears in a machine to give a specified speed or power output. The fool got his tie caught in the geartrain.
locomotive	A wheeled vehicle consisting of a self-propelled engine that is used to draw trains along railway tracks. A diesel locomotive.
passenger	A traveller on a public or private conveyance other than the driver, pilot, or crew. A passenger* ferry.*
platform	A raised structure along the side of a railway track where passengers get on and off trains at a station. He was a popular platform* speaker.*
rail	Enclose with rails. Perishables were railed into Manhattan.
railroad	Transport by railroad. His uncle works on the railroad.
railway	A set of tracks for other vehicles. The carriage of freight on the railways.
ride	Ride over along or through. He rides his bicycle to work every day.
route	Send via a specific route. All lines of communication were routed through London.
subway	An underground railway. In Paris the subway* system is called the metro and in London it is called the tube or the underground.*
surrey	A county in southeastern England on the Thames.
taxi	A boat or other means of transportation used in the same way as a taxi. A taxi* driver wanted five dollars to drive me to my hotel.*
terminal	Of or forming a transport terminal. Battery terminals.
terminus	The ultimate goal for which something is done. The exhibition s terminus* is 1962.*
train	Undergo training or instruction in preparation for a particular role function or profession. She trained her long scarf behind her.
transcontinental	A transcontinental railway or train. Transcontinental railway.
transport	Transport commercially. Art can send people into transports of delight.
transporter	A long truck for carrying motor vehicles.
wagon	An unpleasant or disliked woman. A chip wagon.