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

Need another word that means the same as “wall”? Find 38 synonyms and 30 related words for “wall” in this overview.

The synonyms of “Wall” are: bulwark, rampart, paries, barrier, partition, room divider, enclosure, screen, panel, separator, fortification, barricade, parapet, stockade, bailey, breastwork, obstacle, fence, fence in, palisade, surround, enclose, bound, encircle, confine, hem, circumscribe, close, shut, block, seal, impound, shut up, pen, pen in, pen up, hedge in

Wall as a Noun

Definitions of "Wall" as a noun

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

• The rock enclosing a lode or seam.
• A continuous vertical brick or stone structure that encloses or divides an area of land.
• An upright side of a building or room.
• Anything that suggests a wall in structure or function or effect.
• A masonry fence (as around an estate or garden.
• A layer (a lining or membrane) that encloses a structure.
• Any high vertical surface, especially one that is imposing in scale.
• An embankment built around a space for defensive purposes.
• A vertical (or almost vertical) smooth rock face (as of a cave or mountain.
• (anatomy) a layer (a lining or membrane) that encloses a structure.
• The membranous outer layer or lining of an organ or cavity.
• A thing regarded as a protective or restrictive barrier.
• A difficult or awkward situation.
• A layer of material that encloses space.
• An architectural partition with a height and length greater than its thickness; used to divide or enclose an area or to support another structure.
• A line of defenders forming a barrier against a free kick taken near the penalty area.

Synonyms of "Wall" as a noun (18 Words)

bailey	A court enclosed by a bailey.
barricade	An improvised barrier erected across a street or other thoroughfare to prevent or delay the movement of opposing forces. They stormed the barricade.
barrier	Anything serving to maintain separation by obstructing vision or access. The cultural barriers to economic growth.
breastwork	A low temporary defence or parapet.
bulwark	A defensive wall. The security forces are a bulwark against the breakdown of society.
enclosure	A barrier that surrounds an area. A deer enclosure.
fence	A barrier, railing, or other upright structure, typically of wood or wire, enclosing an area of ground to prevent or control access or escape.
fortification	A defensive wall or other reinforcement built to strengthen a place against attack. The fortification of the frontiers.
obstacle	An obstruction that stands in the way (and must be removed or surmounted or circumvented. The major obstacle to achieving that goal is money.
panel	A small group of people brought together to investigate or decide on a particular matter. Body panels for the car trade.
parapet	Fortification consisting of a low wall. The sandbags that made up the parapet had been blown away and the wall of the trench had caved in.
paries	(anatomy) a layer (a lining or membrane) that encloses a structure.
partition	The act of dividing or partitioning separation by the creation of a boundary that divides or keeps apart. Partition chromatography.
rampart	A defensive or protective barrier. They stormed the ramparts of the city.
room divider	The people who are present in a room.
screen	The data or images displayed on a computer screen. The chancel screen retains two sections of the original oak arcading.
separator	An apparatus that uses centrifugal force to separate particles from a suspension. A magnetic separator.
stockade	An enclosure bound by a stockade. He surrendered two weeks after escaping the stockade at the air force base.

Usage Examples of "Wall" as a noun

• Stomach walls.
• The wall of the stomach.
• Competition was pushing them to the wall.
• He was on location in Germany while the Wall was tumbling down.
• The container's walls were blue.
• His back was to the wall.
• A wall of water.
• Police investigating the murders met a wall of silence from witnesses.
• He ducked behind the garden wall and waited.
• The south wall had a small window.
• They blew the trumpet and the walls came tumbling down.
• Opulent rooms with tapestries on the walls.
• The walls were covered with pictures.
• The eastern wall of the valley.
• A garden wall.
• Flash floods sent a six-foot wall of water through the village.
• A wall of prejudice.
• A wall of smoke.
• He curled a free kick around the wall for a late equalizer.
• Negotiations ran into a brick wall.
• The walls of the cylinder were perforated.
• The wall followed the road.

Wall as a Verb

Definitions of "Wall" as a verb

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

• Enclose (an area) within walls, especially for protection or privacy.
• Confine or imprison someone or something in a restricted or sealed place.
• Surround with a wall in order to fortify.
• Block or seal a place by building a wall around or across it.

Synonyms of "Wall" as a verb (20 Words)

block	Block passage through. Block a muscle.
bound	Form the boundary of be contiguous to. Louis came bounding down the stairs.
circumscribe	To draw a geometric figure around another figure so that the two are in contact but do not intersect. Our actions are circumscribed by our biology personality and by the social and cultural context into which we are born.
close	Change one s body stance so that the forward shoulder and foot are closer to the intended point of impact. Close a book.
confine	Restrict or confine. You ve confined yourself to what you know.
encircle	Bind with something round or circular. Encircle the errors.
enclose	Enclose or enfold completely with or as if with a covering. Darkness enclosed him.
fence	Enclose or separate an area with a fence. Our garden was not fully fenced.
fence in	Enclose with a fence.
hedge in	Enclose or bound in with or as it with a hedge or hedges.
hem	Fold over and sew together to provide with a hem. He was hemmed in by the tables.
impound	Take temporary possession of as a security, by legal authority. Almost forgotten were the poor unfortunates impounded in the prison.
palisade	Enclose or provide a building or place with a palisade. He palisaded the ends of the streets and made the town a roughly fortified camp.
pen	Write or compose. Olivia penned award winning poetry.
pen in	Produce a literary work.
pen up	Produce a literary work.
seal	Hunt seals. Seal the letter.
shut	Prevent from entering shut out. He shut the box and locked it.
shut up	Move so that an opening or passage is obstructed; make shut.
surround	Surround with a wall in order to fortify. The forest surrounds my property.

Usage Examples of "Wall" as a verb

• Parts of the city's East End had been walled off with concrete barricades.
• One doorway has been walled up.
• The grey tenements walled in the space completely.

Associations of "Wall" (30 Words)

alcove	A small recess opening off a larger room.
bar	Secure with or as if with bars. Nothing is barred in the crime novel.
barricade	Block or defend with a barricade. Barricade the streets.
barrier	A circumstance or obstacle that keeps people or things apart or prevents communication or progress. The mountain barrier between Norway and Sweden.
block	An act of blocking someone or something. Block a garment.
blockade	Impose a blockade on. The authorities blockaded roads in and out of the capital.
bulwark	Defend with a bulwark. The ships met their crews lining the bulwarks.
defensive	An attitude of defensiveness especially in the phrase on the defensive. A defensive player.
embankment	A long artificial mound of stone or earth; built to hold back water or to support a road or as protection. A railway embankment.
embarrass	Cause to be embarrassed cause to feel self conscious. She wouldn t embarrass either of them by making a scene.
enclosure	A document or object placed in an envelope together with a letter. One of the chief effects of enclosure was to increase the number of landless workers.
fence	Surround or protect with a fence. Walkers may find themselves fenced out of the moor.
fortification	The addition of an ingredient for the purpose of enrichment (as the addition of alcohol to wine or the addition of vitamins to food. The fortification of the frontiers.
gatepost	A post on which a gate is hinged, or against which it shuts.
hallway	An interior passage or corridor onto which rooms open.
hinder	Hinder or prevent the progress or accomplishment of. The hinder part of a carcass.
impervious	Not allowing fluid to pass through. He worked apparently impervious to the heat.
installation	A large piece of equipment installed for use. He gave a speech as part of his installation into the hall of fame.
muralist	A painter of murals.
orifice	An aperture or hole that opens into a bodily cavity. The orifice into the aorta from the lower left chamber of the heart.
parapet	A protective wall or earth defence along the top of a trench or other place of concealment for troops. She stood on the bridge leaning over the parapet to watch the water race by.
pediment	A triangular gable between a horizontal entablature and a sloping roof.
peephole	A hole (in a door or an oven etc) through which you can peep. She was wearing a black peephole bra.
prevent	Stop (someone) from doing something. The guards threatened to bar the gates to prevent him leaving.
prohibitory	Tending to discourage (especially of prices.
pyromania	An uncontrollable desire to set fire to things.
rampart	Fortify or surround with or as if with a rampart. The open Pacific broke on the far off ramparts of the reef.
stymie	Hinder or prevent the progress or accomplishment of. The changes must not be allowed to stymie new medical treatments.
tile	Cover with tiles. Tile the wall and the floor of the bathroom.