pillar - Similar and Opposite Words

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Noun

(architecture) a tall vertical cylindrical structure standing upright and used to support a structure

Synonyms

• column
• pillar

More generic

• upright
• vertical

More specific

• atlas
• caryatid
• newel
• pilaster
• pile
• piling
• spile
• stilt
• support column
• telamon

Related

• cap
• capital
• chapiter
• entasis
• footstall
• pedestal
• plinth
• scape
• shaft

Related

• temple

Noun

a vertical cylindrical structure standing alone and not supporting anything (such as a monument)

Synonyms

• column
• pillar

More generic

• construction
• structure

More specific

• obelisk
• totem pole

Noun

a fundamental principle or practice

Synonyms

• pillar

More generic

• principle
• rule

More specific

• pillar of Islam

Noun

a prominent supporter

Synonyms

• mainstay
• pillar

More generic

• admirer
• booster
• champion
• friend
• protagonist
• supporter

Noun

anything that approximates the shape of a column or tower

Synonyms

• column
• pillar
• tower

More generic

• form
• shape

More specific

• columella
• hoodoo

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