outpost
outpost is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 1 sense, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 40 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.(a) A post or station without the limits of a camp, or at a distance from the main body of an army, for observation of the enemy. (b) The troops placed at such a station.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- about
- advance
- advanced
- afternoon
- ahead
- all
- ambient
- and
- anterior
- anteriority
- arch
- around
- atmosphere
- autumn
- autumnal
- banlieue
- beak
- bedtime
- before
- begird
- belt
- bend
- beset
- border
- bow
- brow
- candlelight
- circumambient
- circumference
- circumferential
- circumfluent
- circumjacence
- circumjacent
- circumscribe
- circumvent
- close
- coin
- come
- compass
- confront
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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