command post

noun

: a post at which the commander of a unit in the field receives orders and exercises command

Synonyms of command post

• headquarters
• base

Examples of command post in a Sentence

a historic home that for a time served as Washington's command post during the American Revolution

Recent Examples on the Web

They can also be mounted on vehicles or installed at temporary command posts if needed. — Christopher McFadden, Interesting Engineering, 11 July 2026

Scheublin wasn’t demoted to a borough command post until January 2026, having at that point been the subject of a criminal investigation for a year. — Rocco Parascandola, New York Daily News, 10 July 2026

The video claims to show a FAB-500 aerial glide bomb destroying a UAV command post near Novopavlovka and a temporary deployment area in the Kherson region. — Vikram Mittal, Forbes.com, 1 July 2026

To further support operations, the United States also repositioned the Fort Lauderdale, a large amphibious landing ship, off Venezuela’s Caribbean coast to serve as a mobile command post. — Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 26 June 2026

Word History

First Known Use

circa 1918, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for command post

• diagnosed
• easternmost
• innermost
• lowermost
• milepost
• northernmost
• outermost
• rearmost
• southernmost
• uppermost
• uttermost
• westernmost