Synonyms of cantonment

cantonment

noun

as in fort

Related Words

• fort
• garrison
• barracks
• abode
• residence
• installation
• billet
• dwelling
• domicile
• post
• quarters
• encampment
• house
• home
• camp
• habitation
• lodging
• diggings
• hearth
• roof
• fireside
• pad
• dormitory
• place
• hearthstone
• dorm
• lodgment
• boardinghouse
• housing
• shelter
• rooming house
• lodging house
• nest
• flophouse
• accommodations
• residency
• room(s)

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of cantonment

The captain had done a brief stint in OK town cantonment after getting his commission three and a half years ago and knew that the vehicle registration plates were the only exciting thing about the city. — Literary Hub, 20 Feb. 2026

The school bus was transporting students from various areas to a military-run school in a high-security cantonment, according to officials. — Zia Ur-Rehman, New York Times, 21 May 2025

In the military cantonment, a formidable army stood at the ready, awaiting its lords’ commands. — Salman Rushdie, The New Yorker, 5 Dec. 2022

A day earlier, Iraqi troops began turning up in quantity at the huge British cantonment at Basra Airport. — Simon Akam, The Atlantic, 20 Feb. 2021

Areas like cantonment, Clement town and Raipur are not shown as Dehradun population even though the city bears their population pressure. — Hridayesh Joshi, Quartz India, 4 Feb. 2020

Tibet, like Xinjiang province to its north, is a cantonment of the People’s Republic. — Matthew Continetti, National Review, 24 Aug. 2019

But his no-nonsense, hands-on training regimen transformed the Continental Army into a skilled fighting force that humbled the British when the Americans emerged from their winter cantonment with the decisive triumph at Monmouth. — Peter Cozzens, WSJ, 21 Dec. 2018