Synonyms of columns

columns

noun

plural of column

1

as in rows

a series of persons or things arranged one behind another

a column of ants stretched between the fallen hot dog and the ant hill

Synonyms & Similar Words

• rows
• lines
• queues
• files
• strings
• trains
• ranges
• cues
• ranks
• chains
• sequences
• tiers
• arrays
• echelons
• progressions
• successions

2

as in pilasters

an upright shaft that supports an overhead structure

engraved columns supported the arch on either side

Synonyms & Similar Words

• pilasters
• pillars
• piers
• posts
• stanchions
• pedestals
• buttresses
• piles
• caryatids
• obelisks
• needles
• pilings
• flying buttresses

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of columns

The footer is the heavy concrete foundation pad in the ground supporting the ride’s columns and beams that hold the track up. — Catherine Muccigrosso july 17, Charlotte Observer, 17 July 2026

Pinta hosted card-writing parties and spread the word on social media and through my columns and, all told, sent out around 2,100 cards that year. — Heidi Stevens, Chicago Tribune, 17 July 2026

At the White House, construction is under way on a helipad, ballroom, fortification of the front door and columns are under repair. — Conor Murray, Forbes.com, 17 July 2026

Whether the drapery is extended or open, the tidy columns remain at the top. — Heather Bien, Southern Living, 16 July 2026

Giant's Causeway The Giant's Causeway in Northern Ireland offers a spectacular foreground for the eclipse, with the sun appearing low above the Atlantic beyond the famous basalt columns. — Jamie Carter, Space.com, 15 July 2026

Unlike in most mythological tales, the white Corinthian columns have been swapped out for brutal stone architecture. — Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 15 July 2026

The obvious — though not necessarily correct — assumption is that a big and dumbass engineering error is at fault here, a miscalculation that the structural columns of the old building would be able to carry the new stories on top and couldn’t. — Christopher Bonanos, Curbed, 14 July 2026

The company was adding 18,000 square feet to 15 upper floors of the building, and the additional load caused two columns to bend, sagging the floors – some as much as 4 inches, Nathan Berman, founder and managing principal of MetroLoft, told CNN. — Gloria Pazmino, CNN Money, 11 July 2026