Synonyms of headquarters

headquarters

plural noun

ˈhed-ˌkwȯ(r)-tərz 

1

as in seat

a place from which authority is exercised

the headquarters of the newly established United States government was in New York City, the nation's first capital

Synonyms & Similar Words

• seat
• center
• command
• capital
• home
• high command

2

as in base

the place from which a commander runs operations

the scout went straight to the large tent in the center of the camp, correctly assuming that it served as the division's headquarters

Synonyms & Similar Words

• base
• home
• command
• command post
• seat

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of headquarters

Many Bears players and staff members live within close proximity to the Lake Forest facility, and the team in December said that despite the ongoing stadium discussions, the Bears’ Halas Hall headquarters would remain in Lake Forest. —Robert McCoppin, Chicago Tribune, 19 Feb. 2026

Nasdaq is also joining in, planning dual listings and a regional headquarters in North Texas. —Dallas Morning News, 19 Feb. 2026

Unfolding in real time, using uninterrupted one-shot takes to mirror the urgency of a breaking story, the film is set over the course of a single morning in November 1949, inside the bustling New York headquarters of the respected Verity Press. —Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 19 Feb. 2026

Eversource Energy, which has dual headquarters in Hartford and Boston, did not outline where the improvements would be made across its footprint of Connecticut, Massachusetts and New Hampshire, in a recent earnings release. —Kenneth R. Gosselin, Hartford Courant, 18 Feb. 2026