Synonyms of outposts

outposts

noun

plural of outpost

1

as in villages

a small place where people live that is far away from other towns or cities

They lived in a remote outpost high in the mountains.

Related Words

• villages
• settlements
• hamlets
• camps
• habitations
• territories
• diasporas
• exclaves
• plantations
• posts
• colonies
• possessions
• vills
• protectorates
• bourgs
• mandates
• dependencies
• whistle-stops
• townlets
• cow towns
• Podunks

2

as in barracks

a military facility that is in another country or that is far from a country's center of activity

It took about a month for mail to reach the soldiers at the outpost.

Related Words

• barracks
• citadels
• camps
• garrisons
• forts
• bases
• fortresses
• bunkers
• stations
• fortifications
• bastions
• installations
• headquarters
• strongholds
• posts
• cantonments
• redoubts
• centers
• blockhouses
• leaguers
• fronts
• airbases
• dugouts
• bridgeheads
• laagers
• footholds
• beachheads
• emplacements
• battlefronts
• garrison houses
• staging areas
• holds
• fields
• footings
• staging grounds
• toeholds

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of outposts

Their campaigns upend the assumption of many Democratic consultants that rural and Southern outposts are a poor use of financial resources and political talent. — Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor, New Yorker, 12 Nov. 2026

Israel has erected military outposts and launched strikes, raids and incursions in Quneitra and Daraa provinces, which straddle the buffer zone. — Kareem Chehayeb, Los Angeles Times, 12 Nov. 2026

Accompanying 48-hour pop-ups took place in October at two of Ulta Beauty’s LA outposts — Santa Monica and Westwood — resulting in snaking queues and surpassing sales targets by more than 62%, according to Miller. — Ella Graveney, Vogue, 11 Nov. 2026

This lavish hotspot with multiple locations in Los Angeles as well as outposts in Austin and Las Vegas, is a modern steakhouse with a bit of flair. — Jeremy Repanich, Robb Report, 6 Nov. 2026

On Election Day, as the results started coming in, Rashid Johnson opened a show of new work at Hauser & Wirth’s Wooster Street gallery, which has recently become my favorite of the mega-gallery’s dozen or so global outposts. — Nate Freeman, Vanity Fair, 6 Nov. 2026

The Paris location opened in 2021, while the Venice outposts opened in 2006 and 2007, respectively. — Devorah Lauter, ARTnews.com, 4 Nov. 2026

Delhi’s Pristine Contemporary, Gallery XXL, and Gallery Vayu are all making their debuts, as are London’s Chilli, and the Opera Gallery, which has sixteen outposts worldwide. — News Desk, Artforum, 3 Nov. 2026

In remote ranching outposts across the treeless plateau of Chubut province, life revolves around tending flocks on steppes and shearing sheep in sheds. — ABC News, 2 Nov. 2026