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

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has ordered unauthorized West Bank settler outposts to be dismantled as his government faces growing scrutiny from the United States to rein in violence against Palestinians. — Claire Carter, The Washington Examiner, 7 Sep. 2026

Since 2023, more than 200 new settlements and outposts have been built or are under construction. — Amos Harel, Foreign Affairs, 2 Sep. 2026

In Europe, Ulla Johnson is testing markets through outposts and concessions, including a presence at Galeries Lafayette in Paris. — Tianwei Zhang, Footwear News, 1 Sep. 2026

Despite a paywall, a graphic on the piece shows data centers in these outposts beaming valuable data to the Middle Kingdom, which, to the American government, is unacceptable. — John Werner, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2026

Detroit and Philadelphia have recently become outposts for artists as New York becomes ever more expensive. — Daniel Cassady, ARTnews.com, 27 Aug. 2026

On the fifth day of the siege, the army returned to the village and destroyed the outpost that the settlers had put in place as well as two other settler outposts in the immediate vicinity. — David Shulman, The New York Review of Books, 26 Aug. 2026

About two or three times a week, Bnei Avraham activists accompany Palestinian farmers in the Hebron and Bethlehem regions to their land, areas that have become dangerous to reach because of nearby settler outposts. — Dina Kraft, Christian Science Monitor, 19 Aug. 2026

Unable to leave without military permission, Ridi confronts settlers who claim his yard as theirs, underscoring Palestinians’ powerlessness as violent outposts expand with scant police accountability. — Sam Metz, Los Angeles Times, 18 Aug. 2026