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

While Russia retains a presence, the era of it operating these as independent military outposts is over. — Paul Iddon, Forbes.com, 23 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

Settlers have long illegally seized Palestinian homes in the West Bank, but the attacks have stepped up in recent years amid vows by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to establish new settler outposts and legalize more existing ones. — Frank Andrews, CBS News, 18 Aug. 2026

Al Sharaa reached an agreement with Moscow just days ago over two key Russian outposts in Syria; the Mediterranean coastal bases will be transferred to Syrian control. — Paula Hancocks, CNN Money, 16 Aug. 2026

Throughout the conflict, the Hmeimem air base and the Tartus naval base were key Russian military outposts in the eastern Mediterranean. — ABC News, 9 Aug. 2026

Together, the discoveries suggest the villa’s residents embraced a distinctly Roman lifestyle despite living in what was then one of the empire’s westernmost outposts. — Ashley Vega, PEOPLE, 7 Aug. 2026

Ashley Garibay lived in Stockton, California, and worked at an In-N-Out location there but would travel to other new outposts of the burger spot to train workers, the young woman's family said in a statement to KCRA-TV. — Amanda Lee Myers, USA Today, 4 Aug. 2026