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

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

Business reporter Caroline Petrow-Cohen details the comeback plans, which include Vegas outposts and lobster on a stick. — Laurie Ochoa, Los Angeles Times, 4 Aug. 2026

Gagosian will continue to operate its London outposts at 20 Grosvenor Hill and 17–19 Davies Street in Mayfair. — News Desk, Artforum, 3 Aug. 2026

Historically, mountain properties were trappers’ cabins, logging outposts or alpine dairy herding HQs. — Catherine Dunwoody, Forbes.com, 1 Aug. 2026

Beyond its South Nashville digs, Prince’s now has outposts downtown and in the Nashville airport. — Ellen Fort, Bon Appetit Magazine, 31 July 2026

The ability to reshape the lunar surface before astronauts arrive could determine how quickly permanent outposts become reality. — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 30 July 2026