Synonyms of ramparts

ramparts

noun

plural of rampart

as in walls

a tall, thick stone or dirt structure that is built around a castle, town, etc., to protect it from attacks

The city's ramparts crumbled long ago.

Related Words

• walls
• barricades
• barriers
• dams
• bulwarks
• fences
• chains
• fenders
• cushions
• hedges
• buffers
• bumpers
• obstacles
• pads
• blocks
• obstructions
• impediments
• hurdles
• inhibitions
• palings
• interferences
• embarrassments
• roadblocks
• hindrances
• encumbrances
• bars
• constraints
• lets
• deterrents
• stumbling blocks
• handicaps
• shackles
• restraints
• clogs
• stops
• curbs
• pales
• fetters
• manacles
• trammels
• snags
• crimps
• hobbles
• drags

Dissimilar Words

• gates
• doors
• entrances
• entries
• doorways
• portals
• gaps
• entranceways
• entryways
• passes
• breaks

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of ramparts

There’s fighting in the streets, along the ramparts, hot oil poured on men climbing ladders. — Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 10 Aug. 2026

With Silverwing airborne, Ormund joins the fight on the ramparts, where Roddy hangs on for the chance to kill him. — Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 10 Aug. 2026

They have been launched from mountains, riverbanks, bridges, medieval ramparts, cathedrals. — Paige Williams, New Yorker, 3 Aug. 2026

The record there shows us a circle of 15-foot-high limestone walls with towers and ramparts on a verdant coastal plain, not a desert city of earth and clay. — Harrison Jacobs, ARTnews.com, 22 July 2026

Gaspare Fossati, the architect best known for restoring Hagia Sophia, renovated the building in the 1840s, while the remains of 13th-century Genoese ramparts still form part of the restaurant walls downstairs. — Liam Hess, Vogue, 1 July 2026

In 1946, Picasso set up his studio in Château Grimaldi, a former medieval castle perched above the ramparts. — Lane Nieset, Travel + Leisure, 13 June 2026

The best are those on top floors with views of the pool or Caribbean Sea beyond city ramparts—uninterrupted for over 500 miles north to Jamaica. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 25 May 2026

Located in the idyllic region of Ripollès, the ramparts of castle Llaés look out upon both the Pyrenees and bucolic hillsides where goats graze. — Erika Owen, Architectural Digest, 29 Apr. 2026