TOWERS Synonyms: 71 Similar and Opposite Words

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noun

plural of tower

as in cathedrals

a large, magnificent, or massive building a hill from which one can gaze upon the towers of that great and historic city

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verb

present tense third-person singular of tower

as in surges

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Recent Examples of towers

Noun

The marks, which are sandwiched between towers once used to scout for armies and to allow archers and other artillery-throwers to fend off enemy incursions, are arrayed in a way that suggests they may have been left by a repeating dart-thrower called a polybolos. —

Taylor Mitchell Brown, Scientific American, 20 Apr. 2026 On Monday, April 20, more than 260 former residents returned to the complex, where seven 31-story high-rise towers were impacted by the blaze, according to Reuters and The Associated Press. —

Abigail Adams, PEOPLE, 20 Apr. 2026 Across the street, one of those towers across the street has doubled its occupancy over the last two years. —

Sean Krofssik, Hartford Courant, 19 Apr. 2026 The west block would have the office and hotel towers, and the east block would have hotel and apartment towers, as well as a 400-seat entertainment venue. —

Thomas Gounley, Denver Post, 18 Apr. 2026 But One South’s new leases are an example of Charlotte’s office job growth, which is filling the city’s towers. —

Desiree Mathurin, Charlotte Observer, 17 Apr. 2026 American’s captured 44% in Phoenix, 66% in Miami, 72% in Philadelphia, and 86% in Dallas/Fort Worth, while United towers at 50% in Denver, 55% in San Francisco, and 75% in Houston. —

Shawn Tully, Fortune, 17 Apr. 2026 Its 500-foot wingspan towers over the presidential palace. —

Niken Sitoningrum, NPR, 16 Apr. 2026 The store hinges on a major redevelopment of the 46-year-old mall that would add a hotel and residential towers. —

Howard Cohen, Miami Herald, 16 Apr. 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for towers

Noun

Entry is free, and the interior is genuinely stunning — the kind of stop that rewards curiosity even if cathedrals aren’t typically your thing.

— Lauren Schuster, Miami Herald, 10 Apr. 2026
On shrill winter nights, Moscow’s power is conspicuous, its Orthodox cathedrals and Stalinist high-rises illuminated, though the view falls dim in the autumn and spring, shrouded in sheets of greige.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 3 Apr. 2026