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

Strahan described the chaos in New York City amid the rescue efforts and the accompanying bomb threats and noted that the Giants could still see smoke from the twin towers from the team’s practice fields. — Michael Silver, New York Times, 11 Sep. 2026 At ground zero, relatives shared enduring grief and final phone calls, while organizers added a tribute for thousands sickened or killed by toxic dust long after the towers fell. — Jennifer Peltz, Los Angeles Times, 11 Sep. 2026 Roma arrived at the World Trade Center while both towers stood defiantly tall, each pierced by Boeing 767s, bleeding with jet fuel and spewing smoke that promised to eventually bring them down. — Danya Gainor, CNN Money, 11 Sep. 2026 Not just the 2,977 deaths of innocent, often brave people — the workers trapped in the towers, the first responders who perished in an attempt to rescue them, the passengers aboard United Flight 93 who fought back against the hijackers. — Orlando Sentinel Editorial Board, The Orlando Sentinel, 11 Sep. 2026 William Gormley rushed to the twin towers after they were struck. — Dan Krauth, ABC News, 11 Sep. 2026 By then, Biggart had photographed the towers from nearly underneath them. — Stephen Rodrick, Rolling Stone, 11 Sep. 2026 Another image, that of a man falling from the World Trade Center towers, haunts many to this day ‒ including the photographer who took the picture. — Phaedra Trethan, USA Today, 11 Sep. 2026 Play spaces — including the centerpiece play structure with two domed towers — are accessible to wheelchair users via ramp. — Sacbee.com, 4 Sep. 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for towers

Noun

For more than a century, college football has inspired the building of vast concrete-and-steel on-campus cathedrals — only for the names on the blueprints to become historical footnotes.

— Ira Gorawara, New York Times, 5 Sep. 2026
The interior is like a step into Italy, with tall arches, a dome ceiling from old cathedrals and a mosaic fountain on the back bar, all surrounded by bronze sculptures.

— Jenn Rice, Forbes.com, 20 Aug. 2026

Definition of cathedrals

Verb

With billions in ticking fees, breakup penalties and financing on the line, Paramount mounts a full-court PR and political pressure campaign.

— Meg James, Los Angeles Times, 12 Aug. 2026
Artificial intelligence disguises itself as human, attempts to dupe a web developer and mounts a malicious cyberattack -- all on its own.

— Max Zahn, ABC News, 11 Aug. 2026

Definition of mounts

Noun

Over time, however, some intrepid people moved into the ruins of these edifices, setting up tents on the concrete floors, using bed sheets as walls, cooking on makeshift stoves.

— Mark Leonard, Foreign Affairs, 18 Aug. 2026
The 1963 demolition of the original Penn Station, one of the great 20th century American edifices, was a ghastly mistake that New York has lived with and tried to correct for six decades.

— Andy Byford, New York Daily News, 5 July 2026

Definition of edifices

Noun

The technology enables the scanning of objects to create thousands of X-rays, resulting in 3D renderings that can peer inside structures without damaging specimens — such as the inside of a snake’s tail.

— Ashley Strickland, CNN Money, 11 Sep. 2026
The new village structures, arrayed in an arc facing the water, feel comfortable and modern, and the architecture and design is heavily influenced by the islands.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 11 Sep. 2026

Definition of structures

Verb

Its auto-empty dock holds weeks of debris without manual intervention, while intelligent carpet detection automatically lifts the mop pad to keep rugs dry.

— Juhi Wadia, PC Magazine, 8 Sep. 2026
Meta's $18 billion social media settlement lifts a legal overhang that some analysts said could clear the way for a wave of new AI product launches.

— Kai Nicol-Schwarz, CNBC, 4 Sep. 2026

Definition of lifts

Noun

This location is more residential, with quieter streets and approachable local trattorias, but offers several architecturally significant palaces and one of the city's oldest churches, the 11th-century San Zan Degola.

— Irene S. Levine, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2026
There’s no way to describe the excitement that came with discovering great movies in the palaces that adorned Westwood’s corners.

— Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 28 Aug. 2026