Synonyms for column
ˈkɒl əmcol·umn

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1. columnnoun

   A solid upright structure designed usually to support a larger structure above it, such as a roof or horizontal beam, but sometimes for decoration.

   Synonyms:
   pillar, post, sile

2. columnnoun

   Antonyms:
   row

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:1.0 / 1 vote

1. columnnoun

   a line of units following one after another

   Synonyms:
   tower, chromatography column, editorial, pillar, newspaper column

2. column, chromatography columnnoun

   a vertical glass tube used in column chromatography; a mixture is poured in the top and washed through a stationary substance where components of the mixture are adsorbed selectively to form colored bands

   Synonyms:
   tower, chromatography column, editorial, pillar, newspaper column

3. columnnoun

   a vertical array of numbers or other information

   "he added a column of numbers"

   Synonyms:
   tower, chromatography column, editorial, pillar, newspaper column

4. column, tower, pillarnoun

   anything that approximates the shape of a column or tower

   "the test tube held a column of white powder"; "a tower of dust rose above the horizon"; "a thin pillar of smoke betrayed their campsite"

   Synonyms:
   newspaper column, pillar, editorial, chromatography column, towboat, tugboat, tug, tower, mainstay

5. column, editorial, newspaper columnnoun

   an article giving opinions or perspectives

   Synonyms:
   tower, chromatography column, editorial, pillar, newspaper column

6. column, pillarnoun

   a vertical cylindrical structure standing alone and not supporting anything (such as a monument)

   Synonyms:
   tower, chromatography column, editorial, mainstay, pillar, newspaper column

7. column, pillarnoun

   (architecture) a tall vertical cylindrical structure standing upright and used to support a structure

   Synonyms:
   tower, chromatography column, editorial, mainstay, pillar, newspaper column

8. columnnoun

   a page or text that is vertically divided

   "the newspaper devoted several columns to the subject"; "the bookkeeper used pages that were divided into columns"

   Synonyms:
   tower, chromatography column, editorial, pillar, newspaper column

9. columnnoun

   any tubular or pillar-like supporting structure in the body

   Synonyms:
   tower, chromatography column, editorial, pillar, newspaper column

Matched Categories

1. • Array
   • File
   • Military
   • Skeletal Structure
   • Structure
   • Text
   • Tube

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. columnnoun

   Synonyms:
   pillar (that is round)

2. columnnoun

   Synonyms:
   file, line, row

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated WordsRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. columnnoun

   Synonyms:
   pillar, post, shaft, obelisk, file, line, row, pilaster

   Associated words:
   entablature, frieze, architrave, triglyph, cornice, base, shaft, capital, plinth

2. columnnoun

   Synonyms:
   peristyle, portico, colonnade

   Associated words:
   entablature, frieze, architrave, triglyph, cornice, base, shaft, capital, plinth

PPDB, the paraphrase databaseRate these paraphrases:0.0 / 0 votes

1. List of paraphrases for "column":

   columns, spine, stanchion, chronic, al-amud, amud, columnar

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1. Jeff Kingston:

   I got an email out of the blue saying, 'We're terminating your column,'.

2. Sean Patrick Maloney:

   I care intensely about keeping this seat in the blue column.

3. Daniella Greenbaum:

   I have never operated under the assumption that everything I pitched would get on the site, at least in the initial way I pitched it, but I never expected something to go through the editorial process and then get taken down, i received a total of zero direct messages from colleagues telling me they disagreed with the column or were angry about my writing it or expressing an interest in talking so we could hear where each of us were coming from.

4. Makoto Moore:

   This thunderstorm will produce all of the hazards of a normal thunderstorm : lightning, gusty and erratic winds, precipitation, etc., except much or all of the activity is hidden by the smoke column, firefighters on the ground may have very little warning before strong gusty winds sweep across an area.

5. Colonel Sani Usman:

   The leading column was ambushed by suspected Boko Haram terrorists at Faljari village between Mafa and Dikwa.