Synonyms for billet
ˈbɪl ɪtbil·let

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1. note, short letter, line, billetnoun

   a short personal letter

   "drop me a line when you get there"

   Synonyms:
   personal credit line, banker's bill, cable, production line, business, tone, stemma, banknote, bill, preeminence, ancestry, agate line, spot, lineage, crinkle, stock, telephone circuit, note of hand, berth, seam, situation, bloodline, course, crease, melodic line, air, channel, line of products, job, assembly line, contrast, bank bill, product line, notation, line of work, blood, bank line, line of merchandise, rail line, personal line of credit, annotation, promissory note, short letter, strain, dividing line, transmission line, distinction, post, eminence, line of descent, melody, position, musical note, logical argument, phone line, furrow, greenback, parentage, wrinkle, descent, blood line, office, melodic phrase, occupation, line of business, pedigree, pipeline, line of credit, line, business line, railway line, demarcation, subscriber line, origin, communication channel, telephone line, credit line, government note, argumentation, bank note, line of reasoning, tune, place, note, argument

2. billetnoun

   lodging for military personnel (especially in a private home)

   Synonyms:
   note, position, line, short letter, spot, post, office, situation, berth, place

3. position, post, berth, office, spot, billet, place, situationverb

   a job in an organization

   "he occupied a post in the treasury"

   Synonyms:
   stance, state of affairs, touch, short letter, berth, seat, lieu, place, spot, perspective, locating, mail, bureau, authority, role, home, station, function, view, post, plaza, property, piazza, mooring, spotlight, topographic point, point, mail service, part, note, position, spatial relation, bunk, power, dapple, speckle, status, positioning, government agency, fleck, agency, blank space, posture, smear, moorage, site, slip, business office, slur, military position, maculation, attitude, daub, placement, bit, smudge, line, emplacement, space, stead, postal service, smirch, office staff, situation, side, location, office, stain, federal agency, pip, stake, built in bed, military post, shoes, patch, blot

4. quarter, billet, cantonverb

   provide housing for (military personnel)

   Synonyms:
   draw, draw and quarter, canton, quarter

Matched Categories

1. • Lodge
   • Lodging
   • Military
   • Personal Letter

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. billetnoun

   Synonyms:
   note, short letter

2. billetverb

   Synonyms:
   assign (to a lodging place, as soldiers, by a billet), apportion, allot, distribute, quarter, place in lodgings

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1. List of paraphrases for "billet":

   ticket

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