Synonyms for
Castles
Definition
a large building or group of buildings fortified against attack with thick walls, battlements, towers, and often a moat
Synonyms & similar words
Synonyms by register
Antonyms
Common collocations
- medieval castles
- stone castles
- royal castles
- haunted castles
- castles in the air
- castles on the hill
- castles and palaces
Word family
noun castle
verb castellate
Usage note
While 'castles' primarily refers to fortified residences of royalty or nobility, it can also be used metaphorically, as in 'castles in the air' for unrealistic dreams.
Example sentences
- The castle was built to protect the kingdom from invaders.
- The castle had a dungeon where prisoners were kept.
- The castle had a beautiful garden with a fountain.
- The king and queen lived in the castle with their children.
- The castle was so big that it took hours to explore every room.
Quotes
All the world's a stage, and all the men and women merely players: they have their exits and their entrances; and one man in his time plays many parts, his acts being seven ages. At first the infant, Mewling and puking in the nurse's arms. And then the whining school-boy, with his satchel And shining morning face, creeping like snail Unwillingly to school. And then the lover, Sighing like furnace, with a woeful ballad Made to his mistress' eyebrow. Then a soldier, Full of strange oaths and bearded like the pard, Jealous in honour, sudden and quick in quarrel, Seeking the bubble reputation Even in the cannon's mouth. And then the justice, In fair round belly with good capon lined, With eyes severe and beard of formal cut, Full of wise saws and modern instances; And so he plays his part. The sixth age shifts Into the lean and slipper'd pantaloon, With spectacles on nose and pouch on side, His youthful hose, well saved, a world too wide For his shrunk shank; and his big manly voice, Turning again toward childish treble, pipes And whistles in his sound. Last scene of all, That ends this strange eventful history, Is second childishness and mere oblivion, Sans teeth, sans eyes, sans taste, sans everything.
I have made the tough decisions, always with an eye toward the bottom line. Perhaps it's time America was run like a business.
I think we're going to the moon because it's in the nature of the human being to face challenges. It's by the nature of his deep inner soul... we're required to do these things just as salmon swim upstream.