A person who can be relied on to give a great deal of support and comfort.
synoniem: pillar of strength.
Roget 175:
influence;
importance
etc.
642;
weight,
pressure,
preponderance,
prevalence,
sway;
predominance,
predominancy†;
ascendency†;
dominance,
reign;
control,
domination,
pull [Slang];
authority
etc.
737;
capability
etc.
(power)
157;
effect
etc.
154;
interest.
synergy
(cooperation)
709.
footing;
purchase
etc.
(support)
215;
play,
leverage,
vantage ground.
tower of strength,
host in himself;
protection,
patronage,
auspices.
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Roget 159:
strength;
power
etc.
157;
energy
etc.
171;
vigor,
force;
main force,
physical force,
brute force;
spring,
elasticity,
tone,
tension,
tonicity.
stoutness
etc.
adj.;
lustihood†,
stamina,
nerve,
muscle,
sinew,
thews and sinews,
physique;
pith,
pithiness;
virtility,
vitality.
athletics,
athleticism†;
gymnastics,
feats of strength.
adamant,
steel,
iron,
oak,
heart of oak;
iron grip;
grit,
bone.
athlete,
gymnast,
acrobat;
superman,
Atlas,
Hercules,
Antaeus†,
Samson,
Cyclops,
Goliath;
tower of strength;
giant refreshed.
strengthening
etc.
v.;
invigoration,
refreshment,
refocillation†.
[Science of forces]
dynamics,
statics.
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Roget 717:
defense,
protection,
guard,
ward;
shielding
etc.
v.;
propugnation†,
preservation
etc.
670;
guardianship.
area defense;
site defense.
self-defense,
self-preservation;
resistance
etc.
719.
safeguard
etc.
(safety)
664;
balistraria†;
bunker,
screen
etc.
(shelter)
666;
camouflage
etc.
(concealment)
530;
fortification;
munition,
muniment†;
trench,
foxhole;
bulwark,
fosse†,
moat,
ditch,
entrenchment,
intrenchment†;
kila†;
dike,
dyke;
parapet,
sunk fence,
embankment,
mound,
mole,
bank,
sandbag,
revetment;
earth work,
field-work;
fence,
wall dead wall,
contravallation†;
paling
etc.
(inclosure)
232;
palisade,
haha,
stockade,
stoccado†,
laager†,
sangar†;
barrier,
barricade;
boom;
portcullis,
chevaux de frise [Fr.];
abatis,
abattis†,
abbatis†;
vallum†,
circumvallation†,
battlement,
rampart,
scarp;
escarp†,
counter-scarp;
glacis,
casemate†;
vallation†,
vanfos†.
buttress,
abutment;
shore
etc.
(support)
215.
breastwork,
banquette,
curtain,
mantlet†,
bastion,
redan†,
ravelin†;
vauntmure†;
advance work,
horn work,
outwork;
barbacan†,
barbican;
redoubt;
fort-elage [Fr.],
fort-alice;
lines.
loophole,
machicolation†;
sally port.
hold,
stronghold,
fastness;
asylum
etc.
(refuge)
666;
keep,
donjon,
dungeon,
fortress,
citadel,
capitol,
castle;
tower of strength,
tower of strength;
fort,
barracoon†,
pah†,
sconce,
martello tower†,
peelhouse†,
blockhouse,
rath†;
wooden walls.
[body armor]
bulletproof vest,
armored vest,
buffer,
corner stone,
fender,
apron,
mask,
gauntlet,
thimble,
carapace,
armor,
shield,
buckler,
aegis,
breastplate,
backplate†,
cowcatcher,
face guard,
scutum†,
cuirass,
habergeon†,
mail,
coat of mail,
brigandine†,
hauberk,
lorication†,
helmet,
helm,
bassinet,
salade†,
heaume†,
morion†,
murrion†,
armet†,
cabaset†,
vizor†,
casquetel†,
siege cap,
headpiece,
casque,
pickelhaube,
vambrace†,
shako
etc.
(dress)
225.
bearskin;
panoply;
truncheon
etc.
(weapon)
727.
garrison,
picket,
piquet;
defender,
protector;
guardian
etc.
(safety)
664;
bodyguard,
champion;
knight-errant,
Paladin;
propugner†.
bulletproof window.
hardened site.
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