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Synonyms of column in English:

column


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See UK English definition of column

See Spanish definition of columna

noun

1‘the arches were supported on massive columns’

SYNONYMS
pillar, post, pole, support, upright, vertical, baluster, pier, pile, piling, pilaster, stanchion, standard, prop, buttress
rod, shaft, leg, mast, tower, pylon
obelisk, monolith
technical newel, caryatid, telamon, herm

2‘he writes a weekly column in a Sunday paper’

SYNONYMS
article, piece, piece of writing, item, story, report, account, write-up, feature, essay, composition, study, review, criticism, critique, notice, commentary, editorial, leader
British informal crit

3‘we walked in a column’

SYNONYMS
line, file, procession, rank, row, string, chain, train, trail, progression, succession, cavalcade, parade, motorcade, carcade, cortège, convoy
British queue, march-past
informal crocodile