OUTPOST
Dictionary entry overview: What does outpost mean?
• OUTPOST (noun)
The noun OUTPOST has 3 senses:
1. a station in a remote or sparsely populated location
2. a settlement on the frontier of civilization
3. a military post stationed at a distance from the main body of troops
Familiarity information: OUTPOST used as a noun is uncommon.
Dictionary entry details
• OUTPOST (noun)
Meaning:
A station in a remote or sparsely populated location
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Synonyms:
outpost; outstation
Hypernyms ("outpost" is a kind of...):
post; station (the position where someone (as a guard or sentry) stands or is assigned to stand)
Meaning:
A settlement on the frontier of civilization
Classified under:
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
Synonyms:
frontier settlement; outpost
Hypernyms ("outpost" is a kind of...):
colony; settlement (a body of people who settle far from home but maintain ties with their homeland; inhabitants remain nationals of their home state but are not literally under the home state's system of government)
Meaning:
A military post stationed at a distance from the main body of troops
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("outpost" is a kind of...):
military post; post (military installation at which a body of troops is stationed)
Domain category:
armed forces; armed services; military; military machine; war machine (the military forces of a nation)
