Synonyms for harbor
| Grammar : Noun, verb |
| Spell : hahr-ber |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈhɑr bər |
Top 10 synonyms for harbor Other synonyms for the word harbor
- anchorage
- arm
- asylum
- bay
- bight
- board
- breakwater
- brood over
- bunk
- chuck
- consider
- cove
- cover
- covert
- defend
- domicile
- embankment
- entertain
- firth
- foster
- guard
- gulf
- harborage
- haven
- hold
- hold back
- house
- imagine
- jetty
- landing
- lodge
- mooring
- nurse
- nurture
- provide refuge
- put up
- quarter
- refuge
- regard
- relieve
- retain
- retreat
- road
- roadstead
- safeguard
- sanctuary
- sanctum
- screen
- secrete
- secure
- security
- shelter
- shield
- suppress
- wharf
- withhold
Définition of harbor
Origin :- "lodging for ships," early 12c., probably from Old English herebeorg "lodgings, quarters," from here "army, host" (see harry) + beorg "refuge, shelter" (related to beorgan "save, preserve;" see bury); perhaps modeled on Old Norse herbergi "room, lodgings, quarters." Sense shifted in Middle English to "refuge, lodgings," then to "place of shelter for ships."
- noun place for storing boats in the water
- noun place for seclusion
- verb hide, protect
- verb hold in imagination
- Agdaness was a bare waste, and no harbor, and many a ship was lost.
- Extract from : « Cameos from English History, from Rollo to Edward II » by Charlotte Mary Yonge
- Without demur, then, she turned and accompanied the rascally Malay toward the harbor.
- Extract from : « The Monster Men » by Edgar Rice Burroughs
- Also, there was not a single American vessel of war in the harbor.
- Extract from : « American Notes » by Rudyard Kipling
- In 1805, the harbor was made a port of entry, and classed within the Erie district.
- Extract from : « Cleveland Past and Present » by Maurice Joblin
- The harbor facilities of Cleveland at this time were very few.
- Extract from : « Cleveland Past and Present » by Maurice Joblin
- "Our harbor is full of ships, and our town full of troops," Hutchinson said.
- Extract from : « The Atlantic Monthly, Vol. 10, No. 58, August, 1862 » by Various
- From that day the harbor became for me a big grim place to be let alone—like my father.
- Extract from : « The Harbor » by Ernest Poole
- Instead she caught the chance to draw out of me all I had learned from the harbor.
- Extract from : « The Harbor » by Ernest Poole
- But even up here in the mountains the harbor reached with its cold embrace.
- Extract from : « The Harbor » by Ernest Poole
- It was to questionings like these that my mother had led me up from the harbor.
- Extract from : « The Harbor » by Ernest Poole
Antonyms for harbor
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