observation post

1. 1.

   an elevated post affording a wide view

   Synonymslookout

   Broaderpost

   Narrowermeteorological observation post

Questions about observation post

What does observation post mean?

observation post means "an elevated post affording a wide view".

What is another word for observation post?

Close synonyms include lookout. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is observation post a common word?

observation post is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.