tower

1. 1.

   appear very large or occupy a commanding position

   “The huge sculpture predominates over the fountain”

   “Large shadows loomed on the canyon wall”

   Synonymsloompredominatehulk

   Broaderrise

Other forms of tower

plural

towers·

past tense

towerred·

present participle

towerring·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about tower

What does tower mean?

tower means "a structure taller than its diameter; can stand alone or be attached to a larger building". That is the primary sense; the word has 4 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in tower?

tower has 2 syllables: to-wer. The stress falls on "to". In IPA it is /ˈtaʊɚ/.

What is another word for tower?

Close synonyms include column, pillar, tugboat, tug, towboat. 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 tower a common word?

tower is banded "Common" — everyday vocabulary in speech and writing. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.