PALINGS Synonyms: 55 Similar and Opposite Words

palings

noun

plural of paling

as in fences

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Noun

Just as good fences make good neighbors, good contracts make good partners.

— Michael Lynch, Forbes.com, 30 Aug. 2026
The creature, smaller than a house cat and uniquely round, appeared in social media users’ posts waddling across lawns, fences, and cables around the city.

— Charlotte Phillipp, PEOPLE, 28 Aug. 2026

Definition of fences

Noun

The walls are finished in shiplap, while wooden beams round out the space, giving it a subtly cottage-like appearance.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 30 Aug. 2026
Families covered hospital walls with posters showing missing relatives, photographs and contact numbers in a desperate appeal for any clue that could bring them home.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 30 Aug. 2026

Definition of walls

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Long-standing problems and new barriers are combining to make a career in dietetics less appealing and less financially feasible, just as the nation is increasing its appetite for nutrition in health care.

— Lauren Chan, STAT, 1 Sep. 2026
Both mainly reduced trade barriers and committed all three governments to avoid policies that inhibited commercial flows with one another.

— Chad P. Bown, Foreign Affairs, 1 Sep. 2026

Definition of barriers

Noun

Farmers blocked the highways leading into the city while demonstrators erected barricades throughout Cochabamba, occupied the central plaza, and halted transportation and commerce.

— Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 19 Aug. 2026
Officers pointed guns, sirens were sounded, and barricades went up at the gate entrance, KEYT reported.

— ABC News, ABC News, 19 Aug. 2026

Definition of barricades

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