<p><strong>Noun</strong></p><ul><li>a well-fortified place; fortress.</li><li>a place that serves as the center of a group, as of militants or of persons holding a controversial viewpoint: The campus was a stronghold of liberalism.</li></ul><p><strong>Synonyms</strong></p><ul><li>bastion</li><li>bulwark</li><li>refuge</li><li>home</li></ul>