Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb embattle

2 senses of embattle

Sense 1
embattle -- (fortify by furnishing with battlements for defense; "an embattled castle")
       => fortify, fort -- (enclose by or as if by a fortification)

Sense 2
embattle -- (prepare for battle or conflict)
       => organize, organise, prepare, devise, get up, machinate -- (arrange by systematic planning and united effort; "machinate a plot"; "organize a strike"; "devise a plan to take over the director's office")

Antonyms of adj embattled

2 senses of embattled

Sense 1
embattled -- (prepared for battle; "an embattled city")

INDIRECT (VIA prepared) -> unprepared -- (without preparation; not prepared for; "unprepared remarks"; "the shock was unprepared"; "our treaty makers approached their immensely difficult problems unprepared"- R.E.Danielson)

Sense 2
embattled, battlemented, castled, castellated -- (having or resembling repeated square indentations like those in a battlement; "a crenelated molding")

INDIRECT (VIA fancy) -> plain -- (not elaborate or elaborated; simple; "plain food"; "stuck to the plain facts"; "a plain blue suit"; "a plain rectangular brick building")

Similarity of adj embattled

2 senses of embattled

Sense 1
embattled -- (prepared for battle; "an embattled city")
       => prepared (vs. unprepared) -- (made ready or fit or suitable beforehand; "a prepared statement"; "be prepared for emergencies")

Sense 2
embattled, battlemented, castled, castellated -- (having or resembling repeated square indentations like those in a battlement; "a crenelated molding")
       => fancy (vs. plain) -- (not plain; decorative or ornamented; "fancy handwriting"; "fancy clothes")