Synonyms for protect
prəˈtɛktpro·tect

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1. protect

   To cherish is both to hold dear and to treat as dear. Mere unexpressed esteem would not be cherishing. In the marriage vow, "to love, honor, and cherish," the word cherish implies all that each can do by love and tenderness for the welfare and happiness of the other, as by support, protection, care in sickness, comfort in sorrow, sympathy, and help of every kind. To nurse is to tend the helpless or feeble, as infants, or the sick or wounded. To nourish is strictly to sustain and build up by food; to nurture includes careful mental and spiritual training, with something of love and tenderness; to foster is simply to maintain and care for, to bring up; a foster-child will be nourished, but may not be as tenderly nurtured or as lovingly cherished as if one's own. In the figurative sense, the opinion one cherishes he holds, not with mere cold conviction, but with loving devotion.

   See synonyms for ABANDON; CHASTEN.

   Synonyms:
   cheer, cherish, cling to, comfort, encourage, entertain, foster, harbor, hold dear, nourish, nurse, nurture, shelter, treasure, value

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1. protect

   Synonyms:
   defend, fortify, guard, shield, preserve, cover, secure, save, vindicate

   Antonyms:
   betray, endanger, imperil, abandon, expose

Princeton's WordNet

1. protectverb

   shield from danger, injury, destruction, or damage

   "Weatherbeater protects your roof from the rain"

2. protectverb

   use tariffs to favor domestic industry

Matched Categories

1. • Assist
   • Defend
   • Trade

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1. berdeck

   will you bedrock me?

   Submitted by bobashmore1956 on January 1, 2023  

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1. protectverb

   Synonyms:
   defend (by a covering), guard, shield, screen, shelter, house, preserve, secure, save

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1. protectverb

   Synonyms:
   shield, defend, guard, fortify, screen, shelter, befriend

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1. List of paraphrases for "protect":

   protecting, protection, safeguard, defend, protected, protects, preserve, safeguarding, secure, shield, protective, uphold, preserving

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How to use protect in a sentence?

1. Phil Bryant:

   As governor, Ive pledged to do all I can to protect life, time and time again the Legislature and I have done just that.

2. Richard Burke:

   As long as we protect ourselves I think we are OK.

3. One AFRICOM official:

   The theory is that if China continues unmitigated expansion, both militarily and economically, and we don't compete to protect our influence, the consequence could be that we are edged out of those areas and we lose the ability to address what we perceive as counterterrorism national interests in Africa.

4. New York:

   Well, where is the federal government ? Who knows where the federal government is, i'm not waiting for the federal government to come protect the people of the state of New York. I've been disappointed time and time and time again.

5. Garrett Marquis:

   The president has been clear, the United States does not seek military conflict with Iran, and he is open to talks with Iranian leadership. However, Iran's default option for 40 years has been violence, and we will protect U.S. personnel and interests in the region.