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Synonyms for SHIELD
ʃildshield
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English Synonyms and Antonyms
shield
The weak may speak or act in defense of the strong; none but the powerful can assure others of protection. A defense is ordinarily against actual attack; protection is against possible as well as actual dangers. We speak of defense against an assault, protection from the cold. Vindication is a triumphant defense of character and conduct against charges of error or wrong. Compare APOLOGY.
Synonyms:
apology, bulwark, defense, fortress, guard, justification, protection, rampart, resistance, safeguard, shelter, vindicationAntonyms:
abandonment, betrayal, capitulation, desertion, flight, surrenderPreposition:
Defense against assault or assailants; in law, defense to an action, from the testimony.
Princeton's WordNet
shieldnoun
a protective covering or structure
shield, bucklernoun
armor carried on the arm to intercept blows
carapace, shell, cuticle, shieldverb
hard outer covering or case of certain organisms such as arthropods and turtles
Synonyms:
casing, cuticle, racing shell, eggshell, case, shell, epidermis, buckler, carapace, shield, scale, plateshield, screenverb
protect, hide, or conceal from danger or harm
Synonyms:
test, sieve, riddle, harbour, block out, sort, shield, harbor, screen, screen outharbor, harbour, shieldverb
hold back a thought or feeling about
"She is harboring a grudge against him"
Synonyms:
screen, harbour, nurse, harbor, shield, entertain, hold
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Words popularity by usage frequency
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#287 | case | |
#502 | test | |
#914 | protection | |
#923 | sort | |
#1049 | screen | |
#1275 | hold | |
#1777 | scale | |
#2141 | defense | |
#2157 | protect | |
#3157 | plate | |
#3541 | guard | |
#3616 | shell | |
#3656 | resistance | |
#4200 | nurse | |
#4329 | deck | |
#4776 | harbor | |
#6056 | saver | |
#6486 | shield | |
#6682 | shelter | |
#7466 | harbour | |
#8768 | badge | |
#8916 | armor | |
#10672 | justification | |
#11373 | protector | |
#12349 | shields | |
#14008 | entertain | |
#14339 | armour | |
#14680 | fortress | |
#15421 | safeguard | |
#17325 | apology | |
#19524 | dun | |
#19762 | riddle | |
#20282 | casing | |
#21437 | ecu | |
#23077 | shielded | |
#23804 | shielding | |
#28884 | sieve | |
#46218 | escudo | |
#46486 | epidermis | |
#50223 | cuticle | |
#54917 | rampart | |
#56537 | vindication | |
#70634 | buckler | |
#73669 | eggshell | |
#77590 | bulwark | |
#77637 | breastplate | |
#86787 | carapace |
How to use SHIELD in a sentence?
Do not be afraid of the vaccine. The vaccine is the best shield, we are betting as much as possible that all Peruvians can be vaccinated this year.
It is customary for Supporters of the shield to be assigned to Members of the Royal Family, and for wives of Members of the Royal Family to have one of their husband's Supporters and one relating to themselves, the Supporter relating to The Duchess of Sussex is a songbird with wings elevated as if flying and an open beak, which with the quill represents the power of communication.
It was the boast of Augustus that he found Rome of brick and left it of marble. But how much nobler will be the sovereign's boast when he shall have it to say that he found law... a sealed book and left it a living letter found it the patrimony of the rich and left it the inheritance of the poor found it the two-edged sword of craft and oppression and left it the staff of honesty and the shield of innocence.
I don’t think he deserves to have a badge, i hope he can never do that to anyone else and get away with it. I hope he can never do that again under the shield of the New York Police Department.
This is a case about Donald Trump’s security guards assaulting peaceful demonstrators on a public sidewalk, we will be taking the trial testimony of Donald Trump, under oath, on Monday after years of the defendants’ dilatory attempts to shield him from this examination. We look forward to presenting the video of Mr. Trump’s testimony to a jury at his trial.
Translations for SHIELD
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- درعArabic
- štítCzech
- skjoldDanish
- schützenGerman
- ασπίδαGreek
- ŝildoEsperanto
- protegerSpanish
- سپرPersian
- kilpiFinnish
- bouclierFrench
- sciathIrish
- ढालHindi
- pajzsHungarian
- melindungiIndonesian
- scudoItalian
- מגןHebrew
- シールドJapanese
- 방패Korean
- arma,Latin
- schildDutch
- skjermeNorwegian
- tarczaPolish
- protegerPortuguese
- scutRomanian
- щитRussian
- skyddaSwedish
- கவசம்Tamil
- kalkanTurkish
- щитUkrainian
- ڈھالUrdu
- cái khiênVietnamese
- פאַרשטעלןYiddish
- 盾Chinese
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