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Synonyms for defender
de·fend·er
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Princeton's WordNet
defender, guardian, protector, shieldernoun
a person who cares for persons or property
Synonyms:
guardian, shielder, withstander, protectordefender, withstandernoun
a fighter who holds out against attack
Synonyms:
guardian, shielder, withstander, protector
Editors Contribution
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Dictionary of English Synonymes
defendernoun
defendernoun
Synonyms:
champion, vindicator, protector
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
PPDB, the paraphrase database
List of paraphrases for "defender":
advocate, supporter, defensor, vindicator, provedor, champion, ombudsman, ombudsperson, defend, ombud, campaigner, protector, defence, counsel, defenders, lawyer, defending, defensoría, proponent
Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#2625 | lawyer | |
#4315 | guardian | |
#4627 | counsel | |
#4708 | champion | |
#4979 | defence | |
#7451 | advocate | |
#7739 | defend | |
#11373 | protector | |
#11853 | defending | |
#12964 | defender | |
#15000 | supporter | |
#16561 | ombudsman | |
#18264 | defenders | |
#28107 | proponent | |
#54942 | campaigner | |
#98382 | ombudsperson | |
#124398 | defensor | |
#136474 | vindicator | |
#173551 | ombud |
How to use defender in a sentence?
Two Vladimirs, two sides, fighting each other. One aggressor, one defender — sounds almost biblical.
Ma’am, you were arrested for burglary with an assault or battery, strong armed robbery with an aggravated battery and child abuse. I will appoint the public defender’s office for you.
And as the defender of North America, the United States officially, in the ballistic missile defense, I think the American people expect me to take the threat seriously.
This guy's a great defender, he comes up throwing, it's very accurate and has a lot of velocity to it. He's just an all-around very good player.
Dale Bumpers was a governor of profound historical importance, the most eloquent defender of our constitution in the Senate, a man who put his considerable gifts of wisdom, wit, and passion to work for the common good, the entire state mourns the loss of an Arkansas legend.
Translations for defender
From our Multilingual Translation Dictionary
- المدافعArabic
- защитник, бранителBulgarian
- defensorCatalan, Valencian
- obhájce, obránceCzech
- forsvarer, forsvarDanish
- VerteidigerGerman
- υπερασπιστήςGreek
- defendantoEsperanto
- kaitsjaEstonian
- مدافعPersian
- puolustaja, puolustusasianajajaFinnish
- défenseurFrench
- cosantóirIrish
- מגן, מגנהHebrew
- रक्षकHindi
- védőHungarian
- bekIndonesian
- varnarmaðurIcelandic
- difensoreItalian
- ディフェンダー, 防衛者, 擁護者Japanese
- defensorLatin
- verdedigster, advocaat voor de verdediging, verdedigerDutch
- forsvarerenNorwegian
- obrońcaPolish
- defensor, beque, zagueiroPortuguese
- apărător, fundașRomanian
- защитник, защитницаRussian
- bek, braniteljica, advokat, branič, odvjetnica, branitelj, odvjetnikSerbo-Croatian
- obranca, obhajcaSlovak
- försvarare, backSwedish
- mteteziSwahili
- savunucuTurkish
- захисникUkrainian
- người bào chữaVietnamese
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