Synonyms for guard
gɑrdguard

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1. guardnoun

   Synonyms:
   fender

2. guardnoun

   A part of a machine which blocks access to dangerous parts.

   The motorcycle mechanic removed the damaged chain guard.

   Synonyms:
   protection

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1. guard

   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, justification, protection, rampart, resistance, safeguard, shelter, shield, vindication

   Antonyms:
   abandonment, betrayal, capitulation, desertion, flight, surrender

   Preposition:
   Defense against assault or assailants; in law, defense to an action, from the testimony.

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1. guardnoun

   a person who keeps watch over something or someone

   Synonyms:
   guard duty, safety, sentry go, safeguard, precaution, safety device, sentry duty

2. guardnoun

   the person who plays that position on a football team

   "the left guard was injured on the play"

   Synonyms:
   guard duty, safety, sentry go, safeguard, precaution, safety device, sentry duty

3. guard, safety, safety devicenoun

   a device designed to prevent injury or accidents

   Synonyms:
   prophylactic, sentry go, condom, guard duty, safety, precaution, safe, safeguard, sentry duty, refuge, rubber, base hit, safety device

4. guardnoun

   a posture of defence in boxing or fencing

   "keep your guard up"

   Synonyms:
   guard duty, safety, sentry go, safeguard, precaution, safety device, sentry duty

5. guardnoun

   the person who plays the position of guard on a basketball team

   Synonyms:
   guard duty, safety, sentry go, safeguard, precaution, safety device, sentry duty

6. guardnoun

   a military unit serving to protect some place or person

   Synonyms:
   guard duty, safety, sentry go, safeguard, precaution, safety device, sentry duty

7. precaution, safeguard, guardnoun

   a precautionary measure warding off impending danger or damage or injury etc.

   "he put an ice pack on the injury as a precaution"; "an insurance policy is a good safeguard"; "we let our guard down"

   Synonyms:
   guard duty, safety, precaution, care, caution, safeguard, sentry duty, forethought, sentry go, safe-conduct, safety device

8. guard duty, guard, sentry duty, sentry gonoun

   the duty of serving as a sentry

   "he was on guard that night"

   Synonyms:
   guard duty, safety, precaution, safeguard, sentry duty, sentry go, safety device

9. guardnoun

   (American football) a position on the line of scrimmage

   "guards must be good blockers"

   Synonyms:
   guard duty, safety, sentry go, safeguard, precaution, safety device, sentry duty

10. guardverb

    a position on a basketball team

    Synonyms:
    guard duty, safety, sentry go, safeguard, precaution, safety device, sentry duty

11. guardverb

    to keep watch over

    "there would be men guarding the horses"

    Synonyms:
    ward, defend, hold

12. guard, wardverb

    watch over or shield from danger or harm; protect

    "guard my possessions while I'm away"

    Synonyms:
    ward, defend, hold

13. defend, guard, holdverb

    protect against a challenge or attack

    "Hold that position behind the trees!"; "Hold the bridge against the enemy's attacks"

    Synonyms:
    fight, book, retain, moderate, view as, support, apply, hold back, harbour, take hold, bind, deem, hold up, arrest, take, have, concord, check, make, fend for, take for, go for, throw, defy, control, harbor, oppose, keep, obligate, ward, carry, give, adjudge, entertain, nurse, accommodate, represent, curb, defend, fight back, confine, have got, restrain, withstand, agree, hold in, halt, contain, obtain, maintain, fight down, oblige, concur, keep back, sustain, prevail, reserve, admit, hold, declare, champion, bear

14. guardverb

    take precautions in order to avoid some unwanted consequence

    "guard against becoming too friendly with the staff"; "guard against infection"

    Synonyms:
    ward, defend, hold

Matched Categories

1. • Act
   • Basketball Player
   • Defender
   • Device
   • Lineman
   • Measure
   • Military Unit
   • Posture
   • Protect
   • Watch

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1. defender

   Submitted by anonymous on May 19, 2021  

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1. guardverb

   Synonyms:
   protect, defend, shield, shelter, keep in safety

2. guardverb

   Synonyms:
   watch, take care, be cautious, be vigilant

3. guardnoun

   Synonyms:
   defence, protection, shield, security, bulwark, rampart, ægis, palladium, safeguard

4. guardnoun

   Synonyms:
   sentinel, sentry, watch, watchman

5. guardnoun

   Synonyms:
   convoy, escort, conduct, body of defenders

6. guardnoun

   Synonyms:
   circumspection, care, watchfulness, caution, attention, heed

7. guardnoun

   Synonyms:
   conductor (of a coach or of a railway train)

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1. guardnoun

   Synonyms:
   guardsman, watch, watchman, sentinel, patrol, sentry, picket, convoy, escort, body-guard, defense, protection, shield, safeguard, bulwark, armor, attention, heed, watch, circumspection

   Associated words:
   cordon

2. guardverb

   Synonyms:
   protect, defend, shield, shelter, fortify, preserve

   Antonyms:
   expose

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1. List of paraphrases for "guard":

   guards, guardia, custody, garde, guardsmen, keeper, guarding, custodian, keep, warden, on-call, guardian, keeps, garda, haris, watchkeeping, care, goalkeeper, custodial, coastguard, custodianship, guardhouse, saver, safekeeping, bodyguard, guardsman, vigilance, janitor, caretaker, watchman, warder, day-care, retains, watch

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How to use guard in a sentence?

1. Ralph Waldo Emerson:

   Guard well your spare moments. They are like uncut diamonds. Discard them and their value will never be known. Improve them and they will become the brightest gems in a useful life.

2. Ralph Waldo Emerson:

   Let not a man guard his dignity, but let his dignity guard him.

3. Mark Twain:

   Always acknowledge a fault. This will throw those in authority off their guard and give you an opportunity to commit more.

4. Louis D. Brandeis:

   Experience should teach us to be most on our guard to protect liberty when the government's purposes are beneficial. The greatest dangers to liberty lurk in insidious encroachment by men of zeal, well meaning but without understanding.

5. National Guard:

   The DC National Guard deployed a Immediate Response Force( IRF) composed of National Guard soldiers and airmen to the Capitol complex this afternoon to support the U.S. Capitol Police. Due to operational security, we can not discuss further details regarding the IRF, no National Guard members were injured in the incident at the Capitol. Currently, approximately 2,300 National Guard members are in DC supporting local, state, and federal authorities in DC.