Synonyms for guardian
ˈgɑr di ənguardian

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:2.2 / 12 votes

1. guardian

   Synonyms:
   keeper, protector, conservator, custodian, preserver, warder

   Antonyms:
   traitor, betrayer, pupil, ward

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:3.3 / 7 votes

1. defender, guardian, protector, shieldernoun

   a person who cares for persons or property

   Synonyms:
   shielder, defender, withstander, protector

Matched Categories

1. • Preserver

Editors ContributionRate these synonyms:2.0 / 1 vote

1. authority

   someone who takes care of you or is in charged of you

   my guardian is the person who takes care of me

   Submitted by rinat on September 9, 2019  

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:5.0 / 2 votes

1. guardiannoun

   Synonyms:
   warden, keeper, protector, defender, preserver, guardian angel, tutelary saint

2. guardianadjective

   Synonyms:
   protecting, tutelary

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1. guardianadjective

   Synonyms:
   tutelary, protecting, tutelar

2. guardiannoun

   Synonyms:
   defender, guard, tutelary saint, keeper, warden, protector, defense, guardian angel

   Antonyms:
   ward, protégé

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1. List of paraphrases for "guardian":

   tutor, custodian, guardians, keeper, guarantor, guard, warden, guardianship, babysitter, watchdog, janitor, mentor, caretaker, protector, gatekeeper, sitter, trusteeship, watchman, warder, curator, caregiver

Concise Medical Dictionary, by Joseph C Segen, MDRate these synonyms:1.5 / 2 votes

1. guardian

   Synonyms:
   Guardian ad litem, law guardian, legal guardian

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How to use guardian in a sentence?

1. Tom Penn:

   Once clear that no one was harmed, I contacted the Guardian, as I felt it was of important public interest, i believe it is reasonable for someone who is likely to become our next prime minister to be held accountable for all of their words, actions and behaviors.

2. Anwar Gargash:

   Mogherini's Guardian op-ed lacks context and understanding of Iran's regional and aggressive policy and sectarian overtones that have polarized the Middle East her task of 'regional cooperative framework' must evolve from a clear understanding of Iran's interventionist and sectarian foreign policy and ensuing polarization.

3. Lakshheish M Patel:

   If you are a trader under SBI securities and are not able to sell your shares on some day then you can be sure that stock market will fall on that day. And if you are not able to buy share as price entry is disabled then the market will rise abruptly. Brokers are cheaters and their guardian is regulator

4. Sonia Murdock:

   I always say he was our family's first guardian angel.

5. Plutarch:

   He made the city [Athens], great as it was when he took it, the greatest and richest of all cities, and grew to be superior in power to kings and tyrants. Some of these actually appointed him guardian of their sons, but he did not make his estate a single drachma greater than it was when his father left it to him.