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. Rachel Levine:

   The mission of our Department is to enhance the health and well-being of all Americans, no matter their gender identity or sexual orientation, all people need access to healthcare services to fix a broken bone, protect their heart health, and screen for cancer risk.

2. Zayon Martinez:

   I went and talked to my son and I told him,' They're gon na have more cops. They're gon na have higher fencing. And he wasn't having it, he said,' It doesn't matter. They're not gon na protect us.'.

3. Claire Runge:

   More than half of migratory bird species travelling the world’s main flyways have suffered serious population declines in the past 30 years. This is due mainly to unequal and ineffective protection across their migratory range and the places they stop to refuel along their routes, a typical migratory bird relies on many different geographic locations throughout its annual cycle for food, rest and breeding. So even if we protect most of their breeding grounds, it’s still not enough – threats somewhere else can affect the entire population.

4. Bonnie Carroll:

   Regardless of how the person died, at some point in their life they stepped forward to raise their right hand and say `I will protect this nation,'.

5. Mike Ryan:

   We'd be in a lot worse situation without this vaccine right now, but the vaccine can't protect you if you're not vaccinated.