Synonyms for shield
ʃild

Princeton's WordNet(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate these synonyms:

1. shield(noun)

   a protective covering or structure

   Synonyms:
   cuticle, shell, buckler, carapace

2. shield, buckler(noun)

   armor carried on the arm to intercept blows

   Synonyms:
   cuticle, shell, buckler, carapace

3. carapace, shell, cuticle, shield(verb)

   hard outer covering or case of certain organisms such as arthropods and turtles

   Synonyms:
   casing, cuticle, racing shell, eggshell, case, shell, epidermis, buckler, carapace, scale, plate

4. shield, screen(verb)

   protect, hide, or conceal from danger or harm

   Synonyms:
   test, sieve, riddle, harbour, block out, sort, harbor, screen, screen out

5. harbor, harbour, shield(verb)

   hold back a thought or feeling about

   "She is harboring a grudge against him"

   Synonyms:
   screen, harbour, nurse, harbor, entertain, hold

English Synonyms and Antonyms(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate these synonyms:

1. 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, vindication

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

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

Dictionary of English Synonymes(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate these synonyms:

1. shield(n.)

   Synonyms:
   buckler, ægis

2. shield(n.)

   Synonyms:
   safeguard, protection, defence, guard, cover, security, bulwark, rampart, palladium

3. shield(n.)

   Synonyms:
   escutcheon, ensign armorial

4. shield(v. a.)

   Synonyms:
   defend, protect, guard, shelter, cover

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1. List of paraphrases:

   escudo, shields, protector, shielding, breastplate, armor, armour, shielded, ecu, screen, deck, protect, protection, dun, badge, saver

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