Synonyms for shield
ʃildshield

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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.

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

1. shieldnoun

   a protective covering or structure

   Synonyms:
   cuticle, shell, buckler, carapace

2. shield, bucklernoun

   armor carried on the arm to intercept blows

   Synonyms:
   cuticle, shell, buckler, carapace

3. carapace, shell, cuticle, shieldverb

   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, screenverb

   protect, hide, or conceal from danger or harm

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

5. harbor, harbour, shieldverb

   hold back a thought or feeling about

   "She is harboring a grudge against him"

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

Matched Categories

1. • Hide
   • Protect
   • Protective Covering

Dictionary of English Synonymes(1.00 / 1 vote)Rate these synonyms:

1. shieldnoun

   Synonyms:
   buckler, ægis

2. shieldnoun

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

3. shieldnoun

   Synonyms:
   escutcheon, ensign armorial

4. shieldverb

   Synonyms:
   defend, protect, guard, shelter, cover

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate these synonyms:

1. shieldnoun

   Synonyms:
   ægis, buckler, escutcheon, scutcheon, pavise, scutum, defense, protection, palladium, bulwark, safeguard

   Associated words:
   scutal, bouche

2. shieldverb

   Synonyms:
   defend, protect, safeguard, ward off, repel

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1. List of paraphrases for "shield":

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

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How to use shield in a sentence?

1. The Talmud:

   He who carries out one good deed acquires one advocate in his own behalf, and he who commits one transgression acquires one accuser against himself. Repentance and good works are like a shield against calamity.

2. Francisco Sagasti:

   Do not be afraid of the vaccine. The vaccine is the best shield, we are betting as much as possible that all Peruvians can be vaccinated this year.

3. Andrew Jackson, 1821:

   The great can protect themselves, but the poor and humble require the arm and shield of the law.

4. Michael Garcia:

   Finding Earth's largest shield volcano in the 21st Century is a surprising discovery, but then we know more about the surface of Mars than what is below the ocean on Earth, we are still discovering things about our physical planet that we did not know. There is still much to learn about planet Earth.

5. New York:

   While the Sacklers continue to lowball victims and skirt a responsible settlement, we refuse to allow the family to misuse the courts in an effort to shield their financial misconduct. The limited number of documents provided to us so far underscore the necessity for compliance with every subpoena.