Defended Synonyms and Antonyms

Protect or fight for as a champion
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. supported
  2. secured
  3. championed
  4. safeguarded
  5. shielded
  6. watched
  7. preserved
  8. espoused
  9. cherished
  10. fended
  11. worn
  12. held
  13. fostered
  14. vindicated
  15. nourished
  16. warded
  17. bolstered
  18. guarded
  19. sheltered
  20. upheld
  21. sustained
  22. screened
  23. saved
  24. kept
  25. maintained
  26. housed
  27. repelled
  28. rationalized
  29. patronized
  30. justified
  31. hedged
  32. insured
  33. harbored
  34. garrisoned
  35. fortified
  36. exculpated
  37. countenanced
  38. contested
  39. conserved
  40. backed
  41. asserted
  42. advocated
Antonyms:
  1. attacked
  2. left
  3. forsaken
  4. resigned
  5. surrendered
  6. quitted
  7. abandoned
  8. deserted
  9. relinquished
Fight against or resist strongly
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. opposed
  2. fought
Be the defense counsel for someone in a trial
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. represented
Antonyms:
  1. prosecuted
Not in danger
(Adjective)
Synonyms:
  1. protected

Defended Sentence Examples

  • You are defended from being a trifler.

  • Alright, so you defended me.

  • It is surrounded with walls and towers, and defended by a large moated castle of great strength.

  • His Histoire des causes premieres was among the first attempts at a history of philosophy, and in his work on Epicurus, following on Gassendi, he defended Epicureanism against the general attacks made against it.

  • Sulla was defended by Cicero and Hortensius, and acquitted.

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