Defends Synonyms and Antonyms

Protect or fight for as a champion
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. supports
  2. secures
  3. champions
  4. safeguards
  5. shields
  6. watches
  7. preserves
  8. espouses
  9. cherishes
  10. wears
  11. holds
  12. fends
  13. fosters
  14. vindicates
  15. nourishes
  16. wards
  17. bolsters
  18. guards
  19. shelters
  20. upholds
  21. sustains
  22. screens
  23. saves
  24. keeps
  25. maintains
  26. houses
  27. repels
  28. rationalizes
  29. patronizes
  30. justifies
  31. hedges
  32. insures
  33. harbors
  34. garrisons
  35. fortifies
  36. exculpates
  37. countenances
  38. contests
  39. conserves
  40. backs
  41. asserts
  42. advocates
Antonyms:
  1. attacks
  2. leaves
  3. forsakes
  4. resigns
  5. surrenders
  6. quits
  7. abandons
  8. deserts
  9. relinquishes
Fight against or resist strongly
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. opposes
  2. fights
To keep off an enemy; often used figuratively
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. escorts
  2. garrisons
  3. entrenches
  4. hedges
  5. holds
  6. retains
  7. covers
  8. withstands
  9. averts
  10. resists
  11. screens
  12. shelters
  13. shields
Antonyms:
  1. surrenders
  2. yields
Be the defense counsel for someone in a trial
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. represents
Antonyms:
  1. prosecutes

Defends Sentence Examples

  • He takes the line of separating the things of God from those of Caesar, and defends the traditional Protestant theology with obvious sincerity.

  • On this subject Henry is far from clear; but he defends Plato against the current Aristotelian criticism, and endeavours to show that the two views are in harmony.

  • In the first part Justin defends his fellow-believers against the charge of atheism and hostility t4 the state.

  • But with the return of the warmer season each male selects a territory, which he fiercely defends against all comers, especially against intruders of his own species and sex, and to which he invites all females, until the nest is filled with ova.

  • His arguments and exhortations may be gathered from many of his epistles and from his tract Adversus Helvidium, in which he defends the perpetual virginity of Mary against Helvidius, who maintained that she bore children to Joseph.

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