Guards Synonyms and Antonyms
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Synonyms for Guards
To keep from injury, peril, or harm; protect.
Safety is a state of being protected from potential harm or something that has been designed to protect and prevent harm.
A precaution or protective stipulation
(Historical) A person whose duty was to guard or police the streets at night
A police officer, especially a junior one who does patrol instead of detection or supervising other policemen.
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A sentinel; esp., any of the men of a military guard posted to guard against, and warn of, danger
A means of defense or protection
A heavy metal screen attached to an artillery piece for the protection of the gunners
Protection or defense against escape
Something that defends; means of or resources for protection
(Meteorol.) An official alert, as by the National Weather Service, that the conditions exist in the area for, variously, a tornado, severe thunderstorm, flash flood, etc., although one has not yet been reported
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A person, as a member of a labor union on strike, stationed outside a factory, store, or public building, often carrying a sign, to demonstrate opposition to certain views or practices, keep strikebreakers from entering, or dissuade people from buying
To stop the movement or progress of:
To accompany as an assistant or protector; to care for the wants of; to look after; to watch; to guard.
To shelter is defined as to provide protection or cover.
To control, protect, or keep orderly with or as police or a similar force
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Patrol is defined as to regularly guard an area.
To be concerned or troubled; care:
To gather, keep, or drive (animals) in a herd.
To station troops in (a fortified place) for its defense
To give emotional, moral, or mental strength to; encourage:
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To go with as an escort; accompany to protect or show honor or courtesy to
To keep (a quantity) constant through physical or chemical reactions or evolutionary changes.
To have a liking or attachment:
To watch over and manage; supervise; superintend
To direct or instruct in a certain manner:
To oversee; supervise
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To watch attentively:
To secure is to firmly attach something, to take action to make an area safe or to obtain something that you have been seeking.
An action taken in advance to protect against possible danger, failure, or injury; a safeguard:
(Civil Law) A guardian, as of a minor
One whose responsibility is keeping a jail.
(--- Sports) A goalkeeper.
The definition of a custodian is a person vested with the responsibility to provide care or maintenance for something such as a building, museum, or financial assets, or a person who is hired to clean and maintain a building.
The act of observing or keeping watch.
A person or thing that protects; guardian; defender
One that protects:
The act of preserving; care to preserve; act of keeping from destruction, decay or any ill.
Antonyms for Guards
Ignore is defined as to deliberately disregard, or to avoid noticing.
To forget things; be forgetful
To fail to do or carry out something due to oversight or carelessness.
To allow to be seen; disclose; reveal; exhibit; display
The definition of forsake is to abandon or to give up something.
Words Related to Guards
The act of attacking
Guardian is defined as someone who watches over or protects.
The definition of awareness is a state of knowing and being informed of something.
Find another word for guards. In this page you can discover 58 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic expressions, and related words for guards, like: preserves, safeties, safeguards, watchmen, screws, turnkeys, patrolmen, sentinels, sentries, wards and shields.
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