Patrol Synonyms and Antonyms

pə-trōl
A unit engaged in patrolling
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. guard
  2. watch
  3. protection
To maintain or keep in order with or as if with police
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. guard
  2. police
  3. watch
  4. walk
  5. detachment
  6. garrison
  7. walk a beat
  8. inspect
  9. protect
  10. make inspection
  11. safeguard
  12. scout
  13. sentinel
Antonyms:
  1. ignore
  2. neglect
The action of patrolling
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. guarding
  2. watching
  3. safeguarding
  4. protecting
  5. defending
  6. escorting
  7. convoying
  8. scouting

Words Related to Patrol

Related words are words that are directly connected to each other through their meaning, even if they are not synonyms or antonyms. This connection may be general or specific, or the words may appear frequently together.

Related:

  1. army
  2. law
  3. patrols
  4. unitbrett
  5. high-visibility
  6. reconnaissance
  7. raid

Patrol Sentence Examples

  • A patrol car returned him to duty.

  • The total number of patrol men in 1909 was 8562.

  • A set of soldiers approached on patrol.

  • To the Bow Street office was subsequently attached the "horse patrol"; each of the police offices had a fixed number of constables attached to it, and the Thames police had an establishment of constables and surveyors.

  • It became desirable that the horse patrol and constables allotted to the several.

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