Picket synonyms

pĭk'ĭt

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guard
A person who protects, keeps watch, or acts as a sentinel:
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stake
(With definite article) The piece of timber to which a martyr was affixed to be burned.
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pole
Originally, a stick; now specifically, a long and slender piece of metal or (especially) wood, used for various construction or support purposes.
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pillar
Such a column standing alone as a monument
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patrolman
One who patrols an assigned area.
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union member
A watchman
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vedette
A sentinel, usually on horseback, stationed on the outpost of an army, to watch an enemy and give notice of danger.
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sentry
A guard, particularly on duty at the entrance to a military base.
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inlying picket
A watchman
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walk out
(Intransitive) to leave suddenly, especially as a form of protest
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blockade
To subject to a blockade
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imprison
To put or keep in prison; jail
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fence
(Intransitive, equestrianism) to jump over a fence
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corral
To capture or round up.
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post (related)
A message posted in an electronic forum. [from 20th c.]
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strike (related)
To manufacture, as by stamping.
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enclose (related)
To enclose is defined as to surround, or to include inside of something.
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lookout
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pale
To decrease in relative importance.
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boycott
To abstain from or act together in abstaining from using, buying, dealing with, or participating in as an expression of protest or disfavor or as a means of coercion:
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patrol
(Intransitive) To go the rounds along a chain of sentinels; to traverse a police district or beat.
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protester
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rail
(Intransitive) To travel by railway.
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sentinel
To sentinel is defined as to watch over or to provide with a guard.
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striker
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tether
To restrict something with a tether
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protector
Someone who protects or guards, by assignment or on their own initiative.
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ward
The definition of a ward is a wing of a hospital, a division of a prison, or a person, especially a child, who is dependent upon the care and support of an appointed guardian.
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watch
A period of close observation, often in order to discover something:
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awareness (related)
The state or quality of being aware of something
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safety (related)
(American football) Any of the defensive players who are in position furthest from the line of scrimmage and whose responsibility is to defend against passes as well as to be the tacklers of last resort.
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piquet
A card game for two people, played with a deck from which all cards below the seven, aces being high, are omitted.
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lookout-man
a person employed to keep watch for some anticipated event
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spotter
A person or thing that spots
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scout
(Informal) An individual; a person:
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protestor (related)
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picket-line (related)
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picketing (related)
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protest (related)
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Find another word for picket. In this page you can discover 39 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic expressions, and related words for picket, like: guard, stake, pole, pillar, patrolman, union member, vedette, sentry, inlying picket, walk out and blockade.
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Picket Sentence Examples

  • It can't always be white picket fences and cottages.

  • "Ah, that's the way to talk French," said the picket soldiers.

  • aghast to hear that the picket was to take ball ammunition.

  • The soldiers forming the picket line, like showmen exhibiting a curiosity, no longer looked at the French but paid attention to the sight-seers and grew weary waiting to be relieved.

  • It was ranged by varying the charge, and layed for line by means of a line and plumb bob Laying aligned on a picket.

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