Tom didn't think he needed a bodyguard.
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Bodyguard
//ˈbɑːdiɡɑːɹd//
Synonyms for "bodyguard" (27 found)
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Closest matches (6)
Strong matches (8)
Related words (13)
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2 entriesdbpedia genre
2 entriesderived from
2 entriesinstance of
1 entriesis a
3 entriesrelated to
2 entriesTranslations
130 translations across 70 languages.
Afrikaans
1 entries- lyfwag noun (person responsible for protecting someone)
Ancient Greek
2 entries- δορύφορος noun (person responsible for protecting someone)
- σωματοφύλαξ noun (person responsible for protecting someone)
Arabic
4 entries- حَارِس noun (person responsible for protecting someone)
- حَارِس شَخْصِيّ noun (person responsible for protecting someone)
- حَرَس noun (person responsible for protecting someone)
- حَرَس خَاصّ noun (person responsible for protecting someone)
Armenian
1 entries- թիկնապահ noun (person responsible for protecting someone)
Azerbaijani
1 entries- cangüdən noun (person responsible for protecting someone)
Basque
1 entries- bizkartzain noun (person responsible for protecting someone)
Belarusian
3 entries- ахо́ва noun (person responsible for protecting someone)
- ахо́ўнік noun (person responsible for protecting someone)
- целаахо́ўнік noun (person responsible for protecting someone)
Bengali
2 entries- দেহরক্ষী বরকন্দাজ noun (person responsible for protecting someone)
- মহাফেজ noun (person responsible for protecting someone)
Bulgarian
2 entries- бодига́рд noun (person responsible for protecting someone)
- телохрани́тел noun (person responsible for protecting someone)
Burmese
1 entries- သက်တော်စောင့် noun (person responsible for protecting someone)
Catalan
1 entries- guardaespatlles noun (person responsible for protecting someone)
Chamorro
1 entries- a'adahi noun (person responsible for protecting someone)
Cherokee
1 entries- ᎠᏓᎦᏘᏯ noun (person responsible for protecting someone)
Chinese Cantonese
2 entries- 保鏢 /保镖 noun (person responsible for protecting someone)
- 護衛 /护卫 noun (person responsible for protecting someone)
Chinese Mandarin
3 entries- 保鏢 /保镖 noun (person responsible for protecting someone)
- 衛士 /卫士 noun (person responsible for protecting someone)
- 護衛 /护卫 noun (person responsible for protecting someone)
Czech
3 entries- bodyguard noun (person responsible for protecting someone)
- osobní strážce noun (person responsible for protecting someone)
- tělesná stráž noun (person responsible for protecting someone)
Danish
1 entries- livvagt noun (person responsible for protecting someone)
Dutch
4 entries- bodyguard noun (person responsible for protecting someone)
- lijfgarde noun (person responsible for protecting someone)
- lijfwacht noun (person responsible for protecting someone)
- persoonsbeveiliger noun (person responsible for protecting someone)
Esperanto
3 entries- kapogardisto noun (person responsible for protecting someone)
- korpogardistaro noun (person responsible for protecting someone)
- korpogardisto noun (person responsible for protecting someone)
Estonian
2 entries- ihukaitsja noun (person responsible for protecting someone)
- turvamees noun (person responsible for protecting someone)
Faroese
1 entries- lívverji noun (person responsible for protecting someone)
Finnish
2 entries- henkivartija noun (person responsible for protecting someone)
- turvamies noun (person responsible for protecting someone)
French
1 entries- garde du corps noun (person responsible for protecting someone)
Galician
1 entries- gardacostas noun (person responsible for protecting someone)
Georgian
2 entries- მცველი noun (person responsible for protecting someone)
- პირადი მცველი noun (person responsible for protecting someone)
German
3 entries- Bodyguard noun (person responsible for protecting someone)
- Leibwächter noun (person responsible for protecting someone)
- Personenschützer noun (person responsible for protecting someone)
Greek
1 entries- σωματοφύλακας noun (person responsible for protecting someone)
Hebrew
2 entries- שׁוֹמֵר רֹאשׁ noun (person responsible for protecting someone)
- שׁוֹמֶרֶת רֹאשׁ noun (person responsible for protecting someone)
Hindi
2 entries- अंगरक्षक noun (person responsible for protecting someone)
- बॉडीगार्ड noun (person responsible for protecting someone)
Hungarian
1 entries- testőr noun (person responsible for protecting someone)
Ido
1 entries- korpogardisto noun (person responsible for protecting someone)
Irish
1 entries- garda cosanta noun (person responsible for protecting someone)
Italian
1 entries- guardia del corpo noun (person responsible for protecting someone)
Japanese
4 entries- ボディーガード noun (person responsible for protecting someone)
- 侍衛 noun (person responsible for protecting someone)
- 保鏢 noun (person responsible for protecting someone)
- 用心棒 noun (person responsible for protecting someone)
Karelian
1 entries- henkivarteiččija noun (person responsible for protecting someone)
Kazakh
1 entries- оққағар noun (person responsible for protecting someone)
Khmer
1 entries- អង្គរក្ស noun (person responsible for protecting someone)
Korean
3 entries- 경호원 noun (person responsible for protecting someone)
- 보디가드 noun (person responsible for protecting someone)
- 호위무사 noun (person responsible for protecting someone)
Lao
1 entries- ອົງຄະລັກ noun (person responsible for protecting someone)
Latin
3 entries- custōs corporis noun (person responsible for protecting someone)
- satelles noun (person responsible for protecting someone)
- stipator noun (person responsible for protecting someone)
Latvian
2 entries- miesassardze noun (person responsible for protecting someone)
- miesassargs noun (person responsible for protecting someone)
Macedonian
2 entries- гаваз noun (person responsible for protecting someone)
- телохранител noun (person responsible for protecting someone)
Malay
2 entries- pengawal noun (person responsible for protecting someone)
- pengawal peribadi noun (person responsible for protecting someone)
Malayalam
1 entries- അംഗരക്ഷകൻ noun (person responsible for protecting someone)
Marathi
2 entries- अंगरक्षक noun (person responsible for protecting someone)
- बॉडीगार्ड noun (person responsible for protecting someone)
Māori
1 entries- poutiriao noun (person responsible for protecting someone)
Navajo
1 entries- aa áhályáanii noun (person responsible for protecting someone)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- livvakt noun (person responsible for protecting someone)
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- livvakt noun (person responsible for protecting someone)
Persian
2 entries- محافظ noun (person responsible for protecting someone)
- محافظ شخصی noun (person responsible for protecting someone)
Polish
2 entries- ochrona noun (person responsible for protecting someone)
- ochroniarz noun (person responsible for protecting someone)
Portuguese
1 entries- guarda-costas noun (person responsible for protecting someone)
Romanian
3 entries- bodyguard noun (person responsible for protecting someone)
- gardă de corp noun (person responsible for protecting someone)
- gardă personală noun (person responsible for protecting someone)
Russian
3 entries- охра́на noun (person responsible for protecting someone)
- охра́нник noun (person responsible for protecting someone)
- телохрани́тель noun (person responsible for protecting someone)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- telohranitelj noun (person responsible for protecting someone)
- tjelohranitelj noun (person responsible for protecting someone)
- телохранитељ noun (person responsible for protecting someone)
- тјелохранитељ noun (person responsible for protecting someone)
Sikkimese
1 entries- སྐུ་སྲུང་བོ noun (person responsible for protecting someone)
Slovak
2 entries- bodyguard noun (person responsible for protecting someone)
- osobný strážca noun (person responsible for protecting someone)
Slovene
2 entries- stražar noun (person responsible for protecting someone)
- telesni stražar noun (person responsible for protecting someone)
Spanish
4 entries- escolta noun (person responsible for protecting someone)
- espaldero noun (person responsible for protecting someone)
- guardaespaldas noun (person responsible for protecting someone)
- patovica noun (person responsible for protecting someone)
Swedish
1 entries- livvakt noun (person responsible for protecting someone)
Tajik
1 entries- муҳофиз noun (person responsible for protecting someone)
Telugu
1 entries- అంగరక్షకుడు noun (person responsible for protecting someone)
Thai
1 entries- องครักษ์ noun (person responsible for protecting someone)
Turkish
2 entries- koruma noun (person responsible for protecting someone)
- özlük muhafızı noun (person responsible for protecting someone)
Ukrainian
3 entries- охоро́на noun (person responsible for protecting someone)
- охоро́нець noun (person responsible for protecting someone)
- тілоохоро́нець noun (person responsible for protecting someone)
Urdu
2 entries- باڈی گارڈ noun (person responsible for protecting someone)
- محافظ noun (person responsible for protecting someone)
Uyghur
3 entries- مۇھاپىزەتچى noun (person responsible for protecting someone)
- نەۋكەر noun (person responsible for protecting someone)
- ياساۋۇل noun (person responsible for protecting someone)
Uzbek
1 entries- shaxsiy soqchi noun (person responsible for protecting someone)
Vietnamese
1 entries- vệ sĩ noun (person responsible for protecting someone)
Welsh
2 entries- gwarchodwr noun (person responsible for protecting someone)
- gwarchodwr corff noun (person responsible for protecting someone)
Sample sentences
11 total sentences available.
Suddenly, the prince noticed that his bodyguard wasn't at his side anymore.
Source: tatoeba (1228245)
A bodyguard is a person whose job it is to guard the body, and therefore the life, of another person.
Source: tatoeba (1228255)
You will need a bodyguard.
Source: tatoeba (1635760)
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Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.