Defense

//dɪˈfɛns//

Synonyms for "defense" (189 found)

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Closest matches (38)

Noun(1 words)
defence

Strong matches (57)

Related words (94)

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More general

21 entries

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More specific

1 entries

Antonyms

3 entries

Synonyms

5 entries

Related terms

1 entries

derived

49 entries

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has context

6 entries

is a

7 entries

part of

1 entries

related to

17 entries

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Translations

218 translations across 78 languages.

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Afrikaans

1 entries
  • verdediging noun (action of protecting from attack)

Albanian

1 entries
  • mbrojtje noun (action of protecting from attack)

Ancient Greek

1 entries
  • ἀπολογία noun (argument in support or justification of something)

Arabic

4 entries
  • حِمَايَة noun (action of protecting from attack)
  • دِفاع noun (team sports: portion of a team)
  • دِفاع noun (government policy or structure)
  • دِفَاع noun (action of protecting from attack)

Armenian

4 entries
  • պաշտպանություն noun (action of protecting from attack)
  • պաշտպանություն noun (anything employed to oppose attack)
  • պաշտպանություն noun (team sports: strategy and tactics)
  • պաշտպանություն noun (team sports: portion of a team)

Azerbaijani

1 entries
  • müdafiə noun (action of protecting from attack)

Belarusian

2 entries
  • абаро́на noun (action of protecting from attack)
  • ахо́ва noun (action of protecting from attack)

Bengali

2 entries
  • প্রতিরক্ষা noun (action of protecting from attack)
  • রক্ষা noun (action of protecting from attack)

Bulgarian

4 entries
  • защи́та noun (action of protecting from attack)
  • отбра́на noun (action of protecting from attack)
  • отбра́на noun (anything employed to oppose attack)
  • отбрани́телни съоръже́ния noun (anything employed to oppose attack)

Burmese

1 entries
  • ကာကွယ်ရေး noun (action of protecting from attack)

Catalan

3 entries
  • defensa noun (action of protecting from attack)
  • defensa noun (anything employed to oppose attack)
  • protecció noun (anything employed to oppose attack)

Central Kurdish

2 entries
  • بەرگری noun (anything employed to oppose attack)
  • بەرگْری noun (action of protecting from attack)

Chinese

1 entries
  • 防禦 /防御 noun (action of protecting from attack)

Chinese Cantonese

1 entries
  • 防禦 /防御 noun (action of protecting from attack)

Chinese Mandarin

3 entries
  • 防守 noun (team sports: portion of a team)
  • 防禦 /防御 noun (action of protecting from attack)
  • 防禦物 /防御物 noun (anything employed to oppose attack)

Czech

4 entries
  • obrana noun (action of protecting from attack)
  • obrana noun (anything employed to oppose attack)
  • obrana noun (team sports: strategy and tactics)
  • obrana noun (team sports: portion of a team)

Danish

2 entries
  • forsvar noun (action of protecting from attack)
  • forsvar noun (anything employed to oppose attack)

Dutch

4 entries
  • verdediging noun (action of protecting from attack)
  • verdediging noun (anything employed to oppose attack)
  • verweer noun (anything employed to oppose attack)
  • verweer noun (argument in support or justification of something)

Esperanto

1 entries
  • defendo noun (action of protecting from attack)

Estonian

1 entries
  • kaitse noun (action of protecting from attack)

Faroese

2 entries
  • verja noun (action of protecting from attack)
  • verja noun (anything employed to oppose attack)

Finnish

4 entries
  • kielto noun (prohibitory ordinance)
  • maanpuolustus noun (government policy or structure)
  • puolustautuminen noun (action of protecting from attack)
  • puolustelu noun (argument in support or justification of something)

French

2 entries
  • défense noun (action of protecting from attack)
  • défense noun (anything employed to oppose attack)

Georgian

4 entries
  • თავდაცვა noun (action of protecting from attack)
  • თავდაცვა noun (anything employed to oppose attack)
  • თავდაცვა noun (government policy or structure)
  • თავდაცვის სამინისტრო noun (government policy or structure)

German

3 entries
  • Verteidigung noun (action of protecting from attack)
  • Verteidigung noun (anything employed to oppose attack)
  • Wehr noun (action of protecting from attack)

Gothic

1 entries
  • 𐍃𐌿𐌽𐌾𐍉𐌽𐍃 noun (argument in support or justification of something)

Greek

2 entries
  • άμυνα noun (action of protecting from attack)
  • άμυνα noun (anything employed to oppose attack)

Hebrew

2 entries
  • הֲגָנָה \ הֲגַנָּה noun (action of protecting from attack)
  • הגנה noun (anything employed to oppose attack)

Hindi

2 entries
  • बचाव noun (action of protecting from attack)
  • रक्षा noun (action of protecting from attack)

Hungarian

4 entries
  • védekezés noun (action of protecting from attack)
  • védekezés noun (team sports: strategy and tactics)
  • védekezés noun (argument in support or justification of something)
  • védelem noun (action of protecting from attack)

Icelandic

1 entries
  • vörn noun (action of protecting from attack)

Ido

1 entries
  • defenso noun (action of protecting from attack)

Indonesian

1 entries
  • pertahanan noun (action of protecting from attack)

Iranian Persian

4 entries
  • حِمایَت noun (action of protecting from attack)
  • دِفاع noun (action of protecting from attack)
  • مُحافَظَت noun (action of protecting from attack)
  • مُدافِعِه noun (action of protecting from attack)

Irish

1 entries
  • cosaint noun (action of protecting from attack)

Italian

3 entries
  • difesa noun (action of protecting from attack)
  • difesa noun (anything employed to oppose attack)
  • difesa noun (argument in support or justification of something)

Japanese

2 entries
  • 防御 noun (action of protecting from attack)
  • 防禦 noun (action of protecting from attack)

Kazakh

2 entries
  • қорғану noun (action of protecting from attack)
  • қорғаныс noun (action of protecting from attack)

Khmer

1 entries
  • ការពារ noun (action of protecting from attack)

Korean

1 entries
  • 방어 noun (action of protecting from attack)

Kyrgyz

2 entries
  • коргонуу noun (action of protecting from attack)
  • коргоо noun (action of protecting from attack)

Lao

1 entries
  • ການຫ້າມປາມ noun (action of protecting from attack)

Latin

3 entries
  • dēfēnsa noun (anything employed to oppose attack)
  • mūnīmen noun (anything employed to oppose attack)
  • mūnīmentum noun (anything employed to oppose attack)

Latvian

1 entries
  • aizsardzība noun (action of protecting from attack)

Lithuanian

1 entries
  • gynyba noun (action of protecting from attack)

Macedonian

3 entries
  • одбрана noun (action of protecting from attack)
  • одбрана noun (anything employed to oppose attack)
  • одбрана noun (argument in support or justification of something)

Malay

1 entries
  • pertahanan noun (action of protecting from attack)

Malayalam

1 entries
  • പ്രതിരോധം noun (government policy or structure)

Mongolian

1 entries
  • сэргийлэл noun (action of protecting from attack)

Māori

2 entries
  • waonga noun (action of protecting from attack)
  • whakarurunga noun (anything employed to oppose attack)

Norman

1 entries
  • d'fense noun (action of protecting from attack)

Norwegian Bokmål

1 entries
  • forsvar noun (action of protecting from attack)

Norwegian Nynorsk

1 entries
  • forsvar noun (action of protecting from attack)

Occitan

1 entries
  • defensa noun (action of protecting from attack)

Old English

4 entries
  • bewering noun (action of protecting from attack)
  • bewering noun (anything employed to oppose attack)
  • utwaru noun (government policy or structure)
  • wiþermal noun (government policy or structure)

Pashto

1 entries
  • دفاع noun (action of protecting from attack)

Polish

3 entries
  • obrona noun (action of protecting from attack)
  • obrona noun (anything employed to oppose attack)
  • obrona noun (argument in support or justification of something)

Portuguese

4 entries
  • defesa noun (action of protecting from attack)
  • defesa noun (anything employed to oppose attack)
  • defesa noun (argument in support or justification of something)
  • escudo noun (anything employed to oppose attack)

Quechua

1 entries
  • amachay noun (action of protecting from attack)

Romanian

4 entries
  • apărare noun (action of protecting from attack)
  • apărare noun (anything employed to oppose attack)
  • apărare noun (team sports: strategy and tactics)
  • apărare noun (team sports: portion of a team)

Russian

4 entries
  • защи́та noun (action of protecting from attack)
  • защи́та noun (anything employed to oppose attack)
  • защи́та noun (argument in support or justification of something)
  • оборо́на noun (action of protecting from attack)

Serbo-Croatian

4 entries
  • obrana noun (team sports: portion of a team)
  • odbrana noun (team sports: portion of a team)
  • ȍbrana noun (action of protecting from attack)
  • ȍbrana noun (anything employed to oppose attack)

Sinhalese

1 entries
  • ආරක්ෂක noun (action of protecting from attack)

Slovak

1 entries
  • obrana noun (action of protecting from attack)

Slovene

1 entries
  • obramba noun (action of protecting from attack)

Spanish

3 entries
  • defensa noun (action of protecting from attack)
  • defensa noun (anything employed to oppose attack)
  • descargo noun (argument in support or justification of something)

Swedish

4 entries
  • försvar noun (action of protecting from attack)
  • försvar noun (anything employed to oppose attack)
  • försvar noun (argument in support or justification of something)
  • värn noun (action of protecting from attack)

Tagalog

1 entries
  • depensa noun (action of protecting from attack)

Tajik

4 entries
  • дифоъ noun (action of protecting from attack)
  • мудофиа noun (action of protecting from attack)
  • муҳофиза noun (action of protecting from attack)
  • муҳофизат noun (action of protecting from attack)

Thai

1 entries
  • การป้องกัน noun (action of protecting from attack)

Turkish

2 entries
  • koruma noun (action of protecting from attack)
  • savunma noun (action of protecting from attack)

Ukrainian

2 entries
  • за́хист noun (action of protecting from attack)
  • оборо́на noun (action of protecting from attack)

Urdu

4 entries
  • حِمایَت noun (action of protecting from attack)
  • دِفاع noun (action of protecting from attack)
  • رَکْشا noun (action of protecting from attack)
  • صَفائی noun (argument in support or justification of something)

Uyghur

2 entries
  • مۇداپىئە noun (action of protecting from attack)
  • ھىمايە noun (action of protecting from attack)

Uzbek

2 entries
  • himoya noun (action of protecting from attack)
  • mudofaa noun (action of protecting from attack)

Vietnamese

4 entries
  • bảo vệ noun (action of protecting from attack)
  • phòng ngự noun (action of protecting from attack)
  • phòng ngự noun (anything employed to oppose attack)
  • phòng ngự noun (team sports: strategy and tactics)

West-Frisian

3 entries
  • definsje noun (action of protecting from attack)
  • ferdediging noun (action of protecting from attack)
  • war noun (action of protecting from attack)

Yiddish

1 entries
  • פֿאַרטיידיקונג noun (action of protecting from attack)

Sample sentences

18 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

The defense lawyer was confident that he would be able to answer the prosecutor's arguments in his rebuttal.

Source: tatoeba (1969)

Karate is an art of unarmed defense.

Source: tatoeba (18180)

Our combined fleet broke through the enemy's defense zone.

Source: tatoeba (29161)

The outlook for the defense program is dismal.

Source: tatoeba (43969)

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