Guard

//ɡɑːd//

Synonyms for "guard" (399 found)

Ranked by relevance and common usage.

Strong matches (120)

curb curtail cushion custodian custodianship custody dashboard decelerate defence defender defense defense in depth defense mechanism defenses defensive lineman deterrent capacity dispatcher dodger dompt duenna

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eagle eye ego defenses end enjoin ensure envelop escape mechanism escort esquire eye face mask fellow traveler fence fend finger guard fireman flank foot guard foot guards footballer footplate man fullback fuse games-player gamester gaoler garrison gentleman-at-arms goalie goalkeeper goaltender goggles govern governor grenadier guards guarantee guard against guard duty guardedness guarder guardian guardianship guardrail guards guardsman guide hand guard handrail harbor hard hat haven helmet hinder hold at bay hold back hold fast hold in hold in check hold in leash hold up household troops infielder inhibit inlying picket insulation insure interlock invigilation jailer jock jumper keep keep alive keep back keep from keep from harm keep in keep in check keep intact keep inviolate keep safe keep under control keep up keep watch over keeper knee guard knuckle guard laminated glass lay under restraint lead lee life guards life preserver

Verb(4 words)

defend hamshackle hold hold down

Noun(3 words)

fender guard duty guardswoman

Related words (199)

lifeline lightning conductor lightning rod lineman look after lookout maintain make safe marshal mask mind monitor monitoring mudguard negative taxis nestle nose guard not destroy not endanger not expend

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not use up not waste observance offensive lineman outfield outfielder outguard outpost oversight pad padding paladin palladium patent patrol patrolman peeled eye picket pilot player police poloist porter praetorian guard precaution preservation preserve preventive principal keeper prison guard proctoring professional athlete prohibit prophylactic protect protective clothing protective custody protective umbrella protector prudence psychological defenses pugilist pull pull in quarterback qui vive quillon racer railroad man railroader rampart rear guard redcap refuge register rein rein in resistance restrain retard retrench ride shotgun for safe conduct safe-conduct safeguard safekeeping safety safety glass safety plug safety rail safety shoes safety switch safety valve save scots guards screen screw seat belt secure security security guard self-defense self-preservation self-protection sentinel sentry set back shade shadow sharp eye shelter shepherd shield shin guard shortstop shroud skater slow down smoke agent snub spare sport sportsman squire stand by stationmaster stewardship stoker straiten sun helmet support supporter surveillance sustain swain switchman tackle tailback take out tend the defensive ticket collector toxophilite train train guard trainboy trainman trainmaster treasure turnkey umbrella underwrite uphold upholder usher van vanguard vigil vigilance vindicate vindicator wait on ward warden warder warehouse wariness watch watch and ward watchful eye watchfulness watching watchman weather eye windscreen windshield wingback withhold wrestler yardman yardmaster yeoman

Verb(8 words)

limit repress stifle subdue suppress underbring ward withstrain

Noun(9 words)

precaution protection safeguard safety safety device sentry duty sentry go watchwoman wing

Related word relations

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16 relation types

More general

29 entries

act assignment attitude basketball player basketeer cager defender device duty assignment follow force guardian keep an eye on lineman measure military force

Showing 16 of 29 words.

Antonyms

5 entries

attack inmate prisoner protected unprotected

Synonyms

6 entries

defend fender guard duty precaution protection quillon

Related terms

4 entries

Guards grip pommel ricasso

at location

1 entries

jail

capable of

10 entries

allow certain people to pass guard bank guard castle guard prison guard prisoners guard treasure man post man station report suspicious activity sound alarm

derived

174 entries

Civil Guard Home Guard Horse Guard Iron Guard Scotchgard advance guard advance-guard after-guard afterguard armguard ass guard avant-guard axle guard blackguard bodyguard border guard

Showing 16 of 174 words.

derived from

1 entries

guardian

distinct from

2 entries

police tackle

etymologically related_to

2 entries

regard ward

has context

10 entries

american football australia basketball computing cricket ireland military programming rail sports

is a

8 entries

basketball player defender detachment device lineman military unit offensive lineman position

manner of

3 entries

act protect watch

part of

2 entries

cortege hilt

related to

185 entries

access against agent align area armed armed man armed person armed sentry armed watcher art at palace authority bank bank protector bank security

Showing 16 of 185 words.

similar

1 entries

hold

Translations

307 translations across 84 languages.

Albanian

4 entries

derës noun (person who or thing that protects something)
mbrojtës noun (person who or thing that protects something)
resë noun (person who or thing that protects something)
rojë noun (person who or thing that protects something)

Ancient Greek

4 entries

σκοπός noun (person who or thing that protects something)
τηρός noun (person who or thing that protects something)
φύλαξ noun (person who or thing that protects something)
φυλάττω verb (to protect from some offence)

Arabic

3 entries

حَارِس noun (person who or thing that protects something)
غفير noun (person who or thing that protects something)
حَرَسَ verb (to protect from some offence)

Armenian

4 entries

պահակ noun (person who or thing that protects something)
պահապան noun (person who or thing that protects something)
հսկել verb (to protect from some offence)
պահպանել verb (to protect from some offence)

Azerbaijani

1 entries

qorumaq verb (to protect from some offence)

Bashkir

3 entries

һаҡсы noun (person who or thing that protects something)
һаҡлау verb (to protect from some offence)
һаҡлау verb (to keep watch over)

Belarusian

3 entries

ахо́ва noun (person who or thing that protects something)
ахо́ўнік noun (person who or thing that protects something)
вартавы́ noun (person who or thing that protects something)

Bengali

2 entries

মহাফেজ noun (person who or thing that protects something)
রক্ষী noun (person who or thing that protects something)

Bhojpuri

1 entries

रक्षक noun (person who or thing that protects something)

Bulgarian

4 entries

гард noun (player in sports in general)
защи́тник noun (player in sports in general)
охра́на noun (person who or thing that protects something)
проте́ктор noun (part of machine blocking dangerous parts)

Burmese

3 entries

ကင်း noun (person who or thing that protects something)
အစောင့် noun (person who or thing that protects something)
အထိန်း noun (person who or thing that protects something)

Catalan

4 entries

escorta noun (player in sports in general)
guarda noun (person who or thing that protects something)
guarda noun (player in sports in general)
guardià noun (person who or thing that protects something)

Chamorro

1 entries

a'adahi noun (person who or thing that protects something)

Cherokee

1 entries

ᎠᎦᏘᏱ noun (person who or thing that protects something)

Chinese Mandarin

4 entries

衛兵 /卫兵 noun (person who or thing that protects something)
衛士 /卫士 noun (person who or thing that protects something)
保守 verb (to protect from some offence)
守 verb (to protect from some offence)

Czech

2 entries

stráž noun (person who or thing that protects something)
střežit verb (to protect from some offence)

Danish

4 entries

afskærmning noun (part of machine blocking dangerous parts)
livvagt noun (person who or thing that protects something)
skærm noun (part of machine blocking dangerous parts)
vagt noun (person who or thing that protects something)

Dutch

4 entries

bewaker noun (person who or thing that protects something)
lijfwacht noun (person who or thing that protects something)
pareerstang noun (the part of a sword that protects the wielder's hand)
wacht noun (person who or thing that protects something)

Emilian

1 entries

guèrdia verb (to protect from some offence)

Esperanto

3 entries

gardisto noun (person who or thing that protects something)
gardi verb (to protect from some offence)
ŝirmi verb (to protect from some offence)

Estonian

1 entries

valvur noun (person who or thing that protects something)

Finnish

4 entries

puolustaja noun (player in sports in general)
suojus noun (person who or thing that protects something)
suojus noun (part of machine blocking dangerous parts)
vartija noun (person who or thing that protects something)

French

4 entries

arrière noun (player in sports in general)
défense noun (player in sports in general)
garde noun (person who or thing that protects something)
garde noun (the part of a sword that protects the wielder's hand)

Galician

4 entries

garda noun (person who or thing that protects something)
gardiá noun (person who or thing that protects something)
gardián noun (person who or thing that protects something)
coidar verb (to protect from some offence)

Georgian

1 entries

ჩაფარი noun (person who or thing that protects something)

German

4 entries

Parierstange noun (the part of a sword that protects the wielder's hand)
Schutz noun (part of machine blocking dangerous parts)
Wächter noun (person who or thing that protects something)
bewachen verb (to protect from some offence)

Gothic

1 entries

𐍅𐌰𐍂𐌳𐌾𐌰 noun (person who or thing that protects something)

Greek

4 entries

αμυντικός noun (player in sports in general)
προστασία noun (part of machine blocking dangerous parts)
προφύλαξη noun (part of machine blocking dangerous parts)
σκοπός noun (person who or thing that protects something)

Haitian Creole

2 entries

gad noun (person who or thing that protects something)
gade verb (to protect from some offence)

Hawaiian

1 entries

makaʻina noun (person who or thing that protects something)

Hebrew

3 entries

מִשְׁמָר noun (person who or thing that protects something)
שׁוֹמֵר noun (person who or thing that protects something)
שָׁמַר verb (to protect from some offence)

Hindi

4 entries

पासबान noun (person who or thing that protects something)
प्रहरी noun (person who or thing that protects something)
मुहाफ़िज़ noun (person who or thing that protects something)
रक्षक noun (person who or thing that protects something)

Hungarian

4 entries

őr noun (person who or thing that protects something)
szemmel tart verb (to keep watch over)
véd verb (to protect from some offence)
védelmez verb (to protect from some offence)

Icelandic

1 entries

vörður noun (person who or thing that protects something)

Ilocano

1 entries

bantayan noun (person who or thing that protects something)

Indonesian

2 entries

garda noun (person who or thing that protects something)
pengawal noun (person who or thing that protects something)

Iranian Persian

4 entries

نِگَهْبان noun (person who or thing that protects something)
پاسِبان noun (person who or thing that protects something)
پاسْبان noun (person who or thing that protects something)
پاسْدار noun (person who or thing that protects something)

Irish

1 entries

garda noun (person who or thing that protects something)

Italian

4 entries

alloggiamento noun (part of machine blocking dangerous parts)
carenatura noun (part of machine blocking dangerous parts)
coccia noun (the part of a sword that protects the wielder's hand)
custode noun (person who or thing that protects something)

Japanese

4 entries

ガード noun (person who or thing that protects something)
監視者 noun (person who or thing that protects something)
衛兵 noun (person who or thing that protects something)
守る verb (to protect from some offence)

Khmer

2 entries

គង្វាល noun (person who or thing that protects something)
ឆ្មាំ noun (person who or thing that protects something)

Korean

2 entries

가드 noun (person who or thing that protects something)
위병 noun (person who or thing that protects something)

Lao

1 entries

ຍາມ noun (person who or thing that protects something)

Latgalian

2 entries

sorgs noun (person who or thing that protects something)
sorguot verb (to protect from some offence)

Latin

4 entries

custōs noun (person who or thing that protects something)
integumentum noun (part of machine blocking dangerous parts)
praeses noun (person who or thing that protects something)
custodio verb (to protect from some offence)

Latvian

2 entries

sargs noun (person who or thing that protects something)
sargāt verb (to protect from some offence)

Lithuanian

1 entries

sargas noun (person who or thing that protects something)

Macedonian

1 entries

чувар noun (person who or thing that protects something)

Manchu

1 entries

ᡴᠠᡵᠮᠠᡨᠠᠮᠪᡳ verb (to protect from some offence)

Māori

4 entries

kaitiaki noun (person who or thing that protects something)
kaiārai noun (player in sports in general)
pare noun (part of machine blocking dangerous parts)
rauhī verb (to keep watch over)

Navajo

1 entries

haʼasídí noun (person who or thing that protects something)

Norman

1 entries

garde noun (part of machine blocking dangerous parts)

Norwegian

1 entries

bevokte verb (to protect from some offence)

Norwegian Bokmål

1 entries

vakt noun (person who or thing that protects something)

Norwegian Nynorsk

1 entries

vakt noun (person who or thing that protects something)

Nǀuu

1 entries

ǃʻôasi verb (to keep watch over)

Occitan

1 entries

garda noun (person who or thing that protects something)

Old English

2 entries

weard noun (person who or thing that protects something)
weardian verb (to protect from some offence)

Oromo

1 entries

eeguu verb (to keep watch over)

Ottoman Turkish

2 entries

نوبت noun (person who or thing that protects something)
قوریمق verb (to protect from some offence)

Polish

4 entries

jelec noun (the part of a sword that protects the wielder's hand)
osłona noun (part of machine blocking dangerous parts)
strażnik noun (person who or thing that protects something)
chronić verb (to protect from some offence)

Portuguese

4 entries

guarda noun (person who or thing that protects something)
protetor noun (part of machine blocking dangerous parts)
defender verb (to protect from some offence)
guardar verb (to protect from some offence)

Quechua

1 entries

waqaychay verb (to keep watch over)

Romanian

4 entries

apărătoare noun (part of machine blocking dangerous parts)
apărător noun (player in sports in general)
gardian noun (person who or thing that protects something)
gardă noun (person who or thing that protects something)

Russian

4 entries

карау́льный noun (person who or thing that protects something)
кожу́х noun (part of machine blocking dangerous parts)
конвои́р noun (person who or thing that protects something)
охра́нник noun (person who or thing that protects something)

Sanskrit

1 entries

रक्षति verb (to keep watch over)

Scottish Gaelic

2 entries

freiceadan noun (person who or thing that protects something)
geàrd noun (person who or thing that protects something)

Serbo-Croatian

4 entries

stràžār noun (person who or thing that protects something)
čùvār noun (person who or thing that protects something)
стра̀жа̄р noun (person who or thing that protects something)
чу̀ва̄р noun (person who or thing that protects something)

Sicilian

2 entries

guardia noun (person who or thing that protects something)
vardia noun (person who or thing that protects something)

Slovak

4 entries

stráž noun (person who or thing that protects something)
strážnik noun (person who or thing that protects something)
chrániť verb (to protect from some offence)
chrániť sa verb (to watch by way of caution or defense)

Slovene

3 entries

branilec noun (player in sports in general)
straža noun (person who or thing that protects something)
stražar noun (person who or thing that protects something)

Spanish

4 entries

bloque noun (part of machine blocking dangerous parts)
guarda noun (person who or thing that protects something)
guarda noun (the part of a sword that protects the wielder's hand)
guardia noun (person who or thing that protects something)

Swahili

4 entries

askari noun (person who or thing that protects something)
mlinzi noun (person who or thing that protects something)
walinzi noun (person who or thing that protects something)
kulinda verb (to protect from some offence)

Swedish

4 entries

gard noun (person who or thing that protects something)
vakt noun (person who or thing that protects something)
väktare noun (person who or thing that protects something)
bevaka verb (to protect from some offence)

Tagalog

3 entries

bantay noun (person who or thing that protects something)
guwardiya noun (person who or thing that protects something)
guwardiyahan verb (to protect from some offence)

Tamil

1 entries

கா verb (to keep watch over)

Thai

2 entries

บริบาล noun (person who or thing that protects something)
ยาม noun (person who or thing that protects something)

Tocharian B

1 entries

pāsk verb (to protect from some offence)

Turkish

1 entries

bekçi noun (person who or thing that protects something)

Ugaritic

4 entries

𐎐𐎙𐎗 noun (person who or thing that protects something)
𐎐𐎙𐎗 verb (to protect from some offence)
𐎐𐎙𐎗 verb (to keep watch over)
𐎐𐎙𐎗 verb (to watch by way of caution or defense)

Ukrainian

4 entries

ва́рта noun (person who or thing that protects something)
захисни́к noun (person who or thing that protects something)
захисни́к noun (player in sports in general)
охоро́на noun (person who or thing that protects something)

Urdu

1 entries

مُحافِظ noun (person who or thing that protects something)

Vietnamese

1 entries

vệ sĩ noun (person who or thing that protects something)

Yiddish

1 entries

היטן verb (to protect from some offence)

Sample sentences

27 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

It caught me off guard; I didn't know what to do.

Source: tatoeba (2030)

Guard against the danger of fire.

Source: tatoeba (23879)

Be on your guard against fire.

Source: tatoeba (23889)

We must guard against mistakes in spelling.

Source: tatoeba (28838)

Showing 4 of 27 available sentences.

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Guard

Synonyms for "guard" (399 found)

Closest matches (80)

Strong matches (120)

Related words (199)

Related word relations

More general

Antonyms

Synonyms

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at location

capable of

derived

derived from

distinct from

etymologically related_to

has context

is a

manner of

part of

related to

similar

Translations

Albanian

Ancient Greek

Arabic

Armenian

Azerbaijani

Bashkir

Belarusian

Bengali

Bhojpuri

Bulgarian

Burmese

Catalan

Chamorro

Cherokee

Chinese Mandarin

Czech

Danish

Dutch

Emilian

Esperanto

Estonian

Finnish

French

Galician

Georgian

German

Gothic

Greek

Haitian Creole

Hawaiian

Hebrew

Hindi

Hungarian

Icelandic

Ilocano

Indonesian

Iranian Persian

Irish

Italian

Japanese

Khmer

Korean

Lao

Latgalian

Latin

Latvian

Lithuanian

Macedonian

Manchu

Māori

Navajo

Norman

Norwegian

Norwegian Bokmål

Norwegian Nynorsk

Nǀuu

Occitan