John acts like Helen's guardian.
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Guardian
//ˈɡɑɹ.di.ən//
Synonyms for "guardian" (116 found)
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Closest matches (24)
Strong matches (34)
Related words (58)
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1 entriescoordinate
6 entriesdbpedia genre
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23 entriesShowing 16 of 23 words.
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1 entrieshas context
3 entriesis a
3 entriesrelated to
13 entriesTranslations
227 translations across 54 languages.
Ancient Greek
3 entries- κηδεμών noun (law: person legally responsible for a minor in loco parentis)
- κηδεμών noun (law: person responsible for incompetent person)
- φύλαξ noun (guard or watcher)
Arabic
4 entries- جَارْدِيَان name (newspaper)
- غَارْدِيَان name (newspaper)
- حَارِس noun (guard or watcher)
- حَافِظ noun (law: person legally responsible for a minor in loco parentis)
Armenian
1 entries- խնամակալ noun (law: person legally responsible for a minor in loco parentis)
Azerbaijani
1 entries- qoruqçu noun (guard or watcher)
Belarusian
4 entries- апекава́льнік noun (law: person legally responsible for a minor in loco parentis)
- апекава́льніца noun (law: person legally responsible for a minor in loco parentis)
- апяку́н noun (law: person legally responsible for a minor in loco parentis)
- апяку́нка noun (law: person legally responsible for a minor in loco parentis)
Bengali
3 entries- অভিভাবক noun (law: person legally responsible for a minor in loco parentis)
- মহাফেজ noun (guard or watcher)
- রক্ষী noun (guard or watcher)
Bulgarian
4 entries- блюсти́тел noun (guard or watcher)
- насто́йник noun (law: person legally responsible for a minor in loco parentis)
- опеку́н noun (law: person legally responsible for a minor in loco parentis)
- пази́тел noun (guard or watcher)
Catalan
3 entries- guardià noun (guard or watcher)
- guàrdia noun (guard or watcher)
- tutor noun (law: person legally responsible for a minor in loco parentis)
Central Kurdish
1 entries- پاڕێزگار noun (guard or watcher)
Cherokee
1 entries- ᎠᏓᎦᏘᏯ noun (guard or watcher)
Chinese Mandarin
4 entries- 《衛報》 /《卫报》 name (newspaper)
- 監護人 /监护人 noun (guard or watcher)
- 監護人 /监护人 noun (law: person legally responsible for a minor in loco parentis)
- 監護人 /监护人 noun (law: person responsible for incompetent person)
Czech
4 entries- kvardián noun (superior in a Franciscan monastery)
- poručníce noun (law: person legally responsible for a minor in loco parentis)
- poručník noun (law: person legally responsible for a minor in loco parentis)
- strážce noun (guard or watcher)
Dutch
4 entries- bewaker noun (guard or watcher)
- voogd noun (law: person legally responsible for a minor in loco parentis)
- voogdes noun (law: person legally responsible for a minor in loco parentis)
- wachter noun (guard or watcher)
Egyptian
1 entries- i-r:y-A48 noun (guard or watcher)
Faroese
1 entries- verji noun (law: person legally responsible for a minor in loco parentis)
Finnish
4 entries- apotti noun (superior in a Franciscan monastery)
- edunvalvoja noun (guard or watcher)
- edunvalvoja noun (law: person legally responsible for a minor in loco parentis)
- edunvalvoja noun (law: person responsible for incompetent person)
French
4 entries- boss noun (final video game enemy)
- curateur noun (law: person responsible for incompetent person)
- curatrice noun (law: person responsible for incompetent person)
- gardien noun (guard or watcher)
Galician
1 entries- gardián noun (guard or watcher)
German
4 entries- Betreuer noun (law: person responsible for incompetent person)
- Erziehungsberechtigte noun (law: person legally responsible for a minor in loco parentis)
- Erziehungsberechtigter noun (law: person legally responsible for a minor in loco parentis)
- Guardian noun (superior in a Franciscan monastery)
Greek
3 entries- κηδεμόνας noun (law: person legally responsible for a minor in loco parentis)
- φρουρός noun (guard or watcher)
- φύλακας noun (guard or watcher)
Hindi
4 entries- अभिभावक noun (law: person responsible for incompetent person)
- अभिरक्षक noun (law: person legally responsible for a minor in loco parentis)
- चौकीदार noun (guard or watcher)
- पहरी noun (guard or watcher)
Hungarian
4 entries- gondnok noun (guard or watcher)
- gondnok noun (law: person responsible for incompetent person)
- gondozó noun (guard or watcher)
- gvárdián noun (superior in a Franciscan monastery)
Icelandic
2 entries- fjárhaldsmaður noun (law: person legally responsible for a minor in loco parentis)
- verndari noun (guard or watcher)
Indonesian
2 entries- pelindung noun (guard or watcher)
- wali noun (law: person legally responsible for a minor in loco parentis)
Ingrian
2 entries- storoža noun (guard or watcher)
- vahti noun (guard or watcher)
Irish
1 entries- coimirceoir noun (guard or watcher)
Italian
4 entries- custode noun (guard or watcher)
- guardiano noun (guard or watcher)
- guardiano noun (superior in a Franciscan monastery)
- tutore noun (law: person legally responsible for a minor in loco parentis)
Japanese
3 entries- ガーディアン name (newspaper)
- 保護者 noun (guard or watcher)
- 保護者 noun (law: person legally responsible for a minor in loco parentis)
Korean
3 entries- 가디언 name (newspaper)
- 보호자 noun (guard or watcher)
- 보호자 noun (law: person legally responsible for a minor in loco parentis)
Latin
4 entries- custōs noun (guard or watcher)
- cūra noun (guard or watcher)
- cūrātor noun (guard or watcher)
- cūrātrix noun (guard or watcher)
Luxembourgish
1 entries- Momper noun (law: person legally responsible for a minor in loco parentis)
Macedonian
4 entries- за́штитник noun (guard or watcher)
- заштитница noun (guard or watcher)
- ста́рател noun (law: person legally responsible for a minor in loco parentis)
- стара́телка noun (law: person legally responsible for a minor in loco parentis)
Māori
1 entries- kaitiaki noun (guard or watcher)
Occitan
1 entries- gardian noun (guard or watcher)
Old English
1 entries- weard noun (guard or watcher)
Plautdietsch
2 entries- Väaminda noun (law: person legally responsible for a minor in loco parentis)
- Väaminda noun (law: person responsible for incompetent person)
Polish
4 entries- gwardian noun (superior in a Franciscan monastery)
- obrońca noun (guard or watcher)
- opiekun noun (law: person legally responsible for a minor in loco parentis)
- opiekunka noun (law: person legally responsible for a minor in loco parentis)
Portuguese
4 entries- chefão noun (final video game enemy)
- guarda noun (guard or watcher)
- guardião noun (guard or watcher)
- guardião noun (law: person legally responsible for a minor in loco parentis)
Punjabi
1 entries- ਨਿਗ੍ਹਾਬਾਨ noun (guard or watcher)
Romanian
4 entries- gardian noun (guard or watcher)
- paznic noun (guard or watcher)
- păzitor noun (guard or watcher)
- strajă noun (guard or watcher)
Russian
4 entries- Га́рдиан name (newspaper)
- блюсти́тель noun (guard or watcher)
- блюсти́тельница noun (guard or watcher)
- защи́тник noun (guard or watcher)
Sanskrit
1 entries- गोप्तृ noun (guard or watcher)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- hranitèljica noun (guard or watcher)
- hranitèljica noun (law: person legally responsible for a minor in loco parentis)
- hrànitelj noun (guard or watcher)
- hrànitelj noun (law: person legally responsible for a minor in loco parentis)
Slovak
4 entries- poručník noun (law: person legally responsible for a minor in loco parentis)
- poručník noun (law: person responsible for incompetent person)
- poručníčka noun (law: person legally responsible for a minor in loco parentis)
- poručníčka noun (law: person responsible for incompetent person)
Spanish
4 entries- apoderado noun (law: person legally responsible for a minor in loco parentis)
- apoderado noun (law: person responsible for incompetent person)
- custodio noun (law: person legally responsible for a minor in loco parentis)
- guardia noun (guard or watcher)
Swedish
3 entries- Guardian name (newspaper)
- målsman noun (law: person legally responsible for a minor in loco parentis)
- väktare noun (guard or watcher)
Tagalog
1 entries- tagabantay noun (guard or watcher)
Thai
3 entries- ผู้ปกครอง noun (law: person legally responsible for a minor in loco parentis)
- ผู้พิทักษ์ noun (law: person responsible for incompetent person)
- ผู้อนุบาล noun (law: person responsible for incompetent person)
Turkish
2 entries- gardiyan noun (guard or watcher)
- koruma noun (guard or watcher)
Ugaritic
1 entries- 𐎐𐎙𐎗 noun (guard or watcher)
Ukrainian
4 entries- опіку́н noun (law: person legally responsible for a minor in loco parentis)
- опіку́нка noun (law: person legally responsible for a minor in loco parentis)
- охоро́нець noun (guard or watcher)
- попечи́тель noun (law: person legally responsible for a minor in loco parentis)
Uzbek
1 entries- qoʻriqchi noun (guard or watcher)
Welsh
1 entries- gwarcheidwad noun (law: person legally responsible for a minor in loco parentis)
Zazaki
4 entries- gardian noun (superior in a Franciscan monastery)
- mehfeze noun (law: person legally responsible for a minor in loco parentis)
- starwan noun (guard or watcher)
- tepıştoğ noun (law: person responsible for incompetent person)
Sample sentences
14 total sentences available.
I regard myself as your guardian.
Source: tatoeba (253387)
Christopher Columbus once fought Cerberus, the three-headed guardian of the underworld, with nothing but his hat.
Source: tatoeba (536592)
He considers himself a guardian of moral standards.
Source: tatoeba (1017024)
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