My watchdog is alert to the slightest sound and movement.
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Watchdog
//ˈwɑːt͡ʃˌdɑːɡ//
Synonyms for "watchdog" (33 found)
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Related words (16)
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24 translations across 10 languages.
Bulgarian
2 entries- пазител noun (individual or group that monitors)
- пазя verb (guard and warn)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 監管機構 /监管机构 noun (individual or group that monitors)
- 監視人 /监视人 noun (individual or group that monitors)
Dutch
1 entries- waakhond noun (individual or group that monitors)
Finnish
3 entries- vahtikoira noun (individual or group that monitors)
- olla vartiossa verb (guard and warn)
- vartioida verb (guard and warn)
Italian
2 entries- comitato di controllo noun (individual or group that monitors)
- supervisore noun (individual or group that monitors)
Japanese
3 entries- 監視人 noun (individual or group that monitors)
- 監視委員会 noun (individual or group that monitors)
- 監視者 noun (individual or group that monitors)
Portuguese
1 entries- vigilância noun (individual or group that monitors)
Romanian
2 entries- arbitru noun (individual or group that monitors)
- organism de control noun (individual or group that monitors)
Russian
1 entries- контролёр noun (individual or group that monitors)
Swedish
4 entries- kontrollorgan noun (individual or group that monitors)
- tillsyningsman noun (individual or group that monitors)
- tillsynsman noun (individual or group that monitors)
- tillsynsorgan noun (individual or group that monitors)
Sample sentences
12 total sentences available.
We need a watchdog.
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Tom threw a piece of meat to the watchdog.
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Maybe we need to get a watchdog.
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Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.