Antonyms for shield
ʃildshield

English Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. shield

   The weak may speak or act in defense of the strong; none but the powerful can assure others of protection. A defense is ordinarily against actual attack; protection is against possible as well as actual dangers. We speak of defense against an assault, protection from the cold. Vindication is a triumphant defense of character and conduct against charges of error or wrong. Compare APOLOGY.

   Antonyms:
   abandonment, betrayal, capitulation, desertion, flight, surrender

   Synonyms:
   apology, bulwark, defense, fortress, guard, justification, protection, rampart, resistance, safeguard, shelter, vindication

   Preposition:
   Defense against assault or assailants; in law, defense to an action, from the testimony.

Matched Categories

1. • Hide
   • Protect
   • Protective Covering

Princeton's WordNetRate these antonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. shieldnoun

   a protective covering or structure

   Synonyms:
   cuticle, shell, buckler, carapace

2. shield, bucklernoun

   armor carried on the arm to intercept blows

   Synonyms:
   cuticle, shell, buckler, carapace

3. carapace, shell, cuticle, shieldverb

   hard outer covering or case of certain organisms such as arthropods and turtles

   Synonyms:
   casing, cuticle, racing shell, eggshell, case, shell, epidermis, buckler, carapace, scale, plate

4. shield, screenverb

   protect, hide, or conceal from danger or harm

   Synonyms:
   test, sieve, riddle, harbour, block out, sort, harbor, screen, screen out

5. harbor, harbour, shieldverb

   hold back a thought or feeling about

   "She is harboring a grudge against him"

   Synonyms:
   screen, harbour, nurse, harbor, entertain, hold

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1. shieldnoun

   Synonyms:
   ægis, buckler, escutcheon, scutcheon, pavise, scutum, defense, protection, palladium, bulwark, safeguard

   Associated words:
   scutal, bouche

2. shieldverb

   Synonyms:
   defend, protect, safeguard, ward off, repel

How to use shield in a sentence?

1. Stephanie Baldwin:

   As soon as the gunfire started, everyone dropped to the floor and they were underneath desks, and she was trying to shield herself with a chair, along with a man next to her, then, all of a sudden, she said she just felt (the bullet) going through her back.

2. Kim Kardashian:

   Keeping Up With The Kardashians. i want to shield them from as much as I can.

3. The Malala of Syria Mazoun:

   Education is very important because it's the shield we can use to protect ourselves in life. It's our method to solve our problems, if we don't have education, we can't defend ourselves.

4. Franklin Pareja:

   The government lost its shield, as a result, it was totally vulnerable and couldn't go on.

5. Jenny Radesky:

   White and non-black families should not shield their older children from these images, we need to engage our children in a conversation about racism, and use these events as a catalyst.

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