1. (noun)
guard
- a person who keeps watch over something or someone Synonyms: guard duty, safety, sentry go, safeguard, precaution, safety device, sentry duty
2. (noun)
guard
- the person who plays that position on a football team Synonyms: guard duty, safety, sentry go, safeguard, precaution, safety device, sentry duty
3. (noun)
guard, safety, safety device
- a device designed to prevent injury or accidents Synonyms: prophylactic, sentry go, condom, guard duty, safety, precaution, safe, guard, safeguard, sentry duty, refuge, rubber, base hit, safety device
4. (noun)
guard
- a posture of defence in boxing or fencing Synonyms: guard duty, safety, sentry go, safeguard, precaution, safety device, sentry duty
5. (noun)
guard
- the person who plays the position of guard on a basketball team Synonyms: guard duty, safety, sentry go, safeguard, precaution, safety device, sentry duty
6. (noun)
guard
- a military unit serving to protect some place or person Synonyms: guard duty, safety, sentry go, safeguard, precaution, safety device, sentry duty
7. (noun)
precaution, safeguard, guard
- a precautionary measure warding off impending danger or damage or injury etc. Synonyms: guard duty, safety, precaution, care, caution, safeguard, sentry duty, forethought, guard, sentry go, safe-conduct, safety device
8. (noun)
guard duty, guard, sentry duty, sentry go
- the duty of serving as a sentry Synonyms: guard duty, safety, precaution, safeguard, sentry duty, guard, sentry go, safety device
9. (noun)
guard
- (American football) a position on the line of scrimmage Synonyms: guard duty, safety, sentry go, safeguard, precaution, safety device, sentry duty
10. (noun)
guard
- a position on a basketball team Synonyms: guard duty, safety, sentry go, safeguard, precaution, safety device, sentry duty
11. (verb)
guard
- to keep watch over Synonyms: ward, defend, hold
12. (verb)
guard, ward
- watch over or shield from danger or harm; protect Synonyms: ward, guard, defend, hold
13. (verb)
defend, guard, hold
- protect against a challenge or attack Synonyms: fight, book, retain, moderate, view as, support, apply, hold back, harbour, take hold, bind, deem, hold up, arrest, guard, take, have, concord, check, make, fend for, take for, go for, throw, defy, control, harbor, oppose, keep, obligate, ward, carry, give, adjudge, entertain, nurse, accommodate, represent, curb, defend, fight back, confine, have got, restrain, withstand, agree, hold in, halt, contain, obtain, maintain, fight down, oblige, concur, keep back, sustain, prevail, reserve, admit, hold, declare, champion, bear
14. (verb)
guard
- take precautions in order to avoid some unwanted consequence Synonyms: ward, defend, hold
Synonyms of 'guard'
