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Synonyms for shield
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English Synonyms and Antonyms0.0 / 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.

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

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

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

Princeton's WordNet0.0 / 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

Dictionary of English Synonymes1.0 / 1 vote

  1. shieldnoun

    Synonyms:
    buckler, ægis

  2. shieldnoun

    Synonyms:
    safeguard, protection, defence, guard, cover, security, bulwark, rampart, palladium

  3. shieldnoun

    Synonyms:
    escutcheon, ensign armorial

  4. shieldverb

    Synonyms:
    defend, protect, guard, shelter, cover

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words0.0 / 0 votes

  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

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How to use shield in a sentence?

  1. Aubrey Marshall:

    I've taught her that, really, the mask acts as a shield that protects us, i try to keep it as simple as possible that a mask slows the germs from jumping on other people.

  2. Blue Shield of California:

    Blue Shield of California stands against injustice and stands for equity. We are committed to using our voice, influence and power to inspire change. And this is one way we can do that.

  3. Charles de Montesquieu:

    There is no crueler tyranny than that which is perpetrated under the shield of law and in the name of justice.

  4. Bryan Lewis:

    That’s going to be a nice shield of armor for our population as a whole, if we do get to very low case rates, we certainly can ease back on some of these restrictions.

  5. Lise King:

    All of a sudden we just hit the ground and the trees, and it burst into flames in the front, and then the right side burst into flames, i ripped the seat out and I turned it around and used it as a shield from the flames, and then I couldn’t get the seatbelt out and everyone was gone. I was like please get my seatbelt off.


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