GUARDS: Synonyms and Related Words. What is Another Word for GUARDS?

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Associations of "Guards" (30 Words)

bodyguard	A group of men who escort and protect some important person.
captor	A person that catches or confines another. He managed to escape from his captors two nights later.
chaperone	Accompany as a chaperone. She chaperoned the children at all times.
convoy	A collection of merchant ships with an escort of warships. The warships convoyed the merchant ships across the Pacific.
defence	Protection from harm. Wire netting is the best defence against rabbits.
defend	Protect or fight for as a champion. They were forced to defend for long periods.
defense	An organization of defenders that provides resistance against attack. A good boxer needs a good defense.
defensible	Capable of being defended. A morally defensible penal system.
escape	Escape potentially unpleasant consequences get away with a forbidden action. Their escape route.
guardian	A person who cares for persons or property. I am acting as guardian of my late brother s family.
guide	Use as a guide. A tour guide.
helmet	A predatory mollusc with a squat heavy shell, which lives in tropical and temperate seas.
preclusive	Preventing something from happening; restrictive. No preclusive action was taken.
preventive	Designed to keep something undesirable such as illness or harm from occurring. Quinine was used as a malaria preventive.
probation	(law) a way of dealing with offenders without imprisoning them; a defendant found guilty of a crime is released by the court without imprisonment subject to conditions imposed by the court. For an initial period of probation your manager will closely monitor your progress.
protect	Use tariffs to favor domestic industry. Security products are designed to protect information from unauthorized access.
protective	Intended or adapted to afford protection of some kind. The use of protective masks and equipment.
protector	A person or thing that protects someone or something. A man who became her protector adviser and friend.
safeguard	Make safe. A framework which safeguards employees from exploitation.
safely	In a way that is not likely to cause or lead to harm or injury. You can safely ignore that advice.
safety	The condition of being protected from or unlikely to cause danger, risk, or injury. They should leave for their own safety.
secretive	(of a person’s expression or manner) having an enigmatic or conspiratorial quality. She was very secretive about her past.
security	Procedures followed or measures taken to ensure the security of a state or organization. The head of security was a former policeman.
sentry	A person employed to keep watch for some anticipated event. On sentry duty.
shelter	Provide shelter for. People were sheltering under store canopies and trees.
tenable	(of an office, position, scholarship, etc.) able to be held or used. Such a simplistic approach is no longer tenable.
tutelar	Providing protective supervision; watching over or safeguarding. Tutelary gods.
ward	The grooves in the bit of a key that correspond to the wards in a lock. I saw them keeping ward at one of those huge gates.
watchman	A man employed to look after an empty building, especially at night. A night watchman.