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| Main Entry: | defense |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | armament; protection system |
| Synonyms: | aegis, armor, arms, barricade, bastion, bulwark, buttress, citadel, cover, dike, embankment, fastness, fence, fort, fortification, fortress, garrison, guard, immunity, munitions, palisade, parapet, position, protection, rampart, resistance, safeguard, security, shelter, shield, stockade, stronghold, trench, wall, ward, warfare, bastille, deterrence, redoubt, weaponry, weapons |
| Antonyms: | desertion, flight, surrender |
| Main Entry: | defense |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | explanation, justification |
| Synonyms: | answer, apology, argument, excuse, exoneration, extenuation, fish story*, plea, rejoinder, reply, response, retort, return, song and dance*, story, vindication, whitewash*, apologetics, apologia, apologizing, cleanup, copout, exculpation, excusing, explaining, jive, off-time, rationalization |
| Antonyms: | betrayal, capitulation, yielding |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
Copyright © 2009 by the Philip Lief Group.
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| Main Entry: | defense |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
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-nouns
defense, protection, guard, ward; shielding; propugnation, preservation [more]; guardianship., self-defense, self-preservation; resistance [more]., safeguard (safety) [more]; balistraria; screen (shelter) [more]; (concealment) [more]; fortification; munition, muniment; bulwark, fosse, moat, ditch, intrenchment; kila; dike, dyke; parapet, sunk fence, embankment, mound, mole, bank; earth work, field-work; fence, wall dead wall, contravallation; paling (enclosure) [more]; palisade, haha, stockade, stoccado, laager, sangar; barrier, barricade; boom; portcullis, chevaux de frise; abatis, abattis, abbatis; vallum, circumvallation, battlement, rampart, scarp; escarp, counterscarp; glacis, casemate; vallation, vanfos., buttress, abutment; shore (support) [more]., breastwork, banquette, curtain, mantlet, bastion, redan, ravelin; vauntmure; advance work, horn work, outwork; barbacan, barbican; redoubt; fort-elage, fort-alice; lines., loophole, machicolation; sally port., hold, stronghold, fastness; asylum (refuge) [more]; keep, donjon, fortress, citadel, capitol, castle; tower of strength, tower of strength; fort, barracoon, pah, sconce, martello tower, peelhouse, blockhouse, rath; wooden walls., buffer, corner stone, fender, apron, mask, gauntlet, thimble, carapace, armor, shield, buckler, aegis, breastplate, backplate, cowcatcher, face guard, scutum, cuirass, habergeon, mail, coat of mail, brigandine, hauberk, lorication, helmet, helm, bassinet, salade, heaume, morion, murrion, armet, cabasset, vizor, casquetel, siege cap, headpiece, casque, pickethaube, vambrace, shako (dress) [more]., bearskin; panoply; truncheon (weapon) [more]., garrison, picket, piquet; defender, protector; guardian (safety) [more]; bodyguard, champion; knight-errant, Paladin; propugner.
-verbs
defend, forfend, fend; shield, screen, shroud; engarrison; fend round (circumscribe) [more]; fence, intrench; guard (keep safe) [more]; guard against; take care of (vigilance) [more]; bear harmless; fend off, keep off, ward off, beat off; hinder [more]., parry, repel, propugn, put to flight; give a warm reception to [ironical]; hold at bay, keep at bay, keep arm's length., stand on the defensive, act on the defensive; show fight; maintain one;s ground, stand one's ground; stand by; hold one's own; bear the brunt, stand the brunt; fall back upon, hold, stand in the gap.
-adjectives
defending; defensive; mural; armed, armed at all points, armed cap-a-pie, armed to the teeth; panoplied; ironplated, ironclad; loopholed, castellated, machicolated, casemated; defendedv.; proof against., ballproof, bulletproof.
-adverbs
defensively; on the defense, on the defensive; in defense; at bay, pro aris et focis.
-phrases
defense not defiance; Dieu defend le droit; fidei defensor.
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| Antonyms: | attack |
| Main Entry: | advocacy |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | support for an idea or cause |
| Synonyms: | advancement, aid, assistance, backing, defense, encouragement, justification, promotion, propagation, proposal, recommendation, urging, campaigning for, championing, pleading for, promulgation, upholding |
| Antonyms: | attack, opposition, protest |
| Main Entry: | anchor |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | something used to hold another thing securely |
| Synonyms: | ballast, bower, comfort, defense, fastener, foothold, grip, hold, hook, mainstay, mooring, pillar, protection, safeguard, security, staff, stay, support, grapnel, grappling iron, kedge, mud hook |
| Main Entry: | answer |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | reply; reaction |
| Synonyms: | acknowledgment, back talk, close, comeback, comment, cooler*, crack, defense, disclosure, echo, elucidation, explanation, feedback, guff*, interpretation, justification, key, lip*, observation, pay dirt*, plea, quick fix*, rebuttal, refutation, rejoinder, remark, repartee, report, resolution, response, result, retort, return, riposte, sign, solution, statement, vindication, wisecrack, antiphon, backcap, band-aid, counterclaim, parting shot, rhetorical question, thank-you note, the ticket, topper |
| Notes: | an answer is something said, written, or done in return; a reply is an answer that satisfies a detail in a question |
| Antonyms: | question |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | apology |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | offering of remorse, regret |
| Synonyms: | acknowledgment, admission, amends, atonement, concession, confession, defense, excuse, explanation, extenuation, justification, mea culpa, mitigation, plea, redress, reparation, vindication |
| Antonyms: | accusation, censure, charge, complaint, condemnation, criticism, defiance, indictment |
| Main Entry: | armament(s) |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | weapon(s) |
| Synonyms: | ammunition, arms, defense, gun, hardware, heat*, material, materiel, munitions, ordnance, protection, security, weaponry |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | armor |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | protective covering, often made of metal |
| Synonyms: | defense, guard, mail, plate, protection, security, sheath, shield, bulletproof vest |
| Main Entry: | assertion |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | declaration, positive statement |
| Synonyms: | affirmation, allegation, asservation, attestation, avowal, contention, defense, insistence, maintenance, mouthful, okay, predication, profession, pronouncement, report, say so, stamp of approval, stressing, two cents' worth, vindication |
| Antonyms: | denial, rejection |
| Main Entry: | bastion |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | support; fortified place |
| Synonyms: | bulwark, citadel, defense, fortification, fortress, mainstay, parapet, prop, protection, rock, stronghold, support, breastwork, tower of strength |
| Antonyms: | weak spot, weakness |
| Main Entry: | behalf |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | personal interest |
| Synonyms: | account, advantage, aid, assistance, benefit, cause, concern, countenance, defense, encouragement, favor, furtherance, good, help, part, place, profit, recommendation, representation, sake, service, side, support, welfare, stead |
| Main Entry: | brief |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | abridgment |
| Synonyms: | abstract, argument, case, condensation, conspectus, contention, data, defense, digest, epitome, outline, précis, sketch, summary, synopsis, boildown |
| Main Entry: | buffer |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | safeguard |
| Synonyms: | bulwark, cushion, defense, fender, intermediary, screen, shield, shock absorber, bumper |
| Main Entry: | bulwark |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | fortification, support |
| Synonyms: | barrier, bastion, buffet, buttress, citadel, defense, embankment, fort, fortress, guard, mainstay, parapet, partition, protection, rampart, safeguard, security, stronghold, outwork, redoubt, vallation |
| Antonyms: | weak point |
| Main Entry: | deterrent |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | impediment, restraint |
| Synonyms: | bridle, check, curb, defense, discouragement, hindrance, leash, obstacle, preventative, preventive, rein, shackle, determent, disincentive |
| Antonyms: | catalyst, encouragement, incentive |
| Main Entry: | excuse |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | reason, explanation |
| Synonyms: | alibi, apology, cover*, defense, disguise, evasion, expedient, extenuation, fish story*, grounds, justification, makeshift, mitigation, plea, pretext, routine, semblance, shift, song*, song and dance*, stall, stopgap*, story, substitute, subterfuge, trick*, vindication, whitewash*, cleanup, cop-out, cover story, coverup, jive*, rationalization, regrets, why and wherefore |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | fence |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | barrier used to enclose a piece of land |
| Synonyms: | Cyclone, balustrade, bar, barbed wire, barricade, block, defense, dike, guard, hedge, net, palisade, rail, railing, rampart, roadblock, shield, stockade, stop, wall, backstop, boards, chains, paling, pickets, posts, stakes |
| Main Entry: | foil |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | contrast |
| Synonyms: | antithesis, background, complement, defense, guard, setting, counterblow |
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