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protection - 20 thesaurus results
| Main Entry: | protection |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | care, guardianship |
| Synonyms: | aegis, armament, armor, assurance, barrier, buffer, bulwark, camouflage, certainty, charge, conservation, cover, custody, defense, fix, guard, insurance, preservation, refuge, safeguard, safekeeping, safety, salvation, screen, security, shelter, shield, stability, strength, surety, tutelage, umbrella*, ward, guarding, invulnerability, protecting, reassurance, self-defense, wardship |
| Antonyms: | attack, harm, hurt, injury, threat |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | advantage |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | benefit, favored position or circumstance |
| Synonyms: | aid, ascendancy, asset, assistance, authority, avail, blessing, boon, break, choice, comfort, convenience, dominance, edge, eminence, favor, gain, good, gratification, help, hold, improvement, influence, interest, lead, leeway, leverage, luck, mastery, odds, position, power, precedence, preference, prestige, prevalence, profit, protection, recognition, resources, return, sanction, starting, superiority, support, supremacy, upper hand*, utility, wealth, expediency, leg-up, pre-eminence |
| Notes: | advantage is a relatively favorable position; superiority of means while vantage is a position, condition, or opportunity that is likely to provide superiority or an advantage |
| Antonyms: | disadvantage, drawback, handicap, hindrance, loss, obstacle, restriction |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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: | 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: | awning |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | canopy |
| Synonyms: | covering, marquee, protection, shade, shelter, tent, door cover, sunshade |
| 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: | blackmail |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | intimidation for money; money to quiet informer |
| Synonyms: | bribe, extortion, hush money*, payoff, protection, ransom, slush fund, tribute, bribery, exaction, milking |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | bribe |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | payoff to influence illegal or wrong activity |
| Synonyms: | bait, blackmail, compensation, contract, enticement, envelope*, fringe benefit, gift, goody*, graft, gratuity, gravy*, grease*, hush money*, ice*, incentive, inducement, kickback, lagniappe, lure, payola*, perk*, perquisite, present, price, protection*, remuneration, reward, sop*, take, allurement, buyoff, corrupt money, corrupting gift, feedbag, influence peddling, sweetener, sweetening |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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: | condom |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | birth control |
| Synonyms: | contraceptive, prophylactic, protection, raincoat*, rubber*, safe, sheath, French letter, johnny |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | conservation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | preservation |
| Synonyms: | attention, care, control, custody, economy, governing, guardianship, keeping, maintenance, management, managing, protection, safekeeping, salvation, saving, storage, supervision, upkeep, cherishing, conservancy, conserving, directing, guarding, preserval, preserving, protecting, safeguarding, stewardship, supervising, sustentation |
| Antonyms: | destruction, neglect, waste, spending, squandering |
| Main Entry: | convoy |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | guard, escort |
| Synonyms: | attendance, attendant, companion, protection |
| Main Entry: | dues |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | payment for membership |
| Synonyms: | ante, assessment, charge, collection, contribution, custom, debit, debt, duty, fee, kickback, levy, liability, obligation, pay, protection, tax, toll, arrearage, charges, rates |
| Main Entry: | extortion |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | blackmail; cheating |
| Synonyms: | arm, badger, bite, coercion, compulsion, demand, force, fraud, oppression, payoff, payola*, pressure, protection, racket, rapacity, shake, shakedown*, squeeze, stealing, swindle, theft, exaction |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | fortification |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | reinforced position |
| Synonyms: | barricade, barrier, bastion, battlement, block, buffer, bulwark, castle, citadel, consolidation, defense, fastness, fort, fortress, garrison, keep, outpost, parapet, preparation, protection, reinforcement, stockade, stronghold, support, wall, blockhouse, breastwork, earthwork, embattlement, entrenchment, presidio, strengthening |
| Main Entry: | hedge |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | boundary, obstacle, especially one made of plants |
| Synonyms: | barrier, bush, enclosure, fence, guard, hurdle, protection, screen, shrubbery, thicket, hedgerow, quickset, windbreak |
| Main Entry: | immunity |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | privilege, exemption |
| Synonyms: | amnesty, charter, exoneration, franchise, freedom, impunity, indemnity, liberty, license, prerogative, protection, release, resistance, right, invulnerability |
| Antonyms: | responsibility, susceptibility, defenselessness, vulnerability |
| Main Entry: | lodging |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | accommodation for rent |
| Synonyms: | abode, address, apartment, bed and breakfast, camp, castle, cover, domicile, dwelling, habitation, harbor, home, hostel, hotel, inn, lodge, motel, palace, place, port, protection, quarters, residence, resort, roof, room, room and board, rooming house, shelter, boarding house, chambers, dorm, lodgment, pied-à-terre |
| Main Entry: | parapet |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | bulwark |
| Synonyms: | barricade, barrier, bastion, buffet, buttress, defense, embankment, fortification, partition, protection, rampart, safeguard, protective wall |
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