Synonyms of fends

fends

verb

present tense third-person singular of fend

as in protects

to drive danger or attack away from

learned to use humor to fend herself from criticism

Synonyms & Similar Words

• protects
• defends
• shields
• guards
• safeguards
• secures
• keeps
• fences
• prevents
• saves
• covers
• resists
• forfends
• averts
• wards
• opposes
• bulwarks
• withstands
• screens
• stands up for
• preserves
• conserves
• contends
• wars
• fights
• walls
• battles
• buffers
• palisades
• pickets

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• attacks
• assails
• assaults
• bombards
• submits
• overruns
• besets
• storms
• yields
• besieges
• capitulates
• caves