guardian angels

noun

plural of guardian angel
as in guardians
someone that protects his work with the pet rescue center has led many to hail him as a guardian angel and friend to all animals

Synonyms & Similar Words

Relevance

Example Sentences

Examples are automatically compiled from online sources to show current usage. Read More Opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
Recent Examples of guardian angels These songs evince the mix of pop virtuosity and indie sleaze that would eventually make Larsson a cult artist, part of the lineage of straight white girls who are embraced as guardian angels for the gay club scene. — Doreen St. Félix, New Yorker, 13 Apr. 2026 The pop start took to Instagram Stories to share that the fairies are guardian angels, and inspired by a favorite childhood book. — Calin Van Paris, InStyle, 9 Mar. 2026 Two guardian angels emerged – in the form of nuns. — Lilit Marcus, CNN Money, 31 Jan. 2026 Pay careful attention to insights, you’re plugged in to your guardian angels now. — Tribune Content Agency, Baltimore Sun, 18 Jan. 2026 Pay careful attention to insights; you’re plugged in to your guardian angels now. — Magi Helena, Dallas Morning News, 18 Jan. 2026 But the author leaned upon another literary tradition, that of Latin American magical realism, in his tale of how a civil war in heaven was pulling guardian angels from their duties and plunging New York City into unrecognizable chaos. — Rob Hubbard, Twin Cities, 10 Oct. 2025 Calling on your spirit guides, guardian angels, or ancestors? — Usa Today, USA Today, 12 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for guardian angels
  1. guardians
  2. custodians
  3. defenders
  4. protectors
  5. bodyguards
Noun
  • Some child daycare programs can be exempt from licensing if parents and guardians are on the same premises and if they are not operated on certain sites, including malls or ski facilities.
    — Marlene Lenthang, NBC news, 9 July 2026
  • The department also warned that minors are not exempt from prosecution and said parents or guardians may be held legally or financially responsible for damage caused by their children.
    — Sydney Barragan, Oc Register, 9 July 2026
Definition of guardians
Noun
  • Williams has never lacked interpreters, custodians, handlers, or rescuers with pruning shears.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 26 June 2026
  • Some custodians give checkbooks to IRA owners.
    — Bob Carlson, Forbes.com, 26 June 2026
Definition of custodians
Noun
  • Incoming ballistic missiles can travel at several kilometers per second, leaving defenders with only a narrow engagement window.
    — Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 6 July 2026
  • Haaland then broke through Ivory Coast’s defenders to seal the win in the 86th minute.
    — Skyler Caruso, PEOPLE, 6 July 2026
Definition of defenders
Noun
  • Orders for vacuum batteries (up 62%), mobile phone screen protectors (up 44%), and home game console replacement parts (up 38%) took off in early summer shopping.
    — Vidhi Choudhary, Fortune, 7 July 2026
  • Defense The primary reason the Lakers likely chose Kessler over offering a max deal to Detroit Pistons restricted free agent Jalen Duren is that Kessler is one of the NBA’s best rim protectors.
    — Sam Vecenie, New York Times, 2 July 2026
Definition of protectors
Noun
  • All eyes on the Crab Rodríguez Castro entered through the back door of El Antojo restaurant in Old Havana several days later, flanked by bodyguards.
    — Romina Ruiz-Goiriena, USA Today, 6 July 2026
  • Members of the Jalisco cartel have been charged with orchestrating the attack and several of Manzo’s bodyguards were arrested for possible participation.
    — Kate Linthicum, Los Angeles Times, 18 May 2026
Definition of bodyguards

Browse Nearby Words

guardian angel
guardian angels
guardians
See all Nearby Words

Cite this Entry

“Guardian angels.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/guardian%20angels. Accessed 11 Jul. 2026.

Copy Citation
Last Updated: - Updated example sentences
Love words? Need even more definitions?

Subscribe to America's largest dictionary and get thousands more definitions and advanced search—ad free!

More from Merriam-Webster

Word of the Day

Listen to the pronunciation of xeric

See Definitions and Examples »

Popular in Grammar & Usage

See More

Is that lie 'bald-faced' or 'bold-faced'?

'A' or 'an'? What about before 'h'? An Indefinite Article Guide

Why is '-ed' sometimes pronounced at the end of a word?

Commonly Misspelled Words

How to Use Em Dashes (—), En Dashes (–) , and Hyphens (-)
See More

Popular in Wordplay

See More

14 Phobias You Probably Haven't Heard Of

The Longest Long Words List

One-Word Oxymorons: Bittersweet, Spendthrift, and More

Ten Words Ending with a Silent ‘T’

The Words of the Week - Jul 10
See More

Popular

See More

Is that lie 'bald-faced' or 'bold-faced'?

14 Phobias You Probably Haven't Heard Of

The Longest Long Words List
See More

Games & Quizzes

See All
Play Quordle: Guess all four words in a limited number of tries. Each of your guesses must be a real 5-letter word.
Quordle Can you solve 4 words at once?
Play Blossom: Solve today's spelling word game by finding as many words as you can using just 7 letters. Longer words score more points.
Blossom Pick the best words!
Play Missing Letter: a crossword with a twist. Each of the 25 puzzle words start with a different letter of the alphabet. Which letter is missing?
The Missing Letter A daily crossword with a twist
banana-mirrored
Contradictory Words Quiz Pick out which word means one thing…and the opp...
See All