GUARDIANS Synonyms: 56 Similar and Opposite Words

guardians

noun

plural of guardian

as in custodians

a person or group that watches over someone or something the state became his guardian when he was put into protective custody

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as in keepers

a person who takes care of a property sometimes for an absent owner the guardians of the summer estate awaited the return of the tycoon

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as in defenders

someone that protects the editor defended his newspaper's unrelenting exposure of government corruption, arguing that it is journalism's role to act as a guardian of democracy

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as in caregivers

a person who has responsibility for the care of another when her parents died, her aunt became her legal guardian

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Recent Examples of guardians The Federal Trade Commission says parents and legal guardians can request a free credit freeze for children under 16. — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 29 Oct. 2026 How can parents and guardians prepare their children — and themselves — in the days leading up to the time change? — Faye Chiu, CNN Money, 29 Oct. 2026 Parents or guardians of minors could be held responsible for administrative penalties, but could not be held criminally responsible. — Madison Smalstig, Sacbee.com, 27 Oct. 2026 As do your teachers and your coaches and your parents or guardians. — Los Angeles Times, 24 Oct. 2026 The incident did not involve personal information involving parents or guardians. — Tim Fang, CBS News, 20 Oct. 2026 Decades later, however, the guardians of the audio tapes were willing to work with Love Monday. — Stewart Clarke, Deadline, 7 Oct. 2026 Health insurers, meanwhile, are tasked with being guardians of the health care dollar and master negotiators. — Bob Herman, STAT, 5 Oct. 2026 That is, parents and other guardians are a child’s first teachers, and reading aloud to children contributes to their future literacy. — Alex H. Poole, The Conversation, 2 Oct. 2026

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Noun

When custodians ignore or slow-walk responses, our FOIA rights diminish.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 30 Oct. 2026
Broadridge is connected to issuers, broker-dealers, custodians and investors across the market, and the service has to work accurately across all of them.

— Isabella Gao, CNBC, 30 Oct. 2026

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OpenAI is also sharing its architecture and lessons from its previous sprint, along with a blueprint for empowering cyber defenders across industry and government.

— Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 3 Nov. 2026
Johnson’s 15-yard run in the third quarter, a play during which five Denver defenders had a shot, was a big moment in a touchdown drive.

— Blair Kerkhoff, Kansas City Star, 2 Nov. 2026

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Parents and caregivers with concerns can contact their child’s health care provider to ask about testing.

— Post-Tribune, Chicago Tribune, 2 Nov. 2026
The model runs through 42 agencies statewide and 105 certified consultants, serving roughly 17,300 caregivers a year.

— Raginee Sudhir Chaurey, CNN Money, 1 Nov. 2026

Definition of caregivers

Noun

But veteran guards such as Norman Powell don’t want to couch their inefficiency on the boards in any excuses about a new scheme.

— Julia Poe, Chicago Tribune, 1 Nov. 2026
The roster still asks its young guards to learn how to run an NBA offense while carrying much of the responsibility for keeping it functional.

— C.J. Holmes, New York Daily News, 1 Nov. 2026

Definition of guards

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Perry and her husband, Robert, both previously busy with other things, suddenly find themselves caretakers sleeping on the floor of their patient’s bungalow.

— The Week US, TheWeek, 27 Oct. 2026
Big cats have killed caretakers at other parks around the world in recent years.

— CBS News, CBS News, 27 Oct. 2026

Definition of caretakers

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The 6-foot-7 junior center quickly established herself as one of the nation’s best rim protectors after transferring in from Kentucky last season.

— Steven Johnson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 23 Oct. 2026
Mixing puppetry, live theater and Indigenous percussion, the production turns familiar bogeymen into protectors while asking audiences to reconsider who — and what — poses the real danger.

— Laura Zornosa, Los Angeles Times, 21 Oct. 2026

Definition of protectors

Noun

According to the post, Kentucky State Police Aviation saw smoke in the area, and wardens and search and rescue personnel were able to access the location, near the headwaters of Cave Run Lake, using a boat.

— Caroline Neal, Louisville Courier Journal, 11 Sep. 2026
Game wardens did arrest nine people across Georgia for boating under the influence, the majority of whom were at Lake Lanier.

— Dan Raby, CBS News, 8 Sep. 2026