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 organization also wants to increase public awareness on the issue and guidance for parents and guardians navigating these cosmetic decisions with their teenagers — especially when there's so much uninformed information on social media. —

Skyler Caruso, PEOPLE, 31 Dec. 2025 Both are guardians, both are thieves. —

Stuart Miller, Oc Register, 22 Dec. 2025 The suspects were released to their parents and guardians. —

Louis Casiano, FOXNews.com, 22 Dec. 2025 All of this is predicated on the consent of parents or guardians and extensive conversations with the child’s medical team, Baker said. —

Natalie Eilbert, jsonline.com, 19 Dec. 2025 Prosecutors say both defendants are licensed foster-care workers who operated a foster home for nearly a decade and were Owen's legal guardians at the time of his death. —

Elaine Rojas-Castillo, CBS News, 19 Dec. 2025 Pregnant women, homeless people or those recently released from incarceration are exempt from new requirements, alongside parents and guardians of dependent children younger than 14 and disabled people. —

Ashleigh Fields, The Hill, 17 Dec. 2025 Meet other parents and guardians, through your child’s school or therapy sessions or online in communities for parents of kids with disabilities, who can relate and be supportive. —

Jaclyn Greenberg, CNN Money, 9 Nov. 2025 Without guardians and stability, Charlie and Molly find an unexpected ally and protector in Ignatius Oliver, and solace at his book shop, The Book Keep, where a book a day keeps the bombs away. —

Kaycee Sloan, Cincinnati Enquirer, 7 Nov. 2025

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Island custodians began restoring the vegetation in the 1960s—work that continues in the resort’s nursery.

— Susan Casey, Travel + Leisure, 10 Jan. 2026
And fans end up getting to talk about their team like fans, not custodians of some dusty historical archive nobody wants to visit.

— Sean McIndoe, New York Times, 3 Jan. 2026