as in guardian
a person or group that watches over someone or something
those self-appointed minders of other people's morals
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Recent Examples of minder
Mielants keeps his movie’s volume at 11, robbing these kids (and their minders) of any quieter nuance that might humanize them.
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Richard Lawson, IndieWire, 5 Sep. 2025
The hybrids’ minder, Kirsh (Timothy Olyphant), is an old-school synthetic who urges his charges to embrace their novelty.
—Alison Herman, Variety, 5 Aug. 2025
Richard Lawson, IndieWire, 5 Sep. 2025
The hybrids’ minder, Kirsh (Timothy Olyphant), is an old-school synthetic who urges his charges to embrace their novelty.
—Alison Herman, Variety, 5 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for minder
Noun
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The entire nest changes, the child changes and the parents/guardians change.—
Tembi Locke,
PEOPLE,
4 Sep. 2025
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Leaders who grasp this framework will see themselves not just as managers of tasks but as architects of signals, stewards of patterns, cultivators of pathways, and guardians of heuristics.—
Scott Hutcheson,
Forbes.com,
3 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Cloudflare, just like custodians of all web properties, has an affirmative duty to secure the service.—
Dan Goodin,
ArsTechnica,
4 Sep. 2025
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To mitigate this, business leaders need a data owner, data steward, data custodian and data protection officer in their data governance team.—
Jagadish Gokavarapu,
Forbes.com,
2 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Dermish launched businesses to support the industry, offering everything from guards for drill sites to housing for oil field workers.—
ProPublica,
ProPublica,
4 Sep. 2025
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Bronny, the son of LeBron James, joined his father on the Los Angeles Lakers when the NBA team selected the freshman guard from the University of Southern California as the 55th overall pick in the second round of the 2024 NBA draft.—
Madison E. Goldberg,
People.com,
3 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Red Oak scored back-to-back TDs in the second period, as Thomas powered in for a two-yard TD run and Middleton scored on a 17-yard keeper.—
Mike Waters,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
5 Sep. 2025
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Nordstrom Rack Double Keeper Belt Nordstrom Rack is replete with black belts that won’t break the bank — one of them being this slim leather belt with a gold buckle and two gold keepers, which comes in sizes small to extra large.—
Izzy Baskette,
PEOPLE,
4 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Eventually, the warden showed up and welcomed them to el infierno—hell.—
Jonathan Blitzer,
New Yorker,
8 Sep. 2025
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As for the bear, two wardens with AGFC responded to the scene and found the animal still in the area.—
Kimberlee Speakman,
PEOPLE,
6 Sep. 2025
Noun
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One of her bodyguards was killed in a shootout.—
Ray Long,
Chicago Tribune,
3 Sep. 2025
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The Baroness has wildly improbable plans to build a luxury hotel on Floreana, and has brought along two hunky manservants—Rudy Lorenz (Felix Kammerer), an engineer, and Robert Phillipson (Toby Wallace), a bodyguard—for detailed consultations on the matter.—
Justin Chang,
New Yorker,
26 Aug. 2025
Cite this Entry
“Minder.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/minder. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.
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