PICKETS Synonyms: 65 Similar and Opposite Words

pickets 1 of 2

noun

plural of picket

as in guards

a person or group that watches over someone or something set out a picket to watch the camp

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verb

present tense third-person singular of picket

as in walls

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For wooden privacy fencing, the community’s guidelines specify a shadow-box style with dog-ear pickets and require the fence to have the same appearance from both sides. — Nora O'Neill, Charlotte Observer, 17 Sep. 2026 Nurses have been organizing and holding strikes and pickets at local Prime hospitals since Prime bought eight Illinois hospitals last year, and a ninth — Olympia Fields — earlier this year. — Lisa Schencker, Chicago Tribune, 15 Sep. 2026 Park rangers and mountain guides install and maintain snow pickets — which are used to help build anchors for extra protection on areas like steep slopes — between the high camp and Denali Pass, the park has said. — Becky Bohrer, Los Angeles Times, 30 May 2026 But people managed to hold small pickets in a few cities. — ABC News, 9 Apr. 2026 If not, pickets at school sites and another rally will follow Friday. — Jennah Pendleton, Sacbee.com, 5 Mar. 2026 Or are the neighbor's dogs enjoying the gap between two pickets? — Josh Kelly, Oklahoman, 16 Jan. 2026 According to the organization's strike map on its website, there are no strikes or pickets planned in Michigan. — Sarah Moore, Freep.com, 13 Nov. 2025 Baristas at Starbucks cafes across the country are holding pickets this week as part of a collective push for a union contract, and Phoenix workers are joining in. — Hayleigh Evans, AZCentral.com, 28 Oct. 2025

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Noun

Students were randomly assigned to the roles of guards or inmates, with the guards pressured to maintain order by any means necessary.

— Marlow Stern, Variety, 25 Oct. 2026
In a possible Supreme Court case, border guards’ invasions of privacy collide with the Fourth Amendment.

— George F. Will, Washington Post, 23 Oct. 2026

Definition of guards

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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

Definition of wardens

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The incident did not involve personal information involving parents or guardians.

— Tim Fang, CBS News, 20 Oct. 2026
Officials said that parents and guardians may want to consider requesting a free credit freeze for their children who are under 16 to help prevent unauthorized accounts from being opened in the names of their children.

— Howard Blume, Los Angeles Times, 17 Oct. 2026

Definition of guardians

Noun

Tuna are also ecologically important apex predators and serve as sentinels of ocean health.

— Torben Rick, The Conversation, 12 Oct. 2026
The program finally comes to an end For more than 55 years, at least a handful of these satellites have been flying as silent sentinels—until last month.

— Eric Berger, ArsTechnica, 2 Oct. 2026

Definition of sentinels

Noun

Some of them have panoramic views of white windmills, which dot the coastline of the Taiwan Strait like slender sentries.

— Gideon Lewis-Kraus, New Yorker, 19 Oct. 2026
In humans, traits such as neuroticism and recklessness appear to have some evolutionary basis—emerging perhaps to provide our species with sentries who alerted us to threats, and with explorers who led the way to new food sources.

— Vann R. Newkirk II, The Atlantic, 28 July 2026

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