Synonyms of protections

protections

noun

plural of protection

1

as in safeguards

means or method of defending

this small umbrella is adequate protection in a sudden shower

Synonyms & Similar Words

• safeguards
• defenses
• shields
• ammunitions
• weapons
• walls
• securities
• screens
• guards
• wards
• armors
• bucklers
• covers
• armaments
• munitions
• aegises
• arms
• strongholds
• fortresses
• forts
• weaponries
• palisades

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• attacks
• offenses
• assaults
• aggressions
• offensives

2

as in defenders

someone that protects

the bodyguard was her protection from overzealous fans

Synonyms & Similar Words

• defenders
• protectors
• guardians
• custodians
• bodyguards
• guards
• guardian angels
• keepers
• champions
• sentinels
• watchdogs
• sentries
• savers
• wardens
• watches
• warders
• preservers
• watchmen
• lookouts
• conservers
• harborers

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of protections

In June, a federal judge ruled against Katherine and Garry Leach, finding that federal courts could not weigh in on how churches spend their donations, citing First Amendment protections. — Giles Hudson, CBS News, 1 Aug. 2026

Children who are victims of trafficking or abuse, for example, are entitled to special protections. — Chiara Eisner, NPR, 1 Aug. 2026

By Griffin Jones | Bay City News A homebuilders association is seeking to roll back protections for a hawk under California’s Endangered Species Act — the first delisting in 17 years, according to the state’s Fish and Game Commission. — Bay City News, Mercury News, 1 Aug. 2026

The two timber companies own some of the remaining forest the bird uses or might use for habitat, according to the lawsuit, and do not yet have federal Habitat Conservation Plans that would lay out protections for the bird as logging occurs. — Lizzie Kane, Sacbee.com, 31 July 2026

The company has been criticised by cryptographers for a decade for building its own protocol and for weaker default protections, and the flaw is consistent with that record. — Susie Violet Ward, Forbes.com, 31 July 2026

Yet the ruling itself did little to outline how benefits and protections would be delivered to India’s trans population, which researchers estimate is between 2 million and 6 million people. — Aakash Hassan, Christian Science Monitor, 31 July 2026

These protections are meant to catch a model that’s acting deceptively, hiding its true capabilities, or otherwise working against what its developers intended. — Beatrice Nolan, Fortune, 25 July 2026

The operational targets for 2026 depend on executing the multi-stage plasma validation tests, establishing performance metrics, expanding patent protections, and negotiating initial power placement agreements with commercial partners. — Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 25 July 2026