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safeguard

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of safeguard

1 means or method of defending

with these safeguards in place, no one should be able to break into our computers

Synonyms of safeguard

aegis (also egis), ammunition, armor, buckler, cover, defense, guard, protection, screen, security, shield, wall, ward

Words Related to safeguard

arm, armament, munitions, weapon, weaponry

fastness, fort, fortress, palisade, stronghold

Near Antonyms of safeguard

aggression, assault, attack, offense (or offence), offensive

2 a measure taken to preclude loss or injury

safeguards that were intended to assure our security, but not at the expense of our liberty

Synonyms of safeguard

caution, fail-safe, palladium, precaution, preventive

Words Related to safeguard

armor, cover, guard, protection, screen, shield, wall, ward

safeguard

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of safeguard

to drive danger or attack away from

sheepdogs safeguard the flock from attacks by wolves

Synonyms of safeguard

bulwark, cover, defend, fence, fend, forfend, guard, keep, protect, screen, secure, shield, ward

Words Related to safeguard

avert, prevent

oppose, resist, withstand

battle, contend, fight, war

conserve, preserve, save

buffer, palisade, picket, wall

Phrases Synonymous with safeguard

stand up for

Near Antonyms of safeguard

bombard, storm

beset, besiege, overrun

capitulate, cave, submit, yield

Antonyms of safeguard

assail, assault, attack

Synonym Discussion of safeguard

defend, protect, shield, guard, safeguard mean to keep secure from danger or against attack. defend denotes warding off actual or threatened attack.

- defend the country

protect implies the use of something (such as a covering) as a bar to the admission or impact of what may attack or injure.

- a hard hat to protect your head

shield suggests protective intervention in imminent danger or actual attack.

- shielded her eyes from the sun with her hand

guard implies protecting with vigilance and force against expected danger.

- White House entrances are well guarded

safeguard implies taking precautionary protective measures against merely possible danger.

- our civil liberties must be safeguarded

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