Synonyms of safeguarding

safeguarding 1 of 3

adjective

as in protecting

Related Words

• protecting
• guarding
• shielding
• sheltering
• secure
• protected
• defended
• safe
• sheltered
• guarded
• shielded
• inviolable
• invulnerable
• impregnable
• unassailable
• unconquerable
• snug

Dissimilar Words

• hazardous
• dangerous
• risky
• unsafe
• insecure
• threatening
• perilous
• vulnerable
• menacing
• unprotected
• uncertain
• precarious
• parlous
• unguarded
• treacherous
• minatory
• undefended

safeguarding

2 of 3

noun

as in protection

Related Words

• protection
• safeguard
• security
• defense
• preservation
• conservation
• guardianship
• guard
• safekeeping
• recovery
• extrication
• redemption
• salvation
• rescue
• ransom
• deliverance

safeguarding

3 of 3

verb

present participle of safeguard

as in defending

to drive danger or attack away from

sheepdogs safeguard the flock from attacks by wolves

Synonyms & Similar Words

• protecting
• defending
• guarding
• shielding
• securing
• keeping
• preventing
• fending
• warding
• saving
• fencing
• preserving
• screening
• covering
• bulwarking
• conserving
• forfending
• standing up for
• opposing
• averting
• resisting
• withstanding
• fighting
• contending
• warring
• battling
• picketing
• buffering
• walling
• palisading

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• attacking
• assaulting
• assailing
• bombarding
• storming
• submitting
• besieging
• besetting
• yielding
• overrunning
• caving
• capitulating

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of safeguarding

Noun

Unlike fellow Club name Wells Fargo , whose core business is collecting deposits and issuing consumer and commercial loans, BNY's main focus is collecting fees from servicing, safeguarding, and moving financial assets for institutions. — Jeff Marks, CNBC, 2 Sep. 2026

Meta has agreed to pay around $17 billion, as well as institute several safeguarding measures across their social media platforms. — Bethy Squires, Vulture, 28 Aug. 2026

And if your data needs extra safeguarding, the My Passport SSD comes with 256-bit AES hardware encryption and password protection for a double security whammy. — Kelsey Fogarty, PC Magazine, 6 July 2026

Recent headlines have prompted difficult but necessary conversations about welfare, safeguarding and accountability in television. — Emma Pringle, Deadline, 17 June 2026

Scouting America volunteers and employees are required to complete mandatory safeguarding training and a criminal background check for the organization, a representative said. — Caroline Zimmerman, Kansas City Star, 15 June 2026

Conservationists at Shark Trust in Plymouth, England, have specialized in the safeguarding of sharks and stingrays since 1997. — Charlotte Reck, CNN Money, 9 June 2026

According to the report, current safeguarding frameworks fail to adequately account for the power of peer dynamics and authority relationships as mechanisms of ongoing harm, and do not protect women specifically. — Megan Feringa, New York Times, 3 June 2026

Newsom signed the election safeguarding bill in his office, flanked by Cervantes, Umberg and Assembly sponsor Gail Pellerin, D-Santa Cruz, who was a Santa Cruz County elections clerk for nearly 30 years. — Lia Russell, Sacbee.com, 27 May 2026

Verb

The world's largest oil buyer has slashed its imports after the war broke out, tapping into its stockpiles, keeping a lid on global oil prices and safeguarding its economy. — Anniek Bao, CNBC, 10 Sep. 2026

In 1995, after Selena’s tragic death at the hands of Yolanda Saldivar, the former president of her fan club, Abraham dedicated his life to safeguarding her legacy and overseeing primary control over her estate. — Andrea Flores, Los Angeles Times, 3 Sep. 2026

The alleged corruption occurred between 2019-24 while Hédouville headed the Office of Citizen Protection, the government agency charged with safeguarding human rights. — Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 3 Sep. 2026

Those differing responses, paradoxically, hint at an underlying confluence of viewpoints – that safeguarding the growth and development of children and teenagers is not a one-and-done deal, left to individual court cases or settlements. — The Christian Science Monitor, Christian Science Monitor, 31 Aug. 2026

Organizations must extend hygiene to AI systems by securing training data, confirming model integrity, safeguarding prompts and outputs, preventing model poisoning and adversarial attacks, and controlling how AI accesses company data. — Chuck Brooks, Forbes.com, 22 Aug. 2026

But that could change if lawmakers choose not to pass legislation safeguarding distillery deliveries before the legislative session ends on August 31. — Darrielle Fair, CBS News, 19 Aug. 2026

This all-in-one emergency and estate organizer covers 35 categories of essential documents, accounts, keys and instructions, from bank accounts and birth certificates to medical history, safeguarding and simplifying access in an emergency. — ABC News, 1 Aug. 2026

The Secret Service’s actual procedures turn out to be more like guidelines that can be discarded if the president is sufficiently angry—which, from the standpoint of safeguarding democracy, constitutes a fairly concerning loophole. — Jonathan Chait, The Atlantic, 30 July 2026