Thesaurus results for WATCHMEN

watchmen

noun

plural of watchman

as in custodians

a person or group that watches over someone or something hired a watchman to patrol the factory at night

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as in keepers

a person who takes care of a property sometimes for an absent owner a watchman lives next door to scare off prowlers

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Recent Examples of watchmen Fiddlers played at the street corners and watchmen called out the hour of the day. — Danny Heitman, Christian Science Monitor, 22 July 2026 Francis Ford Coppola meditates on the question of who is watching the watchmen in The Conversation, a neo-noir mystery thriller about the human side of surveillance. — Kevin Jacobsen, Entertainment Weekly, 6 June 2026 Ideas like reparative journalism and sousveillance — an antonym for surveillance, concerning watching the watchmen in a reversal of power — earn fleeting mentions, but are never the focus of actual inquiry. — Siddhant Adlakha, Variety, 14 Mar. 2026

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Noun

Even a band like Opeth, unwavering custodians of 21st-century prog, hardly share much in common with other metal bands representing this style.

— Sam Goldner, Pitchfork, 19 July 2026
American Alternative Assets works with several custodians — including Equity Trust, STRATA Trust, Kingdom Trust, GoldStar Trust and Madison Trust — each with its own fee schedule.

— Javier Simon, USA Today, 16 July 2026

Definition of custodians

Noun

The wallabies and kangaroos were introduced to their space in early May, and Disney gradually allowed more interaction with people, first with keepers and select cast members, then with the public, at a distance outside the fencing.

— Dewayne Bevil, The Orlando Sentinel, 16 July 2026
The best English ball-keepers were on the bench or had been left at home.

— The Athletic UK Staff, New York Times, 16 July 2026

Definition of keepers

Noun

Texas Parks and Wildlife Department — Game wardens, rescue boat teams and helicopters with hoist capability to assist with water rescues.

— Mateo Rosiles, USA Today, 14 July 2026
Exceptions include their use by police officers or animal wardens in an official capacity, at an archery club or paintball gun club, at a public or private range designed for that purpose, or to protect human life or property.

— Doug Ross, Chicago Tribune, 10 July 2026

Definition of wardens

Noun

The Austrian government has said the best use for the building would be the presence of the police as guardians of civil liberties.

— ABC News, ABC News, 22 July 2026
Parents and guardians should have open and ongoing conversations, rather than one big conversation, according to Mann.

— Avni Trivedi, CNN Money, 21 July 2026

Definition of guardians

Noun

In the film, robotic sentinels have been constructed to kill all mutants and any humans harboring them.

— Keith Langston, PEOPLE, 18 July 2026
Here and there, fire, wind, and flood would have broken the forest into a mosaic of old and new, grass and forest, shrubs and sentinels.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 10 June 2026

Definition of sentinels

Noun

Birdie gets together with Povich’s son’s three dogs and the grounds’ caretakers’ three dogs.

— Angela Andaloro, PEOPLE, 23 July 2026
But once those donations ran out, their caretakers worried that euthanasia might be imminent -- asking the Canadian government in October 2025 for funds to feed the marine mammals.

— Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 22 July 2026