Thesaurus / de-fenses
FEEDBACK- as injustification
- as inargument
- as inarmament(s)
- as inarmor
- as inassertion
- as inopposition
- as inparapet
- as inpreservation
- as inprotection
- as inrampart
- as inreason
- as inrebuttal
- as inrejoinder
- as inretreat
- as inrock
- as insafeguard
- as insafety
- as insanctuary
- as insecurity
- as inshelter
- as inshield
- as inbastion
- as intactics
- as inbehalf
- as inarmament
- as inescape mechanism
- as inbuffer
- as inbulwark
- as invindication
- as indefense mechanism
- as inpalisade
- as inapologia
- as inpolarity
- as incover
- as inadvocacy
- as indefense
- as indefense
- as indeterrent
- as inexcuse
- as infence
- as infoil
- as inanchor
- as infortification
- as inanswer
- as inapology
synonyms for de-fenses
synonyms for de-fenses
- apology
- approval
- argument
- basis
- confirmation
- explanation
- pretext
- rationale
- rationalization
- vindication
- absolution
- account
- acquittal
- advocacy
- answer
- apologia
- cop-out
- defense
- exculpation
- exoneration
- extenuation
- grounds
- idea
- mitigation
- palliation
- palliative
- plea
- rebuttal
- reply
- response
- sanctification
- story
- support
- validation
- warrant
- wherefore
- raison d'être
- song and dance
- whatfor
- whitewashing
- whole idea
- why and wherefore
- assertion
- case
- claim
- contention
- debate
- discussion
- exchange
- logic
- plea
- questioning
- reason
- reasoning
- argumentation
- defense
- expostulation
- grounds
- pleading
- polemic
- proof
- remonstrance
- remonstration
- line of reasoning
- ammunition
- arms
- defense
- gun
- hardware
- heat
- material
- materiel
- munitions
- ordnance
- protection
- security
- weaponry
- affirmation
- allegation
- contention
- insistence
- pronouncement
- attestation
- avowal
- defense
- maintenance
- mouthful
- okay
- predication
- profession
- report
- vindication
- asservation
- say so
- stamp of approval
- stressing
- two cents' worth
- action
- hostility
- resistance
- struggle
- antinomy
- antithesis
- aversion
- brush
- clash
- combat
- competition
- con
- conflict
- contention
- contest
- contradistinction
- contrariety
- counteraction
- counterattack
- defense
- defiance
- disapproval
- duel
- encounter
- engagement
- fray
- grapple
- negativism
- prevention
- repugnance
- repulsion
- rivalry
- skirmish
- strife
- unfriendliness
- violation
- war
- warfare
- civil disobedience
- confronting
- contraposition
- obstructiveness
- opposure
- oppugnancy
- barricade
- barrier
- bastion
- buffet
- buttress
- defense
- embankment
- fortification
- partition
- protection
- rampart
- safeguard
- protective wall
- care
- conservancy
- conservation
- safeguarding
- safety
- security
- storage
- curing
- defense
- evaporation
- freezing
- guard
- guardianship
- keeping
- perpetuation
- refrigeration
- safeguard
- safekeeping
- salvation
- saving
- shield
- support
- sustentation
- tanning
- ward
- canning
- preserval
- upholding
- conservation
- insurance
- preservation
- safeguard
- safety
- security
- shelter
- stability
- aegis
- armament
- armor
- assurance
- barrier
- buffer
- bulwark
- camouflage
- certainty
- charge
- cover
- custody
- defense
- fix
- guard
- invulnerability
- reassurance
- refuge
- safekeeping
- salvation
- screen
- self-defense
- shield
- strength
- surety
- tutelage
- umbrella
- ward
- guarding
- protecting
- wardship
- barricade
- barrier
- bastion
- breastwork
- bulwark
- defense
- earthwork
- elevation
- embankment
- fence
- fort
- guard
- hill
- mound
- parapet
- protection
- ridge
- security
- support
- wall
- vallation
- argument
- case
- excuse
- idea
- justification
- proof
- rationale
- account
- apologia
- apology
- cover
- defense
- exposition
- ground
- notion
- rationalization
- vindication
- wherefore
- why
- song and dance
- sour grapes
- the whole idea
- whatfor
- why and wherefore
- whyfor
- rejoinder
- reply
- answer
- confutation
- counterargument
- countercharge
- counterclaim
- defense
- counteraccusation
- rebuttal
- repartee
- retort
- comeback
- confutation
- counterargument
- countercharge
- counterclaim
- defense
- response
- return
- wisecrack
- counteraccusation
- counterstatement
- haven
- hideaway
- refuge
- resort
- sanctuary
- shelter
- ark
- asylum
- cell
- cloister
- convent
- cover
- covert
- defense
- den
- habitat
- harbor
- haunt
- hermitage
- port
- privacy
- retirement
- seclusion
- security
- solitude
- adytum
- hiding place
- ivory tower
- safe house
- safe place
- freedom
- security
- assurance
- asylum
- cover
- defense
- immunity
- impregnability
- invulnerability
- refuge
- safeness
- sanctuary
- shelter
- inviolability
- asylum
- church
- harbor
- haven
- hideout
- oasis
- protection
- refuge
- resort
- retreat
- shelter
- convent
- cover
- covert
- defense
- den
- harborage
- hideaway
- hole
- port
- screen
- shield
- ivory tower
- safe house
- bond
- care
- freedom
- guarantee
- insurance
- preservation
- surveillance
- aegis
- agreement
- armament
- armor
- asylum
- bail
- collateral
- compact
- contract
- covenant
- cover
- custody
- defense
- earnest
- guard
- immunity
- pact
- pawn
- pledge
- precaution
- promise
- refuge
- retreat
- safeguard
- safekeeping
- safeness
- salvation
- sanctuary
- shelter
- shield
- surety
- token
- ward
- warrant
- safety measure
- apartment
- asylum
- condo
- dwelling
- haven
- home
- house
- hut
- lodging
- refuge
- safety
- sanctuary
- shack
- shed
- tent
- cave
- co-op
- cover
- covert
- crib
- defense
- den
- digs
- guard
- guardian
- harbor
- harborage
- hermitage
- hide
- hideaway
- hideout
- housing
- joint
- pad
- pen
- port
- preserve
- protector
- rack
- retirement
- retreat
- roof
- roost
- screen
- security
- shade
- shadow
- shield
- tower
- turf
- umbrella
- hole in the wall
- homeplate
- quarterage
- roof over head
- armor
- buffer
- bulwark
- safeguard
- shelter
- absorber
- aegis
- armament
- buckler
- bumper
- cover
- defense
- escutcheon
- guard
- rampart
- screen
- security
- ward
- bulwark
- citadel
- fortress
- mainstay
- stronghold
- breastwork
- defense
- fortification
- parapet
- prop
- protection
- rock
- support
- tower of strength
- approach
- campaign
- channels
- course
- defense
- device
- disposition
- generalship
- line
- maneuver
- means
- method
- move
- plan
- ploy
- policy
- procedure
- scheme
- stratagem
- system
- tack
- technique
- trick
- way
- maneuvering
- plan of attack
- red tape
- favor
- side
- account
- advantage
- aid
- assistance
- benefit
- cause
- concern
- countenance
- defense
- encouragement
- furtherance
- good
- help
- part
- place
- profit
- recommendation
- representation
- sake
- service
- stead
- support
- welfare
- avoidance reaction
- bunker atmosphere
- bunker mentality
- defense mechanism
- defenses
- ego defenses
- negative taxis
- negative tropism
- psychological defenses
- bastion
- fortress
- mainstay
- redoubt
- barrier
- buffet
- buttress
- citadel
- defense
- embankment
- fort
- guard
- outwork
- parapet
- partition
- protection
- rampart
- safeguard
- security
- stronghold
- vallation
- action
- antagonism
- antinomy
- antithesis
- aversion
- brush
- clash
- combat
- competition
- con
- conflict
- contention
- contest
- contradiction
- contradistinction
- contrariety
- contrariness
- counteraction
- counterattack
- defense
- defiance
- disapproval
- duel
- encounter
- engagement
- fray
- grapple
- hostility
- negativism
- prevention
- repugnance
- repulsion
- resistance
- rivalry
- skirmish
- strife
- struggle
- unfriendliness
- violation
- war
- warfare
- civil disobedience
- confronting
- contraposition
- obstructiveness
- opposure
- oppugnancy
- front
- screen
- shelter
- asylum
- camouflage
- concealment
- covert
- defense
- drop
- guard
- harbor
- harborage
- haven
- port
- protection
- refuge
- retreat
- safety
- sanctuary
- security
- advancement
- assistance
- backing
- aid
- defense
- encouragement
- justification
- promotion
- promulgation
- propagation
- proposal
- recommendation
- urging
- campaigning for
- championing
- pleading for
- upholding
- aegis
- armor
- arms
- barricade
- bastille
- bastion
- bulwark
- buttress
- citadel
- cover
- deterrence
- dike
- embankment
- fastness
- fence
- fort
- fortification
- fortress
- garrison
- guard
- immunity
- hard shell
- munitions
- palisade
- parapet
- position
- protection
- rampart
- redoubt
- resistance
- safeguard
- security
- shelter
- shield
- stockade
- stronghold
- trench
- wall
- ward
- warfare
- weaponry
- weapons
- answer
- apologetics
- apologia
- apology
- argument
- cleanup
- cop-out
- exculpation
- excuse
- exoneration
- extenuation
- jive
- plea
- rationalization
- rejoinder
- reply
- response
- retort
- return
- story
- vindication
- whitewash
- apologizing
- excusing
- explaining
- fish story
- off-time
- song and dance
- disincentive
- hindrance
- obstacle
- bridle
- check
- curb
- defense
- determent
- discouragement
- leash
- preventative
- preventive
- rein
- shackle
- alibi
- apology
- justification
- pretext
- rationalization
- substitute
- trick
- cleanup
- cover
- defense
- disguise
- evasion
- expedient
- extenuation
- grounds
- jive
- makeshift
- mitigation
- plea
- regrets
- routine
- semblance
- shift
- song
- stall
- stopgap
- story
- subterfuge
- vindication
- whitewash
- come-off
- cop-out
- cover story
- coverup
- fish story
- song and dance
- why and wherefore
- bar
- barbed wire
- barricade
- block
- dike
- net
- rail
- railing
- roadblock
- wall
- backstop
- balustrade
- boards
- chains
- defense
- guard
- hedge
- paling
- palisade
- pickets
- posts
- rampart
- shield
- stakes
- stockade
- stop
- mainstay
- ballast
- bower
- comfort
- defense
- fastener
- foothold
- grapnel
- grip
- hold
- hook
- mooring
- pillar
- protection
- safeguard
- security
- staff
- stay
- support
- grappling iron
- kedge
- mud hook
- barricade
- citadel
- fortress
- reinforcement
- barrier
- bastion
- battlement
- block
- blockhouse
- breastwork
- buffer
- bulwark
- castle
- consolidation
- defense
- earthwork
- entrenchment
- fastness
- fort
- garrison
- keep
- outpost
- parapet
- preparation
- presidio
- protection
- stockade
- strengthening
- stronghold
- support
- wall
- embattlement
- comment
- explanation
- feedback
- interpretation
- justification
- key
- observation
- rebuttal
- remark
- report
- resolution
- response
- result
- return
- sign
- solution
- statement
- acknowledgment
- antiphon
- close
- comeback
- cooler
- counterclaim
- crack
- defense
- disclosure
- echo
- elucidation
- guff
- lip
- plea
- refutation
- rejoinder
- repartee
- retort
- riposte
- topper
- vindication
- wisecrack
- backcap
- back talk
- Band-Aid
- parting shot
- pay dirt
- quick fix
- rhetorical question
- thank-you note
- the ticket
- acknowledgment
- admission
- amends
- atonement
- concession
- confession
- excuse
- explanation
- justification
- plea
- redress
- reparation
- defense
- extenuation
- mitigation
- vindication
- mea culpa
antonyms for de-fenses
MOST RELEVANT
- accord
- affection
- agreement
- calm
- harmony
- kindness
- liking
- love
- obedience
- peace
- retreat
- surrender
- sympathy
- yielding
- compatibility
- team
- teammates
- blockage
- disadvantage
- disapproval
- discouragement
- handicap
- harm
- hindrance
- hurt
- impediment
- injury
- loss
- obstruction
- stop
- stoppage
- accord
- affection
- agreement
- approval
- calm
- friendliness
- friendship
- harmony
- kindness
- liking
- love
- obedience
- peace
- retreat
- submission
- surrender
- sympathy
- yielding
- denial
- refusal
- repudiation
- accusation
- censure
- charge
- complaint
- condemnation
- criticism
- defiance
- indictment
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