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Synonyms for protecting
verb take care of; guard from harm- assure
- care for
- conserve
- cover
- cushion
- defend
- insulate
- keep
- look after
- preserve
- safeguard
- save
- secure
- shelter
- shield
- support
- bulwark
- champion
- chaperon
- fend
- foster
- harbor
- hedge
- screen
- shade
- stonewall
- watch
- cover all bases
- cover up
- give refuge
- give sanctuary
- go to bat for
- keep safe
- ride shotgun for
- sentinel
- shotgun
- stand guard
- take under wing
- watch over
Antonyms for protecting
- abandon
- destroy
- endanger
- give up
- harm
- hurt
- ignore
- injure
- lay bare
- let go
- neglect
- release
- squander
- uncover
- waste
- open
- attack
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the
Philip Lief Group.
conservation
noun. preservation
defensive
adjective. protective, watchful
imperviousness
noun. resistance
- battle
- blocking
- check
- combat
- contention
- counteraction
- cover
- defiance
- detention
- fight
- friction
- halting
- hindrance
- holding
- immunity
- impedance
- impediment
- impeding
- insusceptibility
- intransigence
- obstruction
- parrying
- protecting
- protection
- rebuff
- refusal
- retardation
- safeguard
- screen
- shield
- stand
- striking back
- struggle
- support
- unsusceptibility
- warding off
- watch
- withstanding
insulation
noun. the act of insulating
insusceptibility
noun. resistance
- battle
- blocking
- check
- combat
- contention
- counteraction
- cover
- defiance
- detention
- fight
- friction
- halting
- hindrance
- holding
- immunity
- impedance
- impediment
- impeding
- imperviousness
- intransigence
- obstruction
- parrying
- protecting
- protection
- rebuff
- refusal
- retardation
- safeguard
- screen
- shield
- stand
- striking back
- struggle
- support
- unsusceptibility
- warding off
- watch
- withstanding
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the
Philip Lief Group.