Synonyms for shield
ʃildshield

English Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. shield

   The weak may speak or act in defense of the strong; none but the powerful can assure others of protection. A defense is ordinarily against actual attack; protection is against possible as well as actual dangers. We speak of defense against an assault, protection from the cold. Vindication is a triumphant defense of character and conduct against charges of error or wrong. Compare APOLOGY.

   Synonyms:
   apology, bulwark, defense, fortress, guard, justification, protection, rampart, resistance, safeguard, shelter, vindication

   Antonyms:
   abandonment, betrayal, capitulation, desertion, flight, surrender

   Preposition:
   Defense against assault or assailants; in law, defense to an action, from the testimony.

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. shieldnoun

   a protective covering or structure

   Synonyms:
   cuticle, shell, buckler, carapace

2. shield, bucklernoun

   armor carried on the arm to intercept blows

   Synonyms:
   cuticle, shell, buckler, carapace

3. carapace, shell, cuticle, shieldverb

   hard outer covering or case of certain organisms such as arthropods and turtles

   Synonyms:
   casing, cuticle, racing shell, eggshell, case, shell, epidermis, buckler, carapace, scale, plate

4. shield, screenverb

   protect, hide, or conceal from danger or harm

   Synonyms:
   test, sieve, riddle, harbour, block out, sort, harbor, screen, screen out

5. harbor, harbour, shieldverb

   hold back a thought or feeling about

   "She is harboring a grudge against him"

   Synonyms:
   screen, harbour, nurse, harbor, entertain, hold

Matched Categories

1. • Hide
   • Protect
   • Protective Covering

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:1.0 / 1 vote

1. shieldnoun

   Synonyms:
   buckler, ægis

2. shieldnoun

   Synonyms:
   safeguard, protection, defence, guard, cover, security, bulwark, rampart, palladium

3. shieldnoun

   Synonyms:
   escutcheon, ensign armorial

4. shieldverb

   Synonyms:
   defend, protect, guard, shelter, cover

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated WordsRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. shieldnoun

   Synonyms:
   ægis, buckler, escutcheon, scutcheon, pavise, scutum, defense, protection, palladium, bulwark, safeguard

   Associated words:
   scutal, bouche

2. shieldverb

   Synonyms:
   defend, protect, safeguard, ward off, repel

PPDB, the paraphrase databaseRate these paraphrases:0.0 / 0 votes

1. List of paraphrases for "shield":

   escudo, shields, protector, shielding, breastplate, armor, armour, shielded, ecu, screen, deck, protect, protection, dun, badge, saver

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How to use shield in a sentence?

1. Maura Healey:

   This filing isn't a surprise. It's yet another effort by Purdue to avoid accountability and shield the Sackler family fortune.

2. James Scott:

   The Cyber Shield Act could serve as a secure conduit to facilitate update and patch delivery James Scott, Senior Fellow, Institute for Critical Infrastructure Technology

3. Daniel Baker:

   It's almost like these electrons are running into a glass wall in space, somewhat like the shields created by force fields on 'Star Trek' that were used to repel alien weapons, we are seeing an invisible shield blocking these electrons. It's an extremely puzzling phenomenon.

4. Andrew Jackson, 1821:

   The great can protect themselves, but the poor and humble require the arm and shield of the law.

5. Rhea Olsen:

   A good friend can shield you from the storm.