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Synonyms for protect
prəˈtɛktpro·tect
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English Synonyms and Antonyms
protect
To cherish is both to hold dear and to treat as dear. Mere unexpressed esteem would not be cherishing. In the marriage vow, "to love, honor, and cherish," the word cherish implies all that each can do by love and tenderness for the welfare and happiness of the other, as by support, protection, care in sickness, comfort in sorrow, sympathy, and help of every kind. To nurse is to tend the helpless or feeble, as infants, or the sick or wounded. To nourish is strictly to sustain and build up by food; to nurture includes careful mental and spiritual training, with something of love and tenderness; to foster is simply to maintain and care for, to bring up; a foster-child will be nourished, but may not be as tenderly nurtured or as lovingly cherished as if one's own. In the figurative sense, the opinion one cherishes he holds, not with mere cold conviction, but with loving devotion.
See synonyms for ABANDON; CHASTEN.
Synonyms:
cheer, cherish, cling to, comfort, encourage, entertain, foster, harbor, hold dear, nourish, nurse, nurture, shelter, treasure, value
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Princeton's WordNet
protectverb
shield from danger, injury, destruction, or damage
"Weatherbeater protects your roof from the rain"
protectverb
use tariffs to favor domestic industry
Editors Contribution
berdeck
will you bedrock me?
Submitted by bobashmore1956 on January 1, 2023
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List of paraphrases for "protect":
protecting, protection, safeguard, defend, protected, protects, preserve, safeguarding, secure, shield, protective, uphold, preserving
Words popularity by usage frequency
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#400 | save | |
#410 | value | |
#846 | cover | |
#914 | protection | |
#1300 | secure | |
#2157 | protect | |
#2628 | protected | |
#2835 | comfort | |
#3433 | encourage | |
#3541 | guard | |
#4200 | nurse | |
#4460 | foster | |
#4776 | harbor | |
#5794 | protective | |
#6204 | protecting | |
#6486 | shield | |
#6682 | shelter | |
#6750 | preserve | |
#6968 | treasure | |
#7739 | defend | |
#10227 | protects | |
#12114 | preserving | |
#12252 | cheer | |
#14008 | entertain | |
#15421 | safeguard | |
#22440 | uphold | |
#22446 | nurture | |
#25495 | cherish | |
#26890 | safeguarding | |
#38704 | nourish | |
#57522 | fortify | |
#80199 | vindicate |
How to use protect in a sentence?
George Gascon’s failure to protect our most vulnerable communities is a complete dereliction of his foremost duty as a district attorney, and he must be removed from office immediately before he can do any more damage, what George Gascon is doing is not criminal justice reform; it is the outright destruction of our criminal justice system and the very laws meant to protect us.
The idea that all natural things are good for you is rubbish. ... We are eating (fruits and) vegetables that potentially contain bad things, (Many) plants were not put here for our benefit but to protect themselves from predators.
The State of California is continuously working to support our hospitals and protect the lives of Californians impacted by COVID-19. By working to upgrade challenged oxygen delivery systems at these older hospitals, we can improve the ability to deliver life sustaining medical care to those who need The State of California.
This matter clearly demonstrates that the CFTC will vigorously enforce this prohibition to protect the integrity of our markets.
You have to have citizens ready to arm themselves to protect others. If you don't have open carry, what do you have? Mass murders like the ones in Orlando, that (open carry) to the criminals sends a signal, and when they see it they are going somewhere else.
Translations for protect
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- حمىArabic
- qorumaqAzerbaijani
- protegirCatalan, Valencian
- chránitCzech
- amddiffynWelsh
- beskytteDanish
- schützenGerman
- προστατεύωGreek
- protektiEsperanto
- protegerSpanish
- kaitsmaEstonian
- پاییدن, پاسبانی کردنPersian
- suojella, suojataFinnish
- protégerFrench
- caomhnaigh, cosainIrish
- dìonScottish Gaelic
- protexerGalician
- הגןHebrew
- रक्षा करनाHindi
- pwotejeHaitian Creole
- védHungarian
- պաշտպանելArmenian
- protektarIdo
- hlífaIcelandic
- proteggereItalian
- 守る, 保護Japanese
- დაცვაGeorgian
- 보호하다Korean
- parastin, پاراستنKurdish
- protego, protegendum, defendoLatin
- saugoti, apsaugotiLithuanian
- saudzētLatvian
- രക്ഷിയ്ക്കുകMalayalam
- сэргийлэхMongolian
- beveiligen, beschermenDutch
- dekke, verne, gardere, beskytte, sikreNorwegian
- bichʼą́ą́h naagháNavajo, Navaho
- protegirOccitan
- chronićPolish
- protegerPortuguese
- ocrotiRomanian
- защитить, защищать, оберегать, беречьRussian
- zaštititiSerbo-Croatian
- mbrojturAlbanian
- skyddaSwedish
- kukingaSwahili
- సంరక్షించుTelugu
- คุ้มครอง, ป้องกันThai
- korumakTurkish
- захиститиUkrainian
- bảo vệVietnamese
- 保护Chinese
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