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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | protection |
| Synonyms: | auspices, backing, patronage, shelter, sponsorship, wing* |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | backing |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | support |
| Synonyms: | abetment, accompaniment, adherence, advocacy, aegis, aid, assistance, auspices, championing, championship, encouragement, endorsement, funds, grant, help, patronage, reinforcement, sanction, secondment, sponsorship, subsidy |
| Antonyms: | disfavor, opposition |
| Main Entry: | care |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | custody of person, usually child |
| Synonyms: | administration, aegis, auspices, charge, control, direction, guardianship, keeping, management, ministration, protection, safekeeping, superintendence, supervision, trust, tutelage, ward, wardship |
Example Sentences
- If you can't avoid them, the most direct form of protection is to put yourself under the aegis of someone the bully does fear.
- Under her aegis, property taxes have risen steadily.
- Under the aegis of global warming.
| Main Entry: | custody |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | supervision, charge of something |
| Synonyms: | aegis, auspices, care, conservation, custodianship, guardianship, keeping, management, observation, preservation, protection, safekeeping, salvation, superintendence, trusteeship, tute-lage, ward, wardship, watch |
| Main Entry: | defense |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | armament; protection system |
| Synonyms: | aegis, armor, arms, barricade, bastille, bastion, bulwark, buttress, citadel, cover, deterrence, dike, embankment, fastness, fence, fort, fortification, fortress, garrison, guard, immunity, munitions, palisade, parapet, position, protection, rampart, redoubt, resistance, safeguard, security, shelter, shield, stockade, stronghold, trench, wall, ward, warfare, weaponry, weapons |
| Antonyms: | desertion, flight, surrender |
| Main Entry: | guard |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | defense |
| Synonyms: | aegis, armament, armor, buffer, bulwark, pad, protection, rampart, safeguard, screen, security, shield, ward |
| Main Entry: | oversight |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | care, supervision |
| Synonyms: | administration, aegis, charge, check, control, custody, direction, guard, guardianship, handling, inspection, intendance, keep, keeping, maintenance, management, superintendence, surveillance, tutelage |
| Antonyms: | ignorance, neglect |
| Main Entry: | patronage |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | support of a cause |
| Synonyms: | advocacy, aegis, aid, assistance, auspices, backing, benefaction, championship, encouragement, financing, grant, guardianship, help, promotion, protection, recommendation, sponsorship, subsidy, support |
| Antonyms: | antagonism, detraction, opposition |
| Main Entry: | protection |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | care, guardianship |
| Synonyms: | aegis, armament, armor, assurance, barrier, buffer, bulwark, camouflage, certainty, charge, conservation, cover, custody, defense, fix, guard, guarding, insurance, invulnerability, preservation, protecting, reassurance, refuge, safeguard, safekeeping, safety, salvation, screen, security, self-defense, shelter, shield, stability, strength, surety, tutelage, umbrella*, ward, wardship |
| Antonyms: | attack, harm, hurt, injury, threat |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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