| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | guardian |
| Synonyms: | archivist, attendant, caretaker, conservator, curator, custodian, defender, guard, jailer, lookout, overseer, protector, sentinel, sentry, steward, superintendent, supervisor, warden |
| Main Entry: | maintain |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | care for, keep up |
| Synonyms: | advance, carry on, conserve, continue, control, cultivate, finance, go on with, guard, keep, keep going, look after, manage, nurture, perpetuate, persevere, preserve, prolong, protect, provide, renew, repair, retain, save, supply, support, sustain, take care of, uphold |
| Antonyms: | ignore, neglect |
| Main Entry: | mask |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | disguise |
| Synonyms: | beard, camouflage, cloak, conceal, cover, cover up, defend, dissemble, dissimulate, dress up, front, guard, hide, obscure, protect, safeguard, screen, secrete, shield, veil |
| Antonyms: | reveal, uncover, unmask |
| Main Entry: | mind |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | attend, tend |
| Synonyms: | baby-sit, be attentive, behold, care for, discern, discipline, ensure, give heed to, govern, guard, have charge of, keep an eye on, listen up, look, make certain, mark, mind the store, note, notice, observe, oversee, perceive, regard, ride herd on, see, sit, superintend, supervise, watch |
| Antonyms: | ignore, neglect |
| Main Entry: | muzzle |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | covering for control |
| Synonyms: | cage, cover, envelope, gag, guard, sheath, wrap |
| 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: | picket |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person acting as guard |
| Synonyms: | guard, lookout, patrol, scout, sentinel, sentry, spotter, ward, watch, watchperson |
| Main Entry: | preservation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | maintenance, protection |
| Synonyms: | canning, care, conservancy, conservation, curing, defense, evaporation, freezing, guard, guardianship, keeping, perpetuation, pickling, preserval, refrigeration, safeguard, safeguarding, safekeeping, safety, salvation, saving, security, shield, storage, support, sustentation, tanning, upholding, ward |
| Antonyms: | destruction, ruin |
| Main Entry: | preserve |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | care for, maintain; continue |
| Synonyms: | bottle, can, conserve, cure, defend, evaporate, freeze, guard, keep, keep up, mothball, mummify, perpetuate, pickle, process, protect, put up, refrigerate, retain, safeguard, save, season, secure, shelter, shield, store, sustain, uphold |
| Antonyms: | destroy, hurt, ruin |