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| Main Entry: | |
| 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: | district |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | geographical area |
| Synonyms: | commune, community, department, locale, locality, neck of the woods, neighborhood, parcel, parish, precinct, quarter, region, section, sector, stomping ground, territory, turf*, vicinage, vicinity, ward |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | fender |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | piece protecting part of a vehicle |
| Synonyms: | apron, buffer, bumper, cover, curb, cushion, frame, guard, mask, mudguard, protector, screen, shield, splashboard, ward |
| Main Entry: | guard |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | protector |
| Synonyms: | bouncer, chaperon, chaperone, chaser, convoyer, custodian, defender, escort, guardian, lookout, picket, sentinel, sentry, shepherd, shield, ward, warden, watch, watchperson |
| 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: | hospital |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | place where ill, injured are treated |
| Synonyms: | clinic, emergency room, health service, hospice, infirmary, institution, nursing home, rest home, sanatorium, sanitarium, sick bay, surgery, ward |
| Main Entry: | inhibit |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | restrict, prevent |
| Synonyms: | arrest, avert, bar, bit, bridle, check, constrain, cramp, curb, discourage, enjoin, faze, forbid, frustrate, hang up, hinder, hog-tie, hold back, hold down, hold in, impede, interdict, keep in, obstruct, outlaw, prohibit, put on brakes, repress, restrain, sandbag, stop, stymie, suppress, taboo*, ward, withhold |
| Antonyms: | aid, allow, approve, assist, free, help |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | lookout |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | guard; place from which to guard |
| Synonyms: | anchor, beacon, belvedere, case, catbird seat, citadel, crow's nest, cupola, eagle eye, hawk, observance, observation, observatory, outlook, overlook, panorama, patrol, post, scene, scout, sentinel, sentry, spotter, station, surveillance, tip, tower, view, vigil, vigilance, ward, watch, watch person watchtower, watcher, weather eye |
| Main Entry: | neighborhood |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | community, surroundings |
| Synonyms: | adjacency, area, block, closeness, confines, contiguity, district, environs, ghetto, hood, jungle*, locale, locality, nearness, neck of the woods, parish, part, precinct, propinquity, proximity, purlieus, quarter, region, section, slum, stomping ground, street, suburb, territory, tract, turf, vicinage, vicinity, ward, zone, zoo |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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