Synonyms for shield
ʃildshield

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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

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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. Mr Findlay:

   Their shield of protection gave Peter Murrell a licence to steal, and people want to know why Nicola Sturgeon was not in the dock beside Peter Murrell.

2. Heiko Maas:

   I do not see a simple solution to shield companies from all risks of American sanctions, the talks with the Europeans, Iran and the other signatories to the agreement are therefore also about how it can be possible to continue trade with Iran.

3. William Tong:

   This is a seismic victory for justice and accountability that will re-open the deeply flawed Purdue Pharma bankruptcy and force the Sackler family to confront the pain and devastation they have caused, connecticut will not allow billionaire wrongdoers to hide behind the bankruptcy code to shield their blood money and escape justice.

4. Jiyoung Park:

   After the third nuclear test [ by North Korea in 2013 ] we couldn't find any radionuclides... it means they can shield the test facilities very well.

5. Kai Vetter:

   Even if some of the radioactive materials 'leaked' or still 'leak' from the ship, this radioactivity will be diluted very quickly in the water reducing the concentration substantially, in addition, the radiation emitted by the radioactive materials on the ship will not travel very far as the water is an excellent shield.