Synonyms for
Guards
Definition
Guards are people or things that protect or watch over something or someone.
Synonyms & similar words
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Antonyms
Common collocations
- security guards
- bodyguards
- prison guards
- guard duty
- guard dog
- on guard
- stand guard
- guard tower
Word family
Usage note
The word 'guards' can refer to people who protect or watch over something, or to a defensive posture. Be mindful of context to avoid ambiguity.
Example sentences
- The guards at the museum made sure no one touched the art.
- I need to hire a guard to watch my house while I am on vacation.
- The guards in the tower saw the enemy approaching.
- The queen always had her guards with her wherever she went.
- The guards at the prison were very strict with the inmates.
Quotes
The best armor of old age is a well-spent life preceding it; a life employed in the pursuit of useful knowledge, in honorable actions, and the practice of virtue; in which he who labors to improve himself from his youth, will in age reap the happiest fruits of them; not only because these never leave us, but because, as the resources either of amusement or affliction, they are wholly within ourselves. Such an old age guards the body from pains, the mind from passions, and both from contempt. - John Dryden
The willow which bends to the tempest, often escapes better than the oak which resists it; and so in great calamities, it sometimes happens that light and frivolous spirits recover their elasticity and presence of mind sooner than those of a loftier character. - Albert Schweitzer
It is easier to make a saint out of a libertine than out of a prig. - George Santayana