What is another word for defence?
119 synonyms foundPronunciation:
[ dɪfˈɛns], [ dɪfˈɛns], [ d_ɪ_f_ˈɛ_n_s]Table of Contents
Similar words for defence:Opposite words for defence:
Synonyms for Defence:
n.
•act (noun) •advocacy (noun) •defence (noun)Other synonyms:
•Other relevant words:- earthwork,
- buffer,
- stronghold,
- rejoinder,
- wall,
- bulwark,
- disproof,
- defensive,
- palliation,
- falsification,
- bar,
- replication,
- curb,
- apology,
- position,
- rebutter,
- demur,
- check,
- logic,
- condonation,
- screen,
- reply,
- shelter,
- claim,
- preservation,
- foundation,
- favour,
- aegis,
- self-protection,
- stockade,
- fortification,
- rebuttal,
- pretext,
- point,
- self-defense,
- resistance,
- stand,
- cause,
- surrejoinder,
- story,
- retort,
- surrebutter,
- inhibition,
- breastwork,
- reasoning,
- counter-statement,
- bastion,
- cover,
- mitigation,
- ground,
- rationalization,
- answer,
- impediment,
- blockage,
- security,
- assertion,
- sanctuary,
- refuge,
- self-consciousness,
- contention,
- restraint,
- explanation,
- pleading,
- ward,
- armour,
- interference,
- plea,
- self-preservation,
- palisade,
- fort,
- rampart,
- self-defence,
- declaration,
- effort,
- surrebuttal,
- apologia,
- barricade,
- hindrance,
- Gabion,
- guard,
- shield,
- reason,
- stricture,
- safety,
- dike,
- haven,
- rationale,
- justification,
- constraint,
- support,
- safeguard,
- barrier,
- basis,
- why,
- case,
- extenuation,
- argument,
- trench,
- immunity,
- Parados,
- grounds.
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Equivalence
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Noun, plural
defenses.
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Noun, plural
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Independent
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Foreign word
defensa.
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Adjective
defending, defenceless, defenseless, defense-related, exculpatory, gas-discharge.
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Proper noun, singular
decisions, fighters, munitions, combatants, weapons, constraints, Attorneys, Rights, objectives, priorities, Veterans, defending, texts, Goals, defensa.
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Noun, plural
safeguards, Guarantees, representations, arguments, interests, pleas, claims, expenses, walls.
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Noun, singular or mass
defending, defencelessness, apologia, justification.
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Verb, past tense
Occurred.
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Verb, non-3rd person singular present
Undertook.
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Foreign word
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Other Related
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Adjective
defence-related, defend, defensive, self-defence.
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Noun, plural
defendants, calls, defenders.
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Noun, singular or mass
defense, defendant, fortification, defensive, self-defence, defender.
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Verb, past tense
Defended.
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Verb, past participle
Defended.
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Verb, non-3rd person singular present
defend.
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Verb, base form
defend, self-defence.
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Adjective
Antonyms for Defence:
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n. & v. t.
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Other antonyms:
prosecution.
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Other antonyms:
Homophones for Defence:
- deepening, daubing, deviance, Da Vinci, deafening, dubbing, defeminize, diapensiaceae, debunk, dbms, defense, defiance, diaphanous, defining, defeminise, defang, deep-pink, deepness, deafness, diapensia, diving.
Hypernym for Defence:
n.
Hyponym for Defence:
n.
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act
protection.
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process
unconscious process, process, psychoanalytic process.
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act