Definition for Defense:

• the speech act of answering an attack on your assertions; " his refutation of the charges was short and persuasive"; " in defense he said the other man started it"

Synonyms for Defense:

• n.

  •
  • endorsement,
  • stand,
  • guardianship,
  • bumper,
  • antitoxin,
  • backing,
  • solidarity,
  • offense,
  • maintenance,
  • Sympathies,
  • front,
  • championship,
  • preservation,
  • precaution,
  • custody,
  • loyalty,
  • inoculation,
  • aegis,
  • advocacy,
  • retaliation.
  •
  • attorney,
  • bailiff,
  • attack,
  • barrister,
  • siege,
  • clerk,
  • advocate.
  •
  • boy,
  • pleading,
  • backfield,
  • alibi,
  • declaration,
  • center,
  • assertion,
  • testimony,
  • club,
  • proof,
  • ballplayer,
  • conference,
  • all-American,
  • statement,
  • back,
  • blue,
  • case.
  •
  • protector,
  • armaments,
  • armoury,
  • armed,
  • arms,
  • arsenal,
  • armory,
  • assault,
  • ammo,
  • ward,
  • artillery.
  •
  • cross-contamination,
  • biosecurity,
  • fester,
  • contagion,
  • candida,
  • carrier,
  • apologetic,
  • antibody,
  • apologia.
  •
  • deposition,
  • evidence,
  • appearance,
  • exhibit,
  • examination,
  • continuance.
  •
  • self-defense,
  • conservation,
  • self-preservation,
  • sanctuary,
  • safekeeping.
  •
  • fixation,
  • conditioning,
  • fixated,
  • catharsis,
  • complex,
  • damage,
  • exorcism,
  • delusion.
  •
  • ride,
  • represent,
  • race,
  • play,
  • face,
  • meet,
  • duel,
  • contest,
  • enter.
  •act (noun)
  • defensive measure,
  • defence.
  •answer (noun)
  • refutation,
  • counterclaim.
  •apologia (noun)
  • apologetics.
  •armament; protection system (noun)
  • weaponry,
  • rampart,
  • cover,
  • dike,
  • shield,
  • embankment,
  • security,
  • fence,
  • redoubt,
  • stronghold,
  • garrison,
  • fortress,
  • fort,
  • protection,
  • aegis,
  • immunity,
  • armor,
  • barricade,
  • resistance,
  • wall,
  • palisade,
  • weapons,
  • position,
  • shelter,
  • stockade,
  • munitions,
  • deterrence,
  • safeguard,
  • parapet,
  • ward,
  • bastille,
  • bulwark,
  • guard,
  • trench,
  • citadel,
  • arms,
  • buttress,
  • fortification,
  • bastion,
  • warfare,
  • fastness.
  •bastion (noun)
  • stronghold,
  • breastwork.
  •bulwark (noun)
  • redoubt,
  • parapet.
  •contrast (noun)
  • foil.
  •counter-evidence (noun)
  • subversion,
  • disproof,
  • counter-evidence,
  • confutation,
  • contradiction,
  • negation,
  • parry,
  • opposition.
  •defense (noun)
  • buffer,
  • armor,
  • demurrer,
  • wall,
  • aversion,
  • resistance,
  • defensive measure,
  • defense department,
  • fortress,
  • denial,
  • Defence Reaction,
  • barrier,
  • defending team,
  • shelter,
  • defense mechanism,
  • safeguard,
  • argument,
  • guard,
  • Defence Mechanism,
  • harbor,
  • backfire,
  • counterattack,
  • screen,
  • defense lawyers,
  • shield,
  • cover,
  • defense team,
  • department of defense,
  • security,
  • moat,
  • protection,
  • vindication,
  • defense reaction,
  • barricade,
  • dod,
  • defensive structure,
  • refutation,
  • stronghold,
  • countermeasure,
  • defence,
  • Defence Force,
  • defense force,
  • support.
  •defense mechanism (noun)
  • defense reaction.
  •explanation, justification (noun)
  • extenuation,
  • fish story,
  • retort,
  • reply,
  • plea,
  • apologetics,
  • jive,
  • rationalization,
  • excuse,
  • apologia,
  • vindication,
  • copout,
  • argument,
  • off-time,
  • rejoinder,
  • story,
  • whitewash,
  • song and dance,
  • answer,
  • return,
  • Apologizing,
  • exoneration,
  • response,
  • Excusing,
  • Explaining,
  • exculpation,
  • apology,
  • cleanup.
  •fortification (noun)
  • palisade,
  • earthwork.
  •opposition (noun)
  • duel.
  •plea (noun)
  • plea,
  • appeal,
  • suit,
  • petition,
  • entreaty.
  •preservation (noun)
  • guardianship.
  •response (noun)
  • justification,
  • reply,
  • echo,
  • acknowledgment,
  • rejoinder,
  • reaction,
  • answer,
  • return,
  • rebuttal,
  • response,
  • excuse,
  • refutation,
  • riposte,
  • retort,
  • denial,
  • explanation,
  • objection.
  •weapon (noun)
  • armament.

• v.

  •cover (verb)
  • bumper.

• Other synonyms:

  •Department of Defense
  • department of defense.
  •DoD
  • dod.
  •
  • immunity,
  • obsessive,
  • quarantine,
  • alibi,
  • self-defense,
  • conditioning,
  • espousal,
  • antibody,
  • special pleading,
  • candida,
  • defendant,
  • protective custody,
  • patronage,
  • promotion,
  • sty,
  • septic,
  • safekeeping,
  • apologia,
  • continuance,
  • lymphatic,
  • fester,
  • catharsis,
  • advocacy,
  • biosecurity,
  • safe-conduct,
  • pus,
  • solidarity,
  • self-preservation,
  • cross-contamination,
  • deposition,
  • cheerleading.
  •
  • fixation,
  • obsess,
  • fixated,
  • alignment,
  • examination,
  • sanctuary,
  • fortification,
  • loyalty,
  • exorcism,
  • foreign,
  • immune,
  • invasion,
  • exhibit,
  • retreat,
  • testimony,
  • championship,
  • transference,
  • contagion,
  • obsession,
  • endorsement,
  • regression,
  • silo,
  • anchor,
  • pestilential,
  • conservation,
  • adherence.
  •
  • rock,
  • transmission,
  • mechanism,
  • delusion,
  • motion,
  • pleading,
  • evidence,
  • protector,
  • custody,
  • salvation,
  • preservation.
  •
  • complex,
  • carrier.
  •
  • appearance.
  •
  • ward,
  • damage.
  •
  • spread.
  •
  • care.
  •
  • case.
  •buttress
  • bulwark.
  •defence force
  • Defence Force.
  •defence mechanism
  • Defence Mechanism.
  •defence reaction
  • Defence Reaction.
  •ill-treatment
  • abuse.
  •stockade
  • palisade.
  •Other relevant words:
  • dod,
  • back,
  • confirm,
  • assault,
  • antibody,
  • sheltered,
  • seawall,
  • ammo,
  • delusion,
  • championship,
  • cabinet,
  • contrite,
  • exorcism,
  • ward,
  • litigation,
  • cheerleading,
  • fortification,
  • preservation,
  • asylum,
  • conditioning,
  • Propugn,
  • redoubt,
  • backstop,
  • backfield,
  • defensive structure,
  • replication,
  • lymphatic,
  • polarity,
  • foreign,
  • block,
  • antitoxin,
  • mole,
  • palisade,
  • contention,
  • arm,
  • upholding,
  • Excusing,
  • obsess,
  • exception,
  • siege,
  • fish story,
  • fester,
  • earthwork,
  • apologetics,
  • bulwark,
  • confession,
  • defendant,
  • cool,
  • assert,
  • courts,
  • represent,
  • fastness,
  • demurrer,
  • copout,
  • Sea wall,
  • fixation,
  • duel,
  • cozy,
  • catharsis,
  • at bay,
  • protective,
  • Apologizing,
  • escort,
  • deadly weapon,
  • advocacy,
  • vindicatory,
  • Defence Force,
  • armory,
  • jam,
  • convoy,
  • ballplayer,
  • Dead wall,
  • extenuation,
  • attack,
  • stone wall,
  • appearance,
  • position,
  • aegis,
  • penitent,
  • defense mechanism,
  • complex,
  • breastwork,
  • bear,
  • counterinsurgency,
  • gate,
  • weapons,
  • United States Department of Defense,
  • cleanup,
  • counterfire,
  • weapon,
  • continuance,
  • artillery,
  • self-preservation,
  • exhibit,
  • apologia,
  • counterblast,
  • assertion,
  • abnegation,
  • bar,
  • maternal,
  • bastille,
  • portcullis,
  • attorney,
  • labor,
  • defence,
  • rank,
  • dam,
  • snug,
  • cloistered,
  • exonerate,
  • weir,
  • bulkhead,
  • armament,
  • protect,
  • Pleadings,
  • contagion,
  • countercharge,
  • front,
  • defensive,
  • tutelary deity,
  • defensively,
  • agriculture,
  • groyne,
  • treasury,
  • invasion,
  • bastion,
  • store,
  • falsifying,
  • fort,
  • defensive measure,
  • Burrock,
  • exoneration,
  • absolve,
  • exculpation,
  • vindication,
  • house of representatives,
  • milldam,
  • education,
  • damage,
  • foil,
  • abuse,
  • fidei defensor,
  • hubbub,
  • bicker,
  • ditch,
  • deterrence,
  • bear out,
  • retreat,
  • argumentation,
  • conservation,
  • contest,
  • state,
  • guardianship,
  • barrister,
  • conserve,
  • immunity,
  • bamboo curtain,
  • septic,
  • boy,
  • barrage,
  • motion,
  • counterblow,
  • behalf,
  • covert,
  • safekeeping,
  • shade,
  • Counterstroke,
  • maintenance,
  • dike,
  • defend,
  • citadel,
  • defense lawyers,
  • justice,
  • armed,
  • demur,
  • spread,
  • speak for,
  • declaration,
  • deterrent,
  • sustain,
  • quarantine,
  • demurral,
  • examination,
  • protector,
  • trench,
  • whitewash,
  • senate,
  • arms,
  • war of words,
  • groin,
  • comfortable,
  • justificatory,
  • immune,
  • apologetic,
  • recrimination,
  • insist,
  • armoury,
  • parliament,
  • polemic,
  • munitions,
  • interior,
  • comeback,
  • self-abnegation,
  • keep in countenance,
  • surrejoinder,
  • play,
  • Defence Mechanism,
  • contend for,
  • wrangling,
  • refuge,
  • regression,
  • covering,
  • patronage,
  • testimony,
  • rock,
  • boom,
  • tutelary saint,
  • deposition,
  • genius loci,
  • reserved,
  • regretful,
  • breakwater,
  • defense department,
  • set-to,
  • self-protection,
  • pestilential,
  • obsession,
  • logjam,
  • transference,
  • inoculation,
  • race,
  • clerk,
  • sorry,
  • parapet,
  • all-American,
  • casuistry,
  • statement,
  • club,
  • proof,
  • salvation,
  • solidarity,
  • work,
  • care,
  • apology,
  • surrebutter,
  • fortify,
  • self-denial,
  • secluded,
  • stockade,
  • rhubarb,
  • case,
  • alibi,
  • preserve,
  • mechanism,
  • armature,
  • eye,
  • Explaining,
  • stopper,
  • beaver dam,
  • flyting,
  • warfare,
  • stand up for,
  • self-renunciation,
  • evidence,
  • rationalization,
  • bailiff,
  • embankment,
  • cofferdam,
  • comfy,
  • remorseful,
  • story,
  • song and dance,
  • silo,
  • precaution,
  • conductor,
  • consolidate,
  • Refutal,
  • candida,
  • fence,
  • vindicate,
  • weaponry,
  • ammunition,
  • sty,
  • off-time,
  • custody,
  • Bear-trap dam,
  • shaded,
  • counterstatement,
  • defense team,
  • shadow,
  • garrison,
  • fend,
  • arsenal,
  • keep,
  • Disaffirmation,
  • alignment,
  • commerce,
  • safe-conduct,
  • controversy,
  • special pleading,
  • rampart,
  • panoply,
  • transmission,
  • meet,
  • backing,
  • health,
  • disputation,
  • armaments,
  • brief,
  • safety,
  • endorsement,
  • passage of arms,
  • jetty,
  • defense force,
  • adherence,
  • safe,
  • Sympathies,
  • conference,
  • buttress,
  • affectionate,
  • counteraccusation,
  • attention,
  • blue,
  • reason,
  • center,
  • bank,
  • stand,
  • sanctuary,
  • falsification,
  • mound,
  • levee,
  • retaliation,
  • defense reaction,
  • uphold,
  • carrier,
  • advocate,
  • guardian angel,
  • buckler,
  • face,
  • counterclaim,
  • mess-up,
  • enter,
  • rebutter,
  • declare,
  • Polemics,
  • obsessive,
  • biosecurity,
  • maintain,
  • espousal,
  • Defence Reaction,
  • tilt,
  • homely,
  • self-defense,
  • speak up for,
  • preventive,
  • loyalty,
  • on the defensive,
  • fixated,
  • jive,
  • self-defence,
  • anchor,
  • affirm,
  • lee,
  • hold,
  • bickering,
  • dispute,
  • cross-contamination,
  • Counterstep,
  • continue,
  • pus,
  • bumper,
  • Trocha,
  • iron curtain,
  • promotion,
  • protective custody,
  • plead ignorance,
  • justify,
  • surrebuttal,
  • stick up for,
  • Logomachy,
  • arch dam,
  • supreme court,
  • pleading,
  • line,
  • watchful eye,
  • ride,
  • department of defense,
  • council,
  • counterrevolution,
  • hassle,
  • defending team,
  • roadblock.

Antonyms for Defense:

• n.

  • armament; protection system
    yielding, surrender, injury, hurt, flight, harm, capitulation, betrayal, desertion.
  • explanation, justification
    request, question, indictment, charge.
  • Other antonyms:
    desertion, offensive, criminal prosecution, condemnation, insult, accusation, injury, flight, prosecution, capitulation, imputation, censure, abandonment, surrender, wrong, complaint.

Homophones for Defense:

• defang, diaphanous, defiance, deep-pink, defence, deafness, dbms, defeminise, deafening, deepening, diapensiaceae, defining, deepness, deviance, daubing, debunk, diapensia, dubbing, Da Vinci, defeminize, diving.

Hypernym for Defense:

• n.

  • act
    biodefense, biodefence, mining, air defense, Hasty Defence, hasty defense, deliberate defense, biological warfare defence, chemical defense, biological defence, stand, biological warfare defense, umbrella, Chemical Defence, biological defense, Deliberate Defence, Bw Defense, BW defence, minelaying.

Hyponym for Defense:

• n.

  • act
    action, protection, military action.