Synonyms for Defense:

• n.

  •
  • front,
  • offense,
  • Sympathies,
  • endorsement,
  • maintenance,
  • antitoxin,
  • loyalty,
  • guardianship,
  • precaution,
  • backing,
  • inoculation,
  • championship,
  • aegis,
  • retaliation,
  • stand,
  • custody.
  •
  • attorney,
  • bailiff,
  • the bar,
  • chief justice,
  • Attorney General,
  • circuit judge,
  • advocate,
  • siege,
  • barrister,
  • clerk,
  • the bench,
  • attack.
  •
  • center,
  • ballplayer,
  • back,
  • backfield,
  • conference,
  • proof,
  • club,
  • statement,
  • all-American,
  • blue,
  • center forward,
  • boy,
  • declaration.
  •
  • armoury,
  • artillery,
  • assault,
  • ward,
  • armed,
  • armaments,
  • arms,
  • arsenal,
  • armory,
  • ammo.
  •
  • apologetic.
  •
  • face,
  • race,
  • represent,
  • ride,
  • duel,
  • take up,
  • meet,
  • play,
  • enter,
  • contest.
  •act (noun)
  • defence,
  • defensive measure,
  • defense.
  •advocacy (noun)
  • up holding,
  • de fenses,
  • up holdings,
  • up-holding,
  • pro motions,
  • championings,
  • re-commendation,
  • up-holdings,
  • campaigning fors,
  • pro-motions,
  • re-commendations,
  • re commendations,
  • re commendation,
  • pro-motion,
  • pleading fors,
  • pro motion,
  • de-fenses,
  • upholdings.
  •anchor (noun)
  • mud hooks,
  • grappling irons.
  •answer (noun)
  • repartee,
  • thank you note,
  • Re-mark,
  • lip,
  • counterclaim,
  • guff,
  • counter-claim,
  • antiphons,
  • toppers,
  • thank-you note,
  • rhetorical question,
  • refutation,
  • the ticket,
  • parting shot,
  • remark,
  • echoes,
  • counterclaims,
  • band aid,
  • antiphon,
  • backcap.
  •apologia (noun)
  • apologetics.
  •apology (noun)
  • re-dresses,
  • re-dress,
  • re dresses,
  • re dress.
  •argument (noun)
  • ex postulation,
  • re-monstrance,
  • de-bates,
  • de bate,
  • re monstrances,
  • ex-postulation,
  • de bates,
  • ex-changes,
  • ex-postulations,
  • re-monstrances,
  • ex change,
  • re monstrance,
  • line reasoning,
  • ex-change,
  • de-bate,
  • ex changes,
  • ex postulations.
  •armament; protection system (noun)
  • bastille,
  • fastness,
  • citadel,
  • barricade,
  • redoubt,
  • stronghold,
  • warfare,
  • parapet,
  • position,
  • buttress,
  • dike,
  • weapons,
  • embankment,
  • wall,
  • stockade,
  • deterrence,
  • fort,
  • garrison,
  • trench,
  • palisade,
  • resistance,
  • fortress.
  •armor (noun)
  • bulletproof vests.
  •assertion (noun)
  • two cents' worths,
  • stressings,
  • stamp approval,
  • asservations.
  •bastion (noun)
  • breastwork,
  • breastworks,
  • tower of strength.
  •behalf (noun)
  • pro-fit,
  • pro-fits,
  • pro fits,
  • re presentation,
  • re-presentations,
  • re presentations,
  • pro fit.
  •bulwark (noun)
  • redoubts,
  • outworks,
  • Vallation,
  • outwork.
  •contrast (noun)
  • foil.
  •counter-evidence (noun)
  • negation,
  • parry,
  • contradiction,
  • counter-evidence,
  • subversion,
  • disproof.
  •cover (noun)
  • harborage,
  • coverts,
  • harborages.
  •defending team (noun)
  • defending team.
  •defense (noun)
  • denial,
  • backfire,
  • harbor,
  • moat,
  • defense department,
  • aversion,
  • defensive structure,
  • screen,
  • argument,
  • defense lawyers,
  • demurrer,
  • defense team,
  • defense reaction,
  • defense force,
  • counterattack,
  • countermeasure,
  • barrier,
  • support.
  •defense mechanism (noun)
  • sublimation,
  • sublimations,
  • symbolization.
  •deterrent (noun)
  • dis-incentives,
  • dis-incentive,
  • dis incentives,
  • dis incentive.
  •excuse (noun)
  • song dance,
  • why and wherefores,
  • dis-guises,
  • co pout,
  • dis guise,
  • dis guises,
  • cover stories,
  • why wherefore,
  • cop outs,
  • pre-texts,
  • pre text,
  • co pouts,
  • pre texts,
  • co-pouts,
  • pre-text,
  • copouts,
  • co-pout,
  • why wherefores,
  • dis-guise.
  •explanation, justification (noun)
  • response,
  • Apologizing,
  • plea,
  • exculpation,
  • whitewash,
  • return,
  • exoneration,
  • fish story,
  • song and dance,
  • Excusing,
  • rationalization,
  • story,
  • off-time,
  • Explaining,
  • extenuation,
  • reply,
  • retort.
  •fence (noun)
  • backstops.
  •foil (noun)
  • counter-blow,
  • anti thesis,
  • counter-blows,
  • counter blows,
  • anti-thesis.
  •fortification (noun)
  • entrenchments,
  • blockhouses,
  • presidios,
  • earthworks,
  • Embattlement,
  • presidio,
  • earthwork,
  • blockhouse,
  • entrenchment.
  •justification (noun)
  • whole ideas,
  • sanctifications,
  • raison detre,
  • whitewashings,
  • whatfors.
  •opposition (noun)
  • opposure,
  • counter-attacks,
  • counter-attack,
  • obstructiveness,
  • Antinomy,
  • Oppugnancy,
  • unfriendliness,
  • negativism,
  • Antinomies.
  •parapet (noun)
  • protective wall.
  •plea (noun)
  • suit,
  • petition,
  • entreaty,
  • appeal.
  •preservation (noun)
  • perpetuations,
  • perpetuation,
  • preserval,
  • safeguarding,
  • sustentation.
  •protection (noun)
  • protectings,
  • self defense,
  • selfdefenses,
  • invulnerabilities,
  • re-assurances,
  • in vulnerabilities,
  • re-assurance,
  • re assurance,
  • self defenses,
  • in vulnerability,
  • re assurances,
  • in-vulnerabilities,
  • guardings,
  • self-defenses,
  • selfdefense,
  • in-vulnerability.
  •reason (noun)
  • whyfor,
  • the whole idea.
  •rebuttal (noun)
  • counter charges,
  • counterarguments,
  • re buttals,
  • counter charge,
  • counteraccusations,
  • counter accusation,
  • counter-charges,
  • counter-accusations,
  • re buttal,
  • counter accusations,
  • counter-arguments,
  • counter argument,
  • confutations,
  • re-buttal,
  • re-buttals,
  • counter arguments.
  •rejoinder (noun)
  • re-joinder,
  • counter-statements,
  • re-joinders,
  • counter statement,
  • counter statements,
  • counterstatements,
  • re joinders,
  • re joinder.
  •response (noun)
  • explanation,
  • objection,
  • acknowledgment,
  • riposte,
  • reaction,
  • echo.
  •retreat (noun)
  • re-treats,
  • re treats,
  • safe places,
  • hiding places,
  • re treat,
  • re-sort,
  • re-treat,
  • re-sorts.
  •safety (noun)
  • safeness,
  • impregnability.
  •sanctuary (noun)
  • holeups,
  • holeup,
  • hole-ups,
  • hole ups.
  •security (noun)
  • pro-mise,
  • pre-caution,
  • pro-mises,
  • pre caution,
  • pre cautions,
  • pre-cautions,
  • pro mises,
  • pro mise.
  •shelter (noun)
  • quarterages,
  • hole the wall,
  • hole wall,
  • co ops,
  • homeplates,
  • pre serve,
  • hole in wall,
  • pre-serves,
  • co op,
  • roof over heads,
  • pre serves.
  •tactics (noun)
  • dis-positions,
  • dis position,
  • plan attack,
  • dis-position,
  • dis positions.

• Other synonyms:

  •Department of Defense
  • department of defense.
  •DoD
  • dod.
  •
  • incubation period,
  • defendant,
  • regressive,
  • rubbing alcohol,
  • closing argument,
  • immunity,
  • species barrier,
  • infection,
  • cheerleading,
  • foreign body,
  • alibi,
  • catharsis,
  • continuance,
  • moral support,
  • cross infection,
  • lymph,
  • safe passage,
  • biosecurity,
  • histamine,
  • Oedipal,
  • cross-contamination,
  • special pleading,
  • immune system,
  • obsessed,
  • promotion,
  • safety valve,
  • deposition,
  • isolation period,
  • safekeeping,
  • sinusitis,
  • self-preservation,
  • antibody,
  • candida,
  • immunosuppression,
  • interferon,
  • lymphatic,
  • obsessive,
  • obsessional,
  • quarantine,
  • solidarity,
  • fester,
  • patronage,
  • habeas corpus,
  • protective custody,
  • infected,
  • espousal,
  • septic,
  • sublimate,
  • conditioning,
  • safe-conduct,
  • inflammation,
  • sty,
  • pus.
  •
  • immune,
  • resonance,
  • examination,
  • obsession,
  • sympathy,
  • invasion,
  • regression,
  • vote of confidence,
  • pestilential,
  • obsess,
  • foreign,
  • exhibit,
  • fixation,
  • silo,
  • fixated,
  • confirmation,
  • conservation,
  • transference,
  • adherence,
  • testimony,
  • Patterning,
  • contagion,
  • alignment,
  • exorcism.
  •
  • pleading,
  • transmission,
  • motion,
  • lockdown,
  • delusion,
  • suggestion,
  • infectious,
  • protector,
  • summation,
  • evidence,
  • salvage,
  • salvation,
  • mess up,
  • mechanism.
  •
  • wound,
  • matter,
  • complex,
  • carrier.
  •
  • appearance.
  •
  • damage,
  • scar,
  • projection.
  •
  • spread.
  •
  • care.
  •
  • case.
  •defence force
  • Defence Force.
  •defence mechanism
  • Defence Mechanism.
  •defence reaction
  • Defence Reaction.
  •ill-treatment
  • abuse.
  •Other relevant words:
  • abnegation,
  • arch dam,
  • boom,
  • argumentation,
  • counterrevolution,
  • homely,
  • cabinet,
  • attention,
  • flyting,
  • assert,
  • education,
  • penitent,
  • preserve,
  • rhubarb,
  • cloistered,
  • barrage,
  • courts,
  • self-abnegation,
  • bear,
  • demur,
  • Logomachy,
  • sorry,
  • panoply,
  • stone wall,
  • falsifying,
  • seawall,
  • tutelary saint,
  • confession,
  • surrebuttal,
  • Sea wall,
  • covert,
  • bank,
  • controversy,
  • comfortable,
  • maintain,
  • fidei defensor,
  • disputation,
  • protect,
  • jam,
  • justificatory,
  • cozy,
  • vindicatory,
  • self-defence,
  • counterinsurgency,
  • defensively,
  • agriculture,
  • Counterstep,
  • genius loci,
  • United States Department of Defense,
  • keep in countenance,
  • watchful eye,
  • comfy,
  • contention,
  • weir,
  • iron curtain,
  • casuistry,
  • fend,
  • falsification,
  • Propugn,
  • fortify,
  • contrite,
  • bickering,
  • consolidate,
  • line,
  • mound,
  • covering,
  • passage of arms,
  • insist,
  • comeback,
  • remorseful,
  • levee,
  • milldam,
  • uphold,
  • polemic,
  • vindicate,
  • conductor,
  • lee,
  • house of representatives,
  • sheltered,
  • state,
  • groyne,
  • surrebutter,
  • shade,
  • litigation,
  • convoy,
  • store,
  • war of words,
  • justice,
  • plead ignorance,
  • stopper,
  • contend for,
  • speak up for,
  • upholding,
  • Disaffirmation,
  • senate,
  • counterblast,
  • Burrock,
  • deadly weapon,
  • block,
  • mole,
  • recrimination,
  • self-denial,
  • in defense,
  • dam,
  • Polemics,
  • bar,
  • commerce,
  • hold,
  • groin,
  • refuge,
  • Trocha,
  • health,
  • treasury,
  • demurral,
  • armature,
  • shaded,
  • snug,
  • replication,
  • rebutter,
  • sustain,
  • Counterstroke,
  • ditch,
  • reserved,
  • asylum,
  • bamboo curtain,
  • cofferdam,
  • set-to,
  • bear out,
  • regretful,
  • cool,
  • counterblow,
  • shadow,
  • speak for,
  • exonerate,
  • beaver dam,
  • self-renunciation,
  • hassle,
  • secluded,
  • escort,
  • parliament,
  • guardian angel,
  • roadblock,
  • breakwater,
  • protective,
  • continue,
  • affirm,
  • weapon,
  • exception,
  • armament,
  • wrangling,
  • defend,
  • tilt,
  • hubbub,
  • bulkhead,
  • mess-up,
  • ammunition,
  • stand up for,
  • Dead wall,
  • council,
  • conserve,
  • on the defensive,
  • supreme court,
  • confirm,
  • maternal,
  • arm,
  • justify,
  • work,
  • rank,
  • at bay,
  • portcullis,
  • brief,
  • bicker,
  • safe,
  • Bear-trap dam,
  • preventive,
  • labor,
  • absolve,
  • affectionate,
  • eye,
  • tutelary deity,
  • declare,
  • stick up for,
  • interior,
  • Refutal,
  • gate,
  • keep,
  • jetty,
  • surrejoinder,
  • defensive,
  • counterfire,
  • dispute,
  • self-protection,
  • logjam.

Paraphrases for Defense:

• Forward Entailment

  • Proper noun, singular
    protection.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    protection.

• Reverse Entailment

  • Proper noun, singular
    self-defense.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    self-defense.

• Independent

  • Proper noun, singular
    defensive, munitions, Rights, defending, defend, defensa, self-defence.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    defensive, defending, defendant, antiaircraft, self-defence.

• Other Related

  • Proper noun, singular
    defence, defences.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    defence.

Antonyms for Defense:

• n.

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

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.