What is another word for defense?
666 synonyms foundPronunciation:
[ dɪfˈɛns], [ dɪfˈɛns], [ d_ɪ_f_ˈɛ_n_s]Table of Contents
Similar words for defense:- act (noun)
- advocacy (noun)
- anchor (noun)
- answer (noun)
- apologia (noun)
- apology (noun)
- argument (noun)
- armament; protection system (noun)
- armor (noun)
- assertion (noun)
- bastion (noun)
- behalf (noun)
- bulwark (noun)
- contrast (noun)
- counter-evidence (noun)
- cover (noun)
- defending team (noun)
- defense (noun)
- defense mechanism (noun)
- deterrent (noun)
- excuse (noun)
- explanation, justification (noun)
- fence (noun)
- foil (noun)
- fortification (noun)
- justification (noun)
- opposition (noun)
- parapet (noun)
- plea (noun)
- preservation (noun)
- protection (noun)
- reason (noun)
- rebuttal (noun)
- rejoinder (noun)
- response (noun)
- retreat (noun)
- safety (noun)
- sanctuary (noun)
- security (noun)
- shelter (noun)
- tactics (noun)
- other synonyms
- Department of Defense
- DoD
- defence force
- defence mechanism
- defence reaction
- ill-treatment
- other relevant words
Synonyms for Defense:
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- front,
- offense,
- Sympathies,
- endorsement,
- maintenance,
- antitoxin,
- loyalty,
- guardianship,
- precaution,
- backing,
- inoculation,
- championship,
- aegis,
- retaliation,
- stand,
- custody.
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- attorney,
- bailiff,
- the bar,
- chief justice,
- Attorney General,
- circuit judge,
- advocate,
- siege,
- barrister,
- clerk,
- the bench,
- attack.
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- center,
- ballplayer,
- back,
- backfield,
- conference,
- proof,
- club,
- statement,
- all-American,
- blue,
- center forward,
- boy,
- declaration.
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- apologetic.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- bastille,
- fastness,
- citadel,
- barricade,
- redoubt,
- stronghold,
- warfare,
- parapet,
- position,
- buttress,
- dike,
- weapons,
- embankment,
- wall,
- stockade,
- deterrence,
- fort,
- garrison,
- trench,
- palisade,
- resistance,
- fortress.
- foil.
- denial,
- backfire,
- harbor,
- moat,
- defense department,
- aversion,
- defensive structure,
- screen,
- argument,
- defense lawyers,
- demurrer,
- defense team,
- defense reaction,
- defense force,
- counterattack,
- countermeasure,
- barrier,
- support.
- 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.
- response,
- Apologizing,
- plea,
- exculpation,
- whitewash,
- return,
- exoneration,
- fish story,
- song and dance,
- Excusing,
- rationalization,
- story,
- off-time,
- Explaining,
- extenuation,
- reply,
- retort.
- entrenchments,
- blockhouses,
- presidios,
- earthworks,
- Embattlement,
- presidio,
- earthwork,
- blockhouse,
- entrenchment.
- opposure,
- counter-attacks,
- counter-attack,
- obstructiveness,
- Antinomy,
- Oppugnancy,
- unfriendliness,
- negativism,
- Antinomies.
- 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.
- 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.
- re-joinder,
- counter-statements,
- re-joinders,
- counter statement,
- counter statements,
- counterstatements,
- re joinders,
- re joinder.
Other synonyms:
•Department of Defense •DoD- dod.
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- 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.
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- 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.
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- pleading,
- transmission,
- motion,
- lockdown,
- delusion,
- suggestion,
- infectious,
- protector,
- summation,
- evidence,
- salvage,
- salvation,
- mess up,
- mechanism.
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- appearance.
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- damage,
- scar,
- projection.
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- spread.
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- care.
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- case.
- 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:
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Forward Entailment
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Proper noun, singular
protection.
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Noun, singular or mass
protection.
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Proper noun, singular
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Reverse Entailment
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Proper noun, singular
self-defense.
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Noun, singular or mass
self-defense.
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Proper noun, singular
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Independent
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Noun, singular or mass
defensive, defending, defendant, antiaircraft, self-defence.
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Noun, singular or mass
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Other Related
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Noun, singular or mass
defence.
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Noun, singular or mass
Antonyms for Defense:
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n.
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armament; protection system
yielding, surrender, injury, hurt, flight, harm, capitulation, betrayal, desertion.
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explanation, justification
request, question, indictment, charge.
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Other antonyms:
prosecution, criminal prosecution, complaint, accusation, condemnation, imputation, censure, offensive, abandonment, wrong, insult.
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armament; protection system
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.
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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.
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act
Hyponym for Defense:
n.
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act
action, protection, military action.
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act