Definition for Protection:

• defense against financial failure; " his pension gave him security in his old age"; " insurance provided protection against loss of wages due to illness"

Synonyms for Protection:

• n.

  •
  • carrier,
  • comprehensive,
  • contributory,
  • broker,
  • camouflage,
  • actuary,
  • benefit,
  • adjuster,
  • actuarial.
  •
  • covert.
  •advantage (noun)
  • gratification,
  • assistance,
  • support,
  • influence,
  • help,
  • sanction,
  • authority,
  • return,
  • comfort,
  • position,
  • hold,
  • aid.
  •armament(s) (noun)
  • ammunition.
  •armor (noun)
  • sheath.
  •awning (noun)
  • covering,
  • shade.
  •bastion (noun)
  • fortress,
  • parapet,
  • citadel,
  • prop,
  • tower of strength,
  • stronghold,
  • breastwork.
  •birth control (noun)
  • condom.
  •blackmail (noun)
  • payoff,
  • hush money,
  • tribute.
  •bribe (noun)
  • sop,
  • graft,
  • payola,
  • gratuity.
  •bulwark (noun)
  • embankment.
  •custody (noun)
  • keeping,
  • custodianship,
  • trusteeship.
  •darkness (noun)
  • shadow.
  •defense (noun)
  • counterattack,
  • answer,
  • barrier,
  • moat,
  • safeguard,
  • argument,
  • shelter,
  • response,
  • aversion,
  • retort,
  • wall,
  • rebuttal,
  • shield,
  • barricade,
  • countermeasure,
  • screen,
  • security,
  • harbor,
  • backfire,
  • buffer,
  • resistance,
  • reply.
  •guardianship (noun)
  • guardianship,
  • wardenship.
  •patrol (noun)
  • Policing.
  •patronage (noun)
  • auspice.
  •precaution (noun)
  • safety measure.
  •preservation (noun)
  • conservation.
  •protection (noun)
  • aegis,
  • surety,
  • assurance,
  • preservation,
  • protecting,
  • protective cover,
  • auspices,
  • fix,
  • certainty,
  • safekeeping,
  • charge,
  • safety,
  • stability,
  • trade protection,
  • armament,
  • self-defense,
  • protective covering,
  • strength,
  • reassurance.
  •resistance (noun)
  • unsusceptibility,
  • retardation,
  • Insusceptibility,
  • Renitency,
  • Renitence.
  •safety (noun)
  • impunity,
  • Inviolability.
  •vantage (noun)
  • vantage.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • dwelling,
  • lair,
  • umbrella,
  • haven,
  • salvation,
  • hospital,
  • cocoon,
  • asylum,
  • vaccination,
  • consumerism,
  • abode,
  • lifesaver,
  • habitation.
  •
  • den,
  • home,
  • protector,
  • racket,
  • bunk,
  • salvage,
  • board,
  • residence.
  •
  • retreat,
  • unprotected.
  •
  • bed,
  • bestow.
  •
  • accommodate,
  • place.
  •
  • open.
  •guide
  • escort.
  •habitation
  • housing.
  •indemnity
  • insurance.
  •protection
  • protectorate.

Paraphrases for Protection:

• Equivalence

  • Adjective
    protect.
  • Proper noun, singular
    protect.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    protect.
  • Verb, past tense
    protecting, protected.
  • Verb, gerund or present participle
    protecting.
  • Verb, past participle
    protected.
  • Verb, 3rd person singular present
    protecting, protects.
  • Verb, base form
    protect.

• Reverse Entailment

  • Adjective
    child-protection.
  • Proper noun, singular
    preservation, guardianship.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    preservation, tutelage, guardianship.

• Independent

  • Adjective
    protected, protects, safety-net.
  • Proper noun, singular
    agreements, implications, Criteria, citizens, protected, sanctions, commitments, forces, Persons, Fisheries, products, Penalties, Companies, Measures, workers, advisers, employers, Standards, objectives, Trademarks, Children, Monopolies, delegates, Forms, Floods, individuals, wards, Marques, data, Goals, prevention, coverage, protects.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    Criteria, data, certainty, protectorate, supervision, prevention, precaution, safekeeping, coverage, cushion, refuge, bulwark.
  • Verb, past tense
    guaranteed, ensured, secured, Defended, preserved, Provided, Offered, Believed.
  • Verb, gerund or present participle
    Sustaining, Storing.
  • Verb, past participle
    secured, sheltered, Influenced, Consigned, Disclaimed, felt, safeguarded, safeguard, coverage.
  • Verb, 3rd person singular present
    preserves, ensures, secures, provides, regards, says, aims, requires, states, makes, procedures.

• Other Related

  • Adjective
    protecting, safeguarding, safeguard.
  • Proper noun, singular
    protecting, interests, conservation, sites, safeguarding, safeguards, safeguard, welfare.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    protecting, conservation, protectionism, safeguarding, safeguard, welfare.
  • Verb, past tense
    safeguards, safeguard, welfare.
  • Verb, gerund or present participle
    safeguarding.
  • Verb, 3rd person singular present
    safeguards.
  • Verb, base form
    safeguard.

Antonyms for Protection:

• n.

  • advantage
    handicap, hindrance, drawback, loss, restriction, obstacle, disadvantage.
  • bastion
    weak spot, weakness.
  • bulwark
    weak point.
  • protection
    harm, attack, hurt, threat, injury.
  • Other antonyms:
    instability, susceptibility, Vulnerableness, liability, desertion, jeopardy, abandonment, risk, offensive, violability, surrender, betrayal, susceptibleness, flight, capitulation, precariousness.

Hypernym for Protection:

• n.

  • act
    care, momism, overprotection, guardianship, self-defence, charge, ruggedisation, ruggedization, patrol, escort, locking, immunization, accompaniment, immunisation, self-defense, shielding, defence, insulation, tutelage, sealing, saving, defense, civil defense, air cover, overshielding, self-protection, inoculating, vaccinating, preservation, waterproofing, covering, lockup.

Hyponym for Protection:

• n.

  • act
    activity.