Topic Thesaurus
Roget's Thesaurus

Defense

Nouns
  • defense, protection, guard, ward
  • shielding etc. v.
  • propugnation, preservation etc. Preservation
  • guardianship. area defense
  • site defense. self-defense, self-preservation
  • resistance etc. Resistance. safeguard etc. (safety) Safety
  • balistraria
  • bunker, screen etc. (shelter) [Means of safety.] Refuge
  • camouflage etc. (concealment) Ambush [Means of concealment].
  • fortification
  • munition, muniment
  • trench, foxhole
  • bulwark, fosse, moat, ditch, entrenchment, intrenchment
  • kila
  • dike, dyke
  • parapet, sunk fence, embankment, mound, mole, bank, sandbag, revetment
  • earth work, field-work
  • fence, wall dead wall, contravallation
  • paling etc. (inclosure) Inclosure
  • palisade, haha, stockade, stoccado, laager, sangar
  • barrier, barricade
  • boom
  • portcullis
  • abatis, abattis, abbatis
  • vallum, circumvallation, battlement, rampart, scarp
  • escarp, counter-scarp
  • glacis, casemate
  • vallation, vanfos. buttress, abutment
  • shore etc. (support) Support. breastwork, banquette, curtain, mantlet, bastion, redan, ravelin
  • vauntmure
  • advance work, horn work, outwork
  • barbacan, barbican
  • redoubt
  • fort-alice
  • lines. loophole, machicolation
  • sally port. hold, stronghold, fastness
  • asylum etc. (refuge) [Means of safety.] Refuge
  • keep, donjon, dungeon, fortress, citadel, capitol, castle
  • tower of strength, tower of strength
  • fort, barracoon, pah, sconce, martello tower, peelhouse, blockhouse, rath
  • wooden walls. [body armor] bulletproof vest, armored vest, buffer, corner stone, fender, apron, mask, gauntlet, thimble, carapace, armor, shield, buckler, aegis, breastplate, backplate, cowcatcher, face guard, scutum, cuirass, habergeon, mail, coat of mail, brigandine, hauberk, lorication, helmet, helm, bassinet, salade, heaume, morion, murrion, armet, cabaset, vizor, casquetel, siege cap, headpiece, casque, pickelhaube, vambrace, shako etc. (dress) Clothing. bearskin
  • panoply
  • truncheon etc. (weapon) Arms. garrison, picket, piquet
  • defender, protector
  • guardian etc. (safety) Safety
  • bodyguard, champion
  • knight-errant, Paladin
  • propugner. bulletproof window. hardened site.
Verbs
  • defend, forfend, fend
  • shield, screen, shroud
  • engarrison
  • fend round etc. (circumscribe) Circumscription
  • fence, entrench, intrench
  • guard etc. (keep safe) Safety
  • guard against
  • take care of etc. (vigilance) Care [Vigilance.]
  • bear harmless
  • fend off, keep off, ward off, beat off, beat back
  • hinder etc. Hindrance. parry, repel, propugn, put to flight
  • give a warm reception to [Iron.]
  • hold at bay, keep at bay, keep arm's length. stand on the defensive, act on the defensive
  • show fight
  • maintain one's ground, stand one's ground
  • stand by
  • hold one's own
  • bear the brunt, stand the brunt
  • fall back upon, hold, stand in the gap.
Adjectives
  • defending etc. v.
  • defensive
  • mural
  • armed, armed at all points, armed cap-a-pie, armed to the teeth
  • panoplied
  • iron-plated, ironclad
  • loopholed, castellated, machicolated, casemated
  • defended etc. v.
  • proof against. armored, ballproof, bulletproof
  • hardened.
Adverbs
  • defensively
  • on the defense, on the defensive
  • in defense
  • at bay
Int
  • no surrender!
Phrases
  • defense not defiance
  • defender of the faith.