Synonyms of the word

defend

• v. (transitive, obsolete) To ward off, repel (an attack or attacker).
• v. (transitive, obsolete) To prevent, to keep (from doing something).
• v. (transitive, intransitive, obsolete) To prohibit, forbid.
• v. (transitive) To ward off attacks from; to fight to protect; to guard.
• v. (transitive) To support by words or writing; to vindicate, talk in favour of.
• v. (transitive, law) To make legal defence of; to represent (the accused).
• v. (sports) To focus one's energies and talents on preventing opponents from scoring, as opposed to focusing…
• v. (sports) To attempt to retain a title, or attempt to reach the same stage in a competition as one did…
• v. (poker slang) To call a raise from the big blind.

affirm

• v. To agree, verify or concur; to answer positively.
• v. To assert positively; to tell with confidence; to aver; to maintain as true.
• v. To support or encourage.
• v. To make firm; to confirm, or ratify; especially (law) to assert or confirm, as a judgment, decree, or…

argue

• v. (obsolete) To prove.
• v. To show grounds for concluding (that); to indicate, imply.
• v. (intransitive) To debate, disagree, or discuss opposing or differing viewpoints.
• v. (intransitive) To have an argument, a quarrel.
• v. (transitive) To present (a viewpoint or an argument therefor).

back

• adj. (not comparable) Near the rear.
• adj. (not comparable) Not current.
• adj. (not comparable) Far from the main area.
• adj. In arrear; overdue.
• adj. Moving or operating backward.
• adj. (comparable, phonetics) Produced in the back of the mouth.
• adv. (not comparable) To or in a previous condition or place.
• adv. Away from the front or from an edge.
• adv. In a manner that impedes.
• adv. In a reciprocal manner.
• n. The rear of the body, especially the part between the neck and the end of the spine and opposite the chest…
• n. That which is farthest away from the front.
• n. (figuratively) Upper part of a natural object which is considered to resemble an animal's back.
• n. A support or resource in reserve.
• n. (nautical) The keel and keelson of a ship.
• n. (mining) The roof of a horizontal underground passage.
• n. (slang, uncountable) Effort, usually physical.
• n. A non-alcoholic drink (often water or a soft drink), to go with hard liquor or a cocktail.
• n. Among leather dealers, one of the thickest and stoutest tanned hides.
• v. (intransitive) To go in the reverse direction.
• v. (transitive) To support.
• v. (nautical, of the wind) To change direction contrary to the normal pattern; that is, to shift anticlockwise…
• v. (nautical, of a square sail) To brace the yards so that the wind presses on the front of the sail, to…
• v. (nautical, of an anchor) To lay out a second, smaller anchor to provide additional holding power.
• v. (Britain, of a hunting dog) To stand still behind another dog which has pointed.
• v. (transitive) To push or force backwards.
• v. (transitive, obsolete) To get upon the back of; to mount.
• v. (transitive, obsolete) To place or seat upon the back.
• v. To make a back for; to furnish with a back.
• v. To adjoin behind; to be at the back of.
• v. To write upon the back of, possibly as an endorsement.
• v. (law, of a justice of the peace) To sign or endorse (a warrant, issued in another county, to apprehend…
• v. To row backward with (oars).
• n. A large shallow vat; a cistern, tub, or trough, used by brewers, distillers, dyers, picklers, gluemakers,…
• n. A ferryboat.

champion

• n. Someone who has been a winner in a contest.
• n. Someone who is chosen to represent a group of people in a contest.
• n. Someone who fights for a cause or status.
• n. Someone who fights on another's behalf.
• adj. (attributive) Acting as a champion; that has defeated all one's competitors.
• adj. (attributive) Excellent; beyond compare.
• adj. (predicative, Ireland, Britain, dialect) Excellent; brilliant; superb; deserving of high praise.
• v. (usually of a cause) To promote, advocate, or act as a champion for.

contend

• v. To strive in opposition; to contest; to dispute; to vie; to quarrel; to fight.
• v. To struggle or exert oneself to obtain or retain possession of, or to defend.
• v. To strive in debate; to engage in discussion; to dispute; to argue.

endorse

• v. To support, to back, to give one's approval to, especially officially or by signature.
• v. To write one's signature on the back of a cheque, or other negotiable instrument, when transferring it…
• v. To give an endorsement.
• n. (heraldry) A diminutive of the pale, usually appearing in pairs on either side of a pale.

fight

• v. (intransitive) To contend in physical conflict, either singly or in war, battle etc.
• v. (intransitive) To strive for; to campaign or contend for success.
• v. (transitive) To conduct or engage in (battle, warfare etc.).
• v. (transitive) To engage in combat with; to oppose physically, to contest with.
• v. (transitive) To try to overpower; to fiercely counteract.
• v. (transitive, archaic) To cause to fight; to manage or manoeuvre in a fight.
• n. An occasion of fighting.
• n. (archaic) A battle between opposing armies.
• n. A physical confrontation or combat between two or more people or groups.
• n. (sports) A boxing or martial arts match.
• n. A conflict, possibly nonphysical, with opposing ideas or forces; strife.
• n. The will or ability to fight.
• n. (obsolete) A screen for the combatants in ships.

guard

• n. A person who, or thing that, protects or watches over something.
• n. (military) A squad responsible for protecting something.
• n. The part of a sword that protects the wielder's hand.
• n. A part of a machine which blocks access to dangerous parts.
• n. (Australia) A panel of a car that encloses the wheel area, especially the front wheels.
• n. (basketball) A relatively short player, playing farther from the basket than a forward or center.
• n. (cricket) The position on the popping crease where a batsman makes a mark to align himself with the wicket;…
• n. (American football) Either of two offensive positions between the center and each of the offensive tackles,…
• n. (sports) A player playing a position named guard.
• n. (rail transport) An employee, normally travelling in the last vehicle of a train, responsible for the…
• n. (computing, programming) A Boolean expression that must evaluate to true for a branch of program execution…
• v. To protect from danger; to secure against surprise, attack, or injury; to keep in safety; to defend.
• v. To keep watch over, in order to prevent escape or restrain from acts of violence, or the like.
• v. To watch by way of caution or defense; to be caution; to be in a state or position of defense or safety.
• v. To protect the edge of, especially with an ornamental border; hence, to face or ornament with lists, laces,…
• v. To fasten by binding; to gird.

hold

• adj. (obsolete) Gracious; friendly; faithful; true.
• v. (transitive) To grasp or grip.
• v. (transitive) To contain or store.
• v. (heading) To maintain or keep to a position or state.
• v. (heading) To maintain or keep to particular opinions, promises, actions.
• v. (tennis, transitive, intransitive) To win one's own service game.
• v. To take place, to occur.
• v. To organise an event or meeting (usually in passive voice).
• v. (archaic) To derive right or title.
• n. A grasp or grip.
• n. A place where animals are held for safety.
• n. An order that something is to be reserved or delayed, limiting or preventing how it can be dealt with.
• n. Something reserved or kept.
• n. Power over someone or something.
• n. The ability to persist.
• n. The property of maintaining the shape of styled hair.
• n. (wrestling) A position or grip used to control the opponent.
• n. (exercise (sport)) An exercise involving holding a position for a set time.
• n. (gambling) The percentage the house wins on a gamble, the house or bookmaker's hold.
• n. (gambling) The wager amount, the total hold.
• n. (tennis) An instance of holding one's service game, as opposed to being broken.
• n. The part of an object one is intended to grasp, or anything one can use for grasping with hands or feet.
• n. A fruit machine feature allowing one or more of the reels to remain fixed while the others spin.
• n. (video games, dated) A pause facility.
• n. The queueing system on telephones and similar communication systems which maintains a connection when…
• n. (nautical, aviation) The cargo area of a ship or aircraft, (often cargo hold).

indorse

• v. (Britain, India, rare) Alternative form of endorse.

keep

• v. To continue in (a course or mode of action); not to intermit or fall from; to uphold or maintain.
• v. (heading, transitive) To hold the status of something.
• v. (heading, intransitive) To hold or be held in a state.
• v. (obsolete) To wait for, keep watch for.
• v. (intransitive, cricket) To act as wicket-keeper.
• v. (intransitive, obsolete) To take care; to be solicitous; to watch.
• v. (intransitive, obsolete) To be in session; to take place.
• v. (transitive) To observe; to adhere to; to fulfill; not to swerve from or violate.
• v. (transitive, dated) To confine oneself to; not to quit; to remain in.
• v. (transitive, dated, by extension) To visit (a place) often; to frequent.
• n. (obsolete) Care, notice.
• n. (historical) The main tower of a castle or fortress, located within the castle walls. (According to, the…
• n. The food or money required to keep someone alive and healthy; one's support, maintenance.
• n. The act or office of keeping; custody; guard; care; heed; charge.
• n. The state of being kept; hence, the resulting condition; case.
• n. (obsolete) That which is kept in charge; a charge.
• n. (engineering) A cap for holding something, such as a journal box, in place.

maintain

• v. (obsolete, transitive) To support (someone), to back up or assist (someone) in an action.
• v. To keep up; to preserve; to uphold (a state, condition etc.).
• v. To declare or affirm (a clause) to be true; to assert.

oppose

• v. To attempt to stop the progression of; to resist or antagonize by physical means, or by arguments, etc…
• v. To object to.
• v. To present or set up in opposition; to pose.
• v. To place in front of, or over against; to set opposite; to exhibit.
• v. To compete with; to strive against.

prevent

• v. (transitive) To stop; to keep from.
• v. (intransitive, now rare) To take preventative measures.
• v. (obsolete, transitive) To come before; to precede.
• v. (obsolete, transitive) To outdo, surpass.
• v. (obsolete, transitive) To be beforehand with; to anticipate.

protect

• v. To keep safe; to defend; to guard; to prevent harm coming to.

reason

• n. A cause.
• n. (uncountable) Rational thinking (or the capacity for it); the cognitive faculties, collectively, of conception,…
• n. (obsolete) Something reasonable, in accordance with thought; justice.
• n. (mathematics, obsolete) Ratio; proportion.
• v. (intransitive) To exercise the rational faculty; to deduce inferences from premises; to perform the process…
• v. (intransitive) Hence: To carry on a process of deduction or of induction, in order to convince or to confute;…
• v. (intransitive) To converse; to compare opinions.
• v. (transitive) To arrange and present the reasons for or against; to examine or discuss by arguments; to…
• v. (transitive, rare) To support with reasons, as a request.
• v. (transitive) To persuade by reasoning or argument.
• v. (transitive, with down) To overcome or conquer by adducing reasons.
• v. (transitive, usually with out) To find by logical process; to explain or justify by reason or argument.

represent

• v. (transitive) To present again or anew; to present by means of something standing in the place of; to exhibit…
• v. (transitive) To portray visually; to delineate.
• v. (transitive) To portray by mimicry or acting; to act the part or character of.
• v. (transitive) To stand or act in the place of; to perform the duties, exercise the rights, or otherwise…
• v. (politics, transitive) To act as a representative of (a country, state, district etc.).
• v. (transitive) To portray to another using language; to show; to give one's own impressions and judgement…
• v. (transitive) To give an account of; to describe.
• v. (transitive) To serve as a sign or symbol of.
• v. (transitive) To bring a certain sensation of into the mind; to cause to be known, felt, or apprehended;…
• v. (transitive) To form or image again in consciousness, as an object of cognition or apprehension (something…
• v. (transitive) To constitute, to make up, to be a example of.
• v. (sports, transitive) To participate as a team member.
• v. (intransitive) (African American Vernacular) To constitute a good example or symbol of a group of people;…

struggle

• n. Strife, contention, great effort.
• v. To strive, to labour in difficulty, to fight (for or against), to contend.
• v. To strive, or to make efforts, with a twisting, or with contortions of the body.

support

• n. Something which supports. Often used attributively, as a complement or supplement to.
• n. Financial or other help.
• n. Answers to questions and resolution of problems regarding something sold.
• n. (mathematics) in relation to a function, the set of points where the function is not zero, or the closure…
• n. (fuzzy set theory) A set whose elements are at least partially included in a given fuzzy set (i.e., whose…
• n. Evidence.
• n. (computing) Compatibility and functionality for a given product or feature.
• n. (gymnastics) Clipping of support position.
• v. (transitive) To keep from falling.
• v. (transitive) To answer questions and resolve problems regarding something sold.
• v. (transitive) To back a cause, party, etc., mentally or with concrete aid.
• v. (transitive) To help, particularly financially.
• v. To verify; to make good; to substantiate; to establish; to sustain.
• v. (transitive) To serve, as in a customer-oriented mindset; to give support to.
• v. (transitive) To be designed (said of machinery, electronics, or computers, or their parts, accessories,…
• v. (transitive) To be accountable for, or involved with, but not responsible for.
• v. (archaic) To endure without being overcome; bear; undergo; to tolerate.
• v. To assume and carry successfully, as the part of an actor; to represent or act; to sustain.