Synonyms of the word sentry


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sentry

  • n. A guard, particularly on duty at the entrance to a military base.
  • n. (uncountable) Sentry duty; time spent being a sentry.
  • n. (nautical) A form of drag to be towed underwater, which on striking bottom is upset and rises to the surface.

lookout

  • n. A vantage point with a view of the surrounding area.
  • n. A person on watch for approaching enemy, police, etc.
  • n. A subject for observation; a prospect or view.
  • n. One's perspective, outlook; hence, one's responsibility. (used with a possessive pronoun or a noun in…

picket

  • n. A stake driven into the ground.
  • n. (historical) A type of punishment by which an offender had to rest his or her entire body weight on the…
  • n. A tool in mountaineering that is driven into the snow and used as an anchor or to arrest falls.
  • n. (military) Soldiers or troops placed on a line forward of a position to warn against an enemy advance…
  • n. A sentry. Can be used figuratively.
  • n. A protester positioned outside an office, workplace etc. during a strike (usually in plural); also the…
  • n. (card games) The card game piquet.
  • v. (intransitive) To protest, organized by a labour union, typically in front of the location of employment.
  • v. (transitive) To enclose or fortify with pickets or pointed stakes.
  • v. (transitive) To tether to, or as if to, a picket.
  • v. (transitive) To guard, as a camp or road, by an outlying picket.
  • v. (obsolete, transitive) To torture by forcing to stand with one foot on a pointed stake.

scout

  • n. A person sent out to gain and bring in tidings; especially, one employed in war to gain information about…
  • n. An act of scouting or reconnoitering.
  • n. A member of any number of youth organizations belonging to the international scout movement, such as the…
  • n. A person who assesses and/or recruits others; especially, one who identifies promising talent on behalf…
  • n. (Britain) A college student's or undergraduate's servant; -- so called in Oxford, England; at Cambridge…
  • n. (Britain, cricket) A fielder in a game for practice.
  • n. (historical, Britain, up until 1920s) A fighter aircraft.
  • v. (transitive, intransitive) To explore a wide terrain, as if on a search; to reconnoiter.
  • v. (transitive) To observe, watch, or look for, as a scout; to follow for the purpose of observation, as…
  • v. (transitive) To reject with contempt.
  • v. (intransitive) To scoff.
  • n. (dated) A swift sailing boat.
  • n. (archaic) A projecting rock.

sentinel

  • n. A sentry or guard.
  • n. (computer science) a unique string of characters recognised by a computer program for processing in a…
  • n. Watch; guard.
  • n. A sentinel crab.
  • v. (transitive) To watch over as a guard.
  • v. (transitive) To post as guard.
  • v. (transitive) To post a guard for.

spotter

  • n. A person who observes something.
  • n. (military) A member of a sniper team.
  • n. (weightlifting, gymnastics, climbing) One who supervises a person performing an activity, in order to…
  • n. (US) A banksman or dogman.

watch

  • n. A portable or wearable timepiece.
  • n. The act of guarding and observing someone or something.
  • n. A particular time period when guarding is kept.
  • n. A person or group of people who guard.
  • n. The post or office of a watchman; also, the place where a watchman is posted, or where a guard is kept.
  • n. (nautical) A group of sailors and officers aboard a ship or shore station with a common period of duty:…
  • n. (nautical) A period of time on duty, usually four hours in length; the officers and crew who tend the…
  • n. The act of seeing, or viewing, for a period of time.
  • v. (transitive) To look at, see, or view for a period of time.
  • v. (transitive) To observe over a period of time; to notice or pay attention.
  • v. (transitive) To mind, attend, or guard.
  • v. (transitive) To be wary or cautious of.
  • v. (transitive) To attend to dangers to or regarding.
  • v. (intransitive) To remain awake with a sick or dying person; to maintain a vigil.
  • v. (intransitive) To be vigilant or on one's guard.
  • v. (intransitive) To act as a lookout.
  • v. (nautical, of a buoy) To serve the purpose of a watchman by floating properly in its place.
  • v. (obsolete, intransitive) To be awake.

watcher

  • n. someone who watches or observes.
  • n. someone who keeps vigil.
  • n. a guard.

watchman

  • n. One set to watch; a person who keeps guard, especially one who guards a building, or the streets of a…

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