Synonyms of defend

1 Syllable

mine, hold, fight, watch, shield, save, war, screen, guard

2 Syllables

shielding, bulwark, masking, guarding, prevent, resist, mothball, screening, avert, cover, entrench, withstand, cherish, contend, house, assert, retain, protect, sustains, uphold, sustain, hedge, shielded, nourish, claiming, claimed, foster, shelter, battle, maintain

3 Syllables

shuttered, warranting, championed, espoused, justifies, insure, championing, justified, answered, preserving, endorsing, cherishes, garrison, oppose, justify, secure, fortify, asserted, espouse, sustaining, victualling, preserved, espousing, justifying, harboring, victualled, cherishing, conserve, panoply, answering, asserting, chambering, shuttering, mothballing, upholding, victualing, safeguard, harbored, cherished, protecting, preserve, excusing

4 Syllables

barricaded, provisioned, vindicated, acknowledge, acknowledging, disculpate, vindicate, safeguarded, safeguarding, vindicating, asservate, advocated, advocating

5 Syllables

proselytizing, proselytized