warded

The word “warded” has 2 syllables: war-ded

It's pronounced as /ˈwɔːrdɪd/


What is synonym and antonym for warded?

In the thesaurus, “warded” has 68 synonyms and 29 antonyms.

Here are synonyms and antonyms for warded along with examples of usage in sentences.


Synonyms for warded

  • avert
  • averted
  • avoid
  • battled
  • beat off
  • block
  • buffered
  • bulwarked
  • check
  • conserved
  • contended
  • covered
  • defended
  • deflect
  • deter
  • divert
  • fenced
  • fend
  • fended
  • foil
  • forestall
  • forfended
  • fought
  • frustrate
  • guarded
  • halt
  • hold off
  • insusceptible
  • interrupt
  • invulnerable
  • keep at bay
  • keep off
  • kept
  • obviate
  • opposed
  • palisaded
  • parry
  • picketed
  • preclude
  • preserved
  • prevent
  • prevented
  • protected
  • rebuff
  • rebut
  • repel
  • repulse
  • resisted
  • rule out
  • safeguarded
  • saved
  • screened
  • secured
  • sheltered
  • shielded
  • stave off
  • stood up for
  • stop
  • stymie
  • thwart
  • turn
  • turn aside
  • turn away
  • unexposed
  • unsusceptible
  • walled
  • warred
  • withstood

Antonyms for warded

  • assailed
  • assaulted
  • attacked
  • beset
  • besieged
  • bombarded
  • capitulated
  • caved
  • endangered
  • exposed
  • lay bare
  • liable
  • likely
  • make vulnerable
  • open
  • overran
  • prone
  • sensitive
  • stormed
  • submitted
  • susceptible
  • uncovered
  • undefended
  • unguarded
  • unprotected
  • unscreened
  • unsecured
  • vulnerable
  • yielded

Meanings of warded

  • verb
    1. To keep in safety, to watch over, to guard.
    2. To defend, to protect.
    3. To fend off, to repel, to turn aside, as anything mischievous that approaches; -- usually followed by off.
    4. To be vigilant; to keep guard.
    5. To act on the defensive with a weapon.
  • adjective
    1. Of a lock: fitted with wards.

Example Sentences

  • She warded off the mosquitoes with a strong insect repellent.
  • The castle was well warded against intruders with high walls and guards.
  • His quick reflexes warded off the attacker's blow.
  • The magician warded off evil spirits with ancient incantations.
  • The vaccine warded off the flu virus effectively this season.

On this page you'll find 97 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to warded, such as: assailed, assaulted, attacked, avert, averted, avoid, battled.

Make sure to choose synonyms and antonyms that are appropriate for the context of the sentence.

Related Words

abetted

  • accompanied
  • activated
  • advanced
  • advised
  • aided
  • approved
  • assisted
  • attended
  • authoritative
  • authorized
  • backed
  • backstopped
  • bailed out
  • befriended
  • benefited
  • benefitted
  • bolstered
  • boosted
  • bore a hand
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  • canonical
  • certified
  • championed
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  • cultivated
  • delivered
  • detonated
  • eased
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  • encouraged
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  • energized
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  • ex officio
  • excited
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  • fired
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  • forwarded
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  • incited
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  • inflamed
  • inspired
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  • launched
  • lawful
  • legal
  • legit
  • legitimate
  • licensed
  • licit
  • maintained
  • mentored
  • motivated
  • nourished
  • nursed
  • nurtured
  • obliged
  • official
  • patronized
  • permissible
  • picked
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  • regulation
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  • relieved
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  • semiofficial
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  • set
  • set in motion
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  • sowed
  • sponsored
  • stimulated
  • stood one in good stead
  • subsidized
  • succored
  • suggested
  • supported
  • sustained
  • taken care of
  • triggered
  • vitalized

kicked upstairs

  • acclaimed
  • advanced
  • aggrandized
  • applauded
  • boosted
  • celebrated
  • cited
  • commended
  • commissioned
  • complimented
  • congratulated
  • decorated
  • elevated
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  • exalted
  • extolled
  • forwarded
  • furthered
  • glorified
  • hailed
  • heightened
  • honored
  • improved
  • knighted
  • lauded
  • lifted
  • praised
  • promoted
  • raised
  • saluted
  • upgraded
  • uplifted

yielded

  • abandon
  • abandoned
  • abdicate
  • abnegated
  • accede
  • accept
  • accrue
  • acknowledge
  • acquiesce
  • acquiesced
  • admit
  • admit defeat
  • advanced
  • afford
  • afforded
  • agree
  • allow
  • assent
  • back down
  • basked
  • beam
  • bear
  • began
  • begat
  • begot
  • bend
  • blinked
  • blossom
  • bore
  • bow
  • bowed
  • break
  • bred
  • bring forth
  • bring in
  • broke
  • broke down
  • brought
  • brought about
  • brought forth
  • brought in
  • brought on
  • buckled
  • budged
  • burst
  • bursted
  • buy
  • call it quits
  • capitulate
  • capitulated
  • catalyzed
  • caused
  • cave in
  • cede
  • ceded
  • collapse
  • collapsed
  • come to terms
  • committed
  • comply
  • concede
  • conceded
  • concur
  • consent
  • consigned
  • coughed up
  • cracked
  • crashed
  • created
  • crumbled
  • crumple
  • crumpled
  • cultivated
  • decided
  • defer
  • deferred
  • deflated
  • delivered
  • deserted
  • determined
  • developed
  • did
  • died
  • discarded
  • discharge
  • drew on
  • earn
  • effected
  • effectuated
  • enacted
  • encouraged
  • engendered
  • entrusted
  • established
  • fail
  • failed
  • fathered
  • fit in
  • flattened
  • fold
  • fold up
  • forfeited
  • forsook
  • forwarded
  • fostered
  • founded
  • foundered
  • furnish
  • furnished
  • furthered
  • gave
  • gave in
  • gave out
  • gave rise to
  • gave up
  • gave way
  • generate
  • generated
  • give
  • give off
  • give oneself over
  • give up
  • give way
  • go
  • go along with
  • go with the flow
  • gratified
  • hand over
  • handed over
  • hold out
  • imploded
  • inaugurated
  • induced
  • indulged
  • initiated
  • innovated
  • instituted
  • introduced
  • intrusted
  • invoked
  • knuckle
  • knuckle under
  • knuckled under
  • laid down
  • launched
  • lay down arms
  • leave
  • let go
  • luxuriated
  • made
  • melted
  • melted down
  • net
  • netted
  • nourished
  • nurtured
  • occasioned
  • offer
  • overdid
  • overindulged
  • paid
  • paid off
  • part with
  • pay
  • permit
  • pioneered
  • play the game
  • popped
  • produced
  • proffer
  • promoted
  • prompted
  • provide
  • provided
  • quit
  • quitted
  • relax
  • released
  • relent
  • relented
  • relinquish
  • relinquished
  • rendered
  • renounced
  • resign
  • resigned
  • return
  • returned
  • reveled
  • revelled
  • rolled
  • sag
  • said uncle
  • sell for
  • set
  • set up
  • shattered
  • shed
  • smashed
  • snapped
  • spawned
  • splintered
  • split
  • stalled
  • started
  • submit
  • submitted
  • succumb
  • succumbed
  • suffer defeat
  • supplied
  • supply
  • surrender
  • surrendered
  • tender
  • threw in the sponge
  • threw in the towel
  • throw in the towel
  • toe the line
  • toe the mark
  • transferred
  • tumbled
  • turn out
  • turned in
  • turned out
  • turned over
  • waive
  • waived
  • wallowed
  • went
  • went out
  • worked
  • wrought

gave of

came along


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