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Term: guard

All the wordplay possibilities with the word "guard": spelling, phonetic, and semantic.

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guard

Definitions

Noun

  1. A person who keeps watch over something or someone
  2. The person who plays that position on a football team
  3. A device designed to prevent injury or accidents
  4. A posture of defence in boxing or fencing
  5. The person who plays the position of guard on a basketball team
  6. A military unit serving to protect some place or person
  7. A precautionary measure warding off impending danger or damage or injury etc.
  8. The duty of serving as a sentry
  9. (american football) a position on the line of scrimmage
  10. A position on a basketball team

Verb

  1. To keep watch over
  2. Watch over or shield from danger or harm; protect
  3. Protect against a challenge or attack
  4. Take precautions in order to avoid some unwanted consequence
Fragment Sounds Like Spelled Like Words That Follow Words That Precede Statistically Associated Consonant Match

As a Fragment

Words that contain the term "guard".

# Word Syllables Freq
1 guard 1 48
2 guards 1 19
3 guardian 3 9
4 guarding 2 9
5 guarded 2 5
6 safeguard 2 5
7 guard's 1 4
8 guardians 3 4
9 guardino 3 3
10 laguardia 4 3
11 vanguard 2 3
12 bodyguard 3 1
13 guardia 3 1
14 lifeguards 2 1
15 safeguards 2 1
16 bodyguards 3 0
17 dioguardi 4 0
18 guardado 3 0
19 guardedly 3 0
20 guardfish 2 0
21 guardfish's 3 0
22 guardian's 3 0
23 guardianship 4 0
24 guardin 2 0
25 guardiola 4 0
26 guardrail 2 0
27 guardrails 2 0
28 guardsman 2 0
29 guardsmen 2 0
30 la_guardia 4 0
31 lifeguard 2 0
32 luguarda 3 0
33 safeguarded 3 0
34 safeguarding 3 0
35 unguarded 3 0
36 vanguard's 2 0

Sounds Like

Words that sound like the term "guard".

# Word Syllables Freq
1 geared 1 2
2 gourd 1 2
3 garde 1 1
4 gard 1 0
5 goard 1 0
6 gored 1 0

Spelled Like

Words that are spelled similarly to the term "guard".

# Word Syllables Freq
1 guards 1 19
2 guarded 2 5
3 guard's 1 4
4 vanguard 2 3
5 gourd 1 2
6 guardia 3 1
7 garde 1 1
8 gard 1 0
9 guerard 2 0
10 guardin 2 0
11 suard 2 0
12 huard 1 0
13 goard 1 0
14 giard 2 0
15 gared 2 0
16 garda 2 0
17 agard 2 0
18 luguarda 3 0
19 guzzardo 3 0
20 gurnards 2 0

Words That Follow

Words that often follow the term "guard" in a sentence.

# Word Syllables Freq
1 guard their 1 2
2 guard of 1 2

Words That Precede

Words that often precede the term "guard" in a sentence.

# Word Syllables Freq
1 to guard 1 4
2 coast guard 1 2

Statistically Associated

Words that are statistically associated with "guard" in the same piece of text.

# Word Syllables Freq
1 techniques 2 2
2 coast 1 2

Consonant Match

Words that contain the same consonants as the term "guard".

# Word Syllables Freq
1 guard's 1 4
2 gourd 1 2
3 giard 2 0
4 goard 1 0

Results:

Term

Definitions: 14

Fragments: 36

Sound Alikes: 6

Spelled Like: 20

Words that Follow: 2

Words that Precede: 2

Statistically Associated: 2

Consonant Matches: 4

Freq: The frequency is a relative score of how often the word appears in standard English text.

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