SAFEGUARDING Synonyms: 89 Similar and Opposite Words

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adjective

as in protecting

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safeguarding

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noun

as in protection

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safeguarding

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verb

present participle of safeguard

as in defending

to drive danger or attack away from sheepdogs safeguard the flock from attacks by wolves

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Noun

Meta has agreed to pay around $17 billion, as well as institute several safeguarding measures across their social media platforms. — Bethy Squires, Vulture, 28 Aug. 2026 And if your data needs extra safeguarding, the My Passport SSD comes with 256-bit AES hardware encryption and password protection for a double security whammy. — Kelsey Fogarty, PC Magazine, 6 July 2026 Recent headlines have prompted difficult but necessary conversations about welfare, safeguarding and accountability in television. — Emma Pringle, Deadline, 17 June 2026 Scouting America volunteers and employees are required to complete mandatory safeguarding training and a criminal background check for the organization, a representative said. — Caroline Zimmerman, Kansas City Star, 15 June 2026 Conservationists at Shark Trust in Plymouth, England, have specialized in the safeguarding of sharks and stingrays since 1997. — Charlotte Reck, CNN Money, 9 June 2026 According to the report, current safeguarding frameworks fail to adequately account for the power of peer dynamics and authority relationships as mechanisms of ongoing harm, and do not protect women specifically. — Megan Feringa, New York Times, 3 June 2026 Newsom signed the election safeguarding bill in his office, flanked by Cervantes, Umberg and Assembly sponsor Gail Pellerin, D-Santa Cruz, who was a Santa Cruz County elections clerk for nearly 30 years. — Lia Russell, Sacbee.com, 27 May 2026 What kind of safeguarding was needed to protect the cast, especially her, from some of the heavier themes, such as drugs and death? — Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 8 May 2026

Verb

Organizations must extend hygiene to AI systems by securing training data, confirming model integrity, safeguarding prompts and outputs, preventing model poisoning and adversarial attacks, and controlling how AI accesses company data. — Chuck Brooks, Forbes.com, 22 Aug. 2026 Unlike JPMorgan or Club name Wells Fargo , whose core business is collecting deposits and issuing consumer and commercial loans, BNY’s main focus is servicing, safeguarding and moving financial assets for institutions. — Jeff Marks, CNBC, 20 Aug. 2026 But that could change if lawmakers choose not to pass legislation safeguarding distillery deliveries before the legislative session ends on August 31. — Darrielle Fair, CBS News, 19 Aug. 2026 On Wednesday, Shaw had not yet had an opportunity to review the book-policy complaint, but said both policies ultimately look out for children by safeguarding the rights of parents. — Howard Blume, Los Angeles Times, 18 Aug. 2026 This all-in-one emergency and estate organizer covers 35 categories of essential documents, accounts, keys and instructions, from bank accounts and birth certificates to medical history, safeguarding and simplifying access in an emergency. — ABC News, 1 Aug. 2026 The Secret Service’s actual procedures turn out to be more like guidelines that can be discarded if the president is sufficiently angry—which, from the standpoint of safeguarding democracy, constitutes a fairly concerning loophole. — Jonathan Chait, The Atlantic, 30 July 2026 At the time, Cucinelli touted the potential of Callimacus, named after the Greek scholar and poet, praised by the entrepreneur and designer also for his role of cataloguing and safeguarding the vast collection of the great Library of Alexandria. — Luisa Zargani, Footwear News, 27 July 2026 Unfortunately, Zapier has a mixed history with safeguarding user data. — Ruben Circelli, PC Magazine, 23 July 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for safeguarding

Noun

The approach can provide thermal protection without pumps or circulating coolant.

— Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 28 Aug. 2026
As a result, many drivers opt for uninsured motorist coverage for additional financial protection, which can increase insurance costs.

— McKynzie Steward, AJC.com, 28 Aug. 2026

Definition of protection

Verb

This is more than a sophisticated arms race aimed at repelling threats and protecting borders.

— Kamal Ahmed, Fortune, 27 Aug. 2026
Con, where the company is to demonstrate how its offerings are protecting businesses from agents going rogue, like the situation where an OpenAI model hacked into a company looking for answers on how to solve a problem in the test environment.

— Paulina Likos, CNBC, 27 Aug. 2026

Definition of protecting

Noun

Meta agreed to a landmark settlement worth up to $17 billion, promising new safeguards on Facebook and Instagram after states alleged that the platforms were engineered to addict and harm kids.

— Queenie Wong, Los Angeles Times, 28 Aug. 2026
Milanesi agrees safeguards should be in place, but isn’t convinced AI replacing humans on spreadsheets is necessarily inviting a higher risk of error.

— Marc Saltzman, USA Today, 28 Aug. 2026

Definition of safeguard

Verb

The new Indiana quarterback was a three-year starter at TCU and now takes over the defending champs.

— Dan Santaromita, New York Times, 25 Aug. 2026
Clark, a second-round draft pick by the defending Super Bowl champions, was injured on Seattle’s first defensive snap in a 19-16 loss to the Tennessee Titans in Nashville.

— Jim Barnes, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 24 Aug. 2026

Definition of defending

Noun

But the war’s unintended consequences have spread far beyond the Middle East, affecting global security, diminishing America’s global standing, and potentially providing its adversaries with an opportunity to expand their influence.

— Ivana Kottasová, CNN Money, 28 Aug. 2026
By 2014, when Russia annexed Crimea, Europe was deeply dependent for its security on the United States, which was already tied up in the Middle East and increasingly focused on China’s rising military power.

— JENNIFER KAVANAGH, Foreign Affairs, 28 Aug. 2026

Definition of security

Verb

For weeks, migrants in the Spanish territory of Ceuta had gathered on a beach away from the city center, sleeping on cardboard sheets, under reed huts and guarding their few possessions in tattered plastic bags.

— ABC News, ABC News, 20 Aug. 2026
World Liberty is celebrating the major milestone, while critics worry this is a new wrinkle on the classic case of the fox guarding the henhouse that will give corporations and foreign actors a new way to stealthily curry favor with the White House.

— Matt Egan, CNN Money, 17 Aug. 2026

Definition of guarding

Noun

Davis’ defense attorney, Michael Sanft, challenged jurors to identify evidence outside Davis’ own statements that placed him in Las Vegas or inside the Cadillac on the night Shakur was shot.

— Jonathan Landrum Jr, Chicago Tribune, 1 Sep. 2026
Allen collected three hits and played terrific defense during a 6-3 win against the Mets.

— Chandler Rome, New York Times, 31 Aug. 2026

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