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to bodyguard

3 6.0
To go with and protect an important person from harm
  • verb
  • /ˈbɑdiˌɡɑrd/
: escoltar
  • I'm thinking you need to forget bodyguarding for a while and find happiness within.

How dangerous is it, Simon, to doing a private bodyguarding compared to being in the Army?

Examples

Synonyms

to protect
vsto bodyguard
∞ 1.0

To keep someone or something safe from harm

is more specific, focusing on accompanying and physically protecting a person
to guard
vsto bodyguard
386 1.0

To watch and protect a person or place from harm

emphasizes moving with and protecting a person rather than only watching
to cover
vsto bodyguard
319 1.9

To protect someone, for example by guarding them in a game

is specifically about going with and guarding a person from physical harm
to escort
vsto bodyguard
290 4.0

To go with someone to protect or help them

focuses specifically on staying close to protect from physical harm
to shield
vsto bodyguard
118 2.7

To protect someone or something from harm

is narrower, stressing close accompaniment and physical protection of a person
to shield from
vsto bodyguard
70 3.3

To protect people or things from harm

adds the sense of physically accompanying someone as the main duty
to stand guard
vsto bodyguard
34 3.2

To stay in one place and watch to protect someone or something

is about accompanying and staying close to physically protect someone
to keep guard
vsto bodyguard
22 3.1

To stay and watch to protect people or a place

involves active accompaniment and close protection rather than stationary watching
to stand sentinel
vsto bodyguard
  • Literature
1 7.0

To watch and guard a place or person

focuses on close personal accompaniment and direct physical protection
to serve as an escort
vsto bodyguard
  • Formal
1 4.1

To go with a person like an ambassador to protect or show respect

is more about personal, usually private, protection than formal accompaniment
to safeguard
vsto bodyguard
3.6

To go with someone to keep them safe

is about close personal accompaniment for physical protection rather than general safety

Antonyms

607 3.1

Leave someone or something behind permanently and without care

How Protective

to bodyguard
3 6.0
to protect
∞ 1.0
to shadow
26 6.0
to escort
290 4.0
to accompany
181 3.5

Surface Forms

bodyguard infinitive
bodyguarded past participle
bodyguarding present participle
bodyguards third person singular

Etymology

Bodyguard As a verb, bodyguard breaks into body + guard, and guard means 'to watch' or 'protect', so to bodyguard someone is to go with them and keep them safe from harm.