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to bodyguard

3 6.0
To go with and protect an important person from harm
  • verb
  • /ˈbɑdiˌɡɑrd/
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  • 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
418 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
352 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
287 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
146 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
56 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
27 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 safeguard
vsto bodyguard
5 3.6

To go with someone to keep them safe

is about close personal accompaniment for physical protection rather than general safety
to keep guard
vsto bodyguard
2 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
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

Antonyms

773 3.1

Leave someone or something behind permanently and without care

How Protective

to bodyguard
3 6.0
to protect
1.0
to shadow
27 6.0
to escort
287 4.0
to accompany
219 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.