Protect crossword clue 5, 6, 7, 8 and 9 letters

We’ve reviewed finished crosswords to provide this list for “Protect”, making sure each answer reflects what has already worked for clues with comparable phrasing and intent.

Likely Answers:

  • SAFEGUARD
  • SHIELD
  • GUARD
  • DEFEND
  • LOOKAFTER
  • SHELTER
  • INSULATE
  • CONSERVE
  • SCREEN
  • PRESERVE
  • COVER
  • STIFLE

Synonyms and Definitions

SAFEGUARD

  • Synonyms: guard, precaution, safe-conduct

SHIELD

  • Synonyms: buckler, carapace, cuticle, harbor, harbour, screen, shell

GUARD

  • Synonyms: defend, guard duty, hold, safeguard, safety, safety device, sentry duty, sentry go, ward

DEFEND

  • Synonyms: champion, fend for, fight, fight back, fight down, maintain, oppose, represent, support

SHELTER

  • Synonyms: protection, tax shelter

INSULATE

  • Synonyms: isolate

CONSERVE

  • Synonyms: economise, economize, husband, keep up, preserve, preserves

SCREEN

  • Synonyms: blind, block out, concealment, cover, covert, crt screen, filmdom, projection screen, riddle, screen door, screen out, screenland, shield, sieve, silver screen, sort, test

PRESERVE

  • Synonyms: bear on, carry on, conserve, conserves, continue, keep, save, uphold

COVER

  • Synonyms: address, back, binding, blanket, book binding, breed, brood, compensate, comprehend, cover charge, cover song, cover up, cover version, covering, covering fire, cross, cut across, cut through, deal, embrace, encompass, enshroud, extend, get across, get over, handle, hatch, hide, incubate, insure, masking, natural covering, overcompensate, overlay, pass over, plow, report, screening, shroud, spread over, top, track, traverse, treat, underwrite, wrap up

STIFLE

  • Synonyms: asphyxiate, choke, dampen, knee, muffle, repress, smother, strangle, suffocate