safeguard

/sˈeɪfɡˌɑɹd/ · 2 syllables

Meaning

noun

1. a precautionary measure warding off impending danger or damage or injury etc.
   “he put an ice pack on the injury as a precaution”
2. a document or escort providing safe passage through a region especially in time of war

verb

1. make safe
2. escort safely

Synonyms for safeguard

• precaution
• guard
• safe-conduct

Words that rhyme with safeguard

• hard
• guard
• card
• regard
• yard
• bombard
• disregard
• retard
• discard
• bard
• lard
• vanguard
• barred
• bodyguard
• chard
• scarred
• backyard
• barnyard
• blowhard
• boatyard
• boulevard
• brickyard
• canard
• churchyard
• courtyard
• diehard
• dockyard
• farmyard
• flashcard
• graveyard