shield

/ʃˈild/ · 1 syllable

Meaning

noun

1. a protective covering or structure
2. armor carried on the arm to intercept blows
3. hard outer covering or case of certain organisms such as arthropods and turtles

verb

1. protect, hide, or conceal from danger or harm
2. hold back a thought or feeling about
   “She is harboring a grudge against him”

Synonyms for shield

• buckler
• carapace
• shell
• cuticle
• screen
• harbor
• harbour

Words that rhyme with shield

• field
• yield
• sealed
• afield
• chesterfield
• concealed
• unsealed
• wield
• airfield
• backfield
• battlefield
• canfield
• congealed
• cornfield
• goldfield
• hayfield
• healed
• infield
• minefield
• oilfield
• outfield
• peeled
• unconcealed
• wheeled
• windshield
• appealed
• armfield
• banfield
• barfield
• barnfield