- Types Of Speech
- You can use defend as a verb in a sentence.
- About Defend
- A 2 syllables verb and 6 letters with the letters d, e, f, and n, 4 consonants, 2 vowels and 2 syllables with the middle letters fe. Defend starts with and ends in a consonant with the starting letters d, de, def, defe, defen, and the ending characters are d, nd, end, fend, efend, ..
- Definition
- Argue or speak in defense of; "She supported the motion to strike"
- Origin/Roots
- Middle English
- Scrabble
- Is defend a scrabble word? A 11 point word in scrabble. Check the word games tab below for probability, odds and more.
- Pig Latin
- Defend in Pig Latin is said as "efendday or efenddway".
- Unigram
- d | e | f | e | n | d
- Bigram
- de | ef | fe | en | nd
- Trigram
- def | efe | fen | end
- Quadrigram
- defe | efen | fend
- Word Gram
- Verb Examples
- argue or speak in defense of;
"She supported the motion to strike" - state or assert;
"He maintained his innocence" - fight against or resist strongly;
"The senator said he would oppose the bill";
"Don't fight it!" - be on the defensive;
act against an attack - protect against a challenge or attack;
"Hold that position behind the trees!";
"Hold the bridge against the enemy's attacks" - protect or fight for as a champion
- be the defense counsel for someone in a trial;
"Ms. Smith will represent the defendant"
| Synonym | Definition |
|---|---|
| Account | the quality of taking advantage "she turned her writing skills to good account" |
| Ace | a serve that the receiver is unable to reach |
| Adept | someone who is dazzlingly skilled in any field |
| Adopt | take into one''s family "They adopted two children from Nicaragua" |
| Advocate | a person who pleads for a cause or propounds an idea |
| Advocator | a person who pleads for a cause or propounds an idea |
| Air | travel via aircraft "air travel involves too much waiting in airports" "if you''ve time to spare go by air" |
| Air Travel | |
| Allege In Support | |
| Answer | a nonverbal reaction "his answer to any problem was to get drunk" "their answer was to sue me" |
View all cognitive synonyms for Defend
| Anagram | Definition |
|---|---|
| Defend | argue or speak in defense of "She supported the motion to strike" |
View English words with the unique letters used in defend. Words With The Letters Defn
| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| Admirer | someone who admires a young woman "she had many admirers" |
| Booster | an additional dose that makes sure the first dose was effective |
| Champion | someone who is dazzlingly skilled in any field |
| Defence | protection from harm "sanitation is the best defense against disease" |
| Defender | a person who cares for persons or property |
| Defense | protection from harm "sanitation is the best defense against disease" |
| Friend | a member of the Religious Society of Friends founded by George Fox (the Friends have never called themselves Quakers) |
| Guardian | a person who cares for persons or property |
| Patron | a regular customer |
| Protagonist | the principal character in a work of fiction |
| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| Argue | present reasons and arguments |
| Reason | the capacity for rational thought or inference or discrimination "we are told that man is endowed with reason and capable of distinguishing good from evil" |
| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| Apologise | acknowledge faults or shortcomings or failing; "I apologized for being late"; "He apologized for the many typoes" |
| Apologize | acknowledge faults or shortcomings or failing; "I apologized for being late"; "He apologized for the many typoes" |
| Excuse | a poor example; "it was an apology for a meal"; "a poor excuse for an automobile" |
| Justify | adjust the spaces between words; "justify the margins" |
| Rationalise | weed out unwanted or unnecessary things; "We had to lose weight, so we cut the sugar from our diet" |
| Rationalize | weed out unwanted or unnecessary things; "We had to lose weight, so we cut the sugar from our diet" |
| Stand Up | |
| Stick Up | |
| Uphold | stand up for; stick up for; of causes, principles, or ideals |
| Word | Scrabble | Words With Friends | Word Chums | 4Pics1Word | Jumble |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Defense (7 letters) | 11 | 12 | defense | ||
| Defence (7 letters) | 13 +2 | 15 +3 | cdeeefn | ||
| Refund (6 letters) | 10 | 12 | funder | ||
| Underfur (8 letters) | 12 +1 | 15 +3 | underfur | ||
| Fender (6 letters) | 10 | 11 | eefdrn | ||
| Fondness (8 letters) | 12 +1 | 14 +2 | fondness | ||
| Deftness (8 letters) | 12 +1 | 13 +1 | deftness | ||
| Send Off (8 letters) | |||||
| Fondue (6 letters) | 10 | 12 | fondue | ||
| Fedayeen (8 letters) | 15 +4 | 15 +3 | fedayeen | ||
| Defender (8 letters) | 13 +2 | 14 +2 | defender | ||
| Offender (8 letters) | 15 +4 | 16 +4 | offender | ||
| Founder (7 letters) | 11 | 13 +1 | refound | ||
| Fanweed (7 letters) | 14 +3 | 15 +3 | fanweed | ||
| Woodfern (8 letters) | 15 +4 | 16 +4 | woodfern | ||
| Daftness (8 letters) | 12 +1 | 13 +1 | daftness | ||
| Deafness (8 letters) | 12 +1 | 13 +1 | deafness | ||
| Deafen (6 letters) | 10 | 11 | deafen | ||
| Send For (8 letters) | |||||
| Defend (6 letters) | 11 | 12 | defend | ||
| Fend For (8 letters) | |||||
| Send Off (8 letters) | |||||
| Fend (4 letters) | 8 | 9 | fend | ||
| Feed On (7 letters) | |||||
| Offend (6 letters) | 13 +2 | 14 +2 | offend |
Defend Is In These Word Lists
- Starts With D
- Ends With D
- Spelled With / Contains Letters
loading...