SENTRY Synonyms

• a person who keeps watch over something or someone

• the person who lines up between the center and the tackles on the offensive line of a football team on the line of scrimmage

• a device designed to prevent injury or accidents

• a posture of defence in boxing or fencing

• the person who plays the position of guard on a basketball team

• a military unit serving to protect some place or person

• a precautionary measure warding off impending danger or damage or injury etc.

• the duty of serving as a sentry

• (American football) a position on the line of scrimmage between the center and the tackles

• a position on a basketball team

• to keep watch over

• watch over or shield from danger or harm; protect

• protect against a challenge or attack

• take precautions in order to avoid some unwanted consequence

• a guard who keeps watch

• a bank check that has been fraudulently altered to increase its face value

• a bank check drawn on insufficient funds at another bank in order to take advantage of the float

• plaything consisting of a light frame covered with tissue paper; flown in wind at end of a string

• any of several small graceful hawks of the family Accipitridae having long pointed wings and feeding on insects and small animals

• increase the amount (of a check) fraudulently

• get credit or money by using a bad check

• soar or fly like a kite

• fly a kite

• a person employed to keep watch for some anticipated event

• an elevated post affording a wide view

• a structure commanding a wide view of its surroundings

• the act of looking out

• a person employed to keep watch for some anticipated event

• a detachment of troops guarding an army from surprise attack

• a protester posted by a labor organization outside a place of work

• a vehicle performing sentinel duty

• a wooden strip forming part of a fence

• a form of military punishment used by the British in the late 17th century in which a soldier was forced to stand on one foot on a pointed stake

• serve as pickets or post pickets

• fasten with a picket

• a person employed to keep watch for some anticipated event

• a Boy Scout or Girl Scout

• someone employed to discover and recruit talented persons (especially in the worlds of entertainment or sports)

• someone who can find paths through unexplored territory

• explore, often with the goal of finding something or somebody

• a worker employed at a dry-cleaning establishment to remove spots

• a worker employed to apply spots (as markers or identifiers)

• a person employed to keep watch for some anticipated event

• someone who is the first to observe something

• a small portable timepiece

• a period of time (4 or 2 hours) during which some of a ship's crew are on duty

• a purposeful surveillance to guard or observe

• the period during which someone (especially a guard) is on duty

• a person employed to keep watch for some anticipated event

• the rite of staying awake for devotional purposes (especially on the eve of a religious festival)

• look attentively

• follow with the eyes or the mind

• see or watch

• observe with attention

• be vigilant, be on the lookout or be careful

• observe or determine by looking

• find out, learn, or determine with certainty, usually by making an inquiry or other effort

• a person employed to keep watch for some anticipated event