Synonyms of forfends

forfends

verb

present tense third-person singular of forfend

as in protects

to drive danger or attack away from

a place of refuge where the settlers could forfend themselves from attack

Synonyms & Similar Words

• protects
• defends
• shields
• safeguards
• guards
• fences
• stands up for
• keeps
• secures
• saves
• fends
• prevents
• covers
• screens
• bulwarks
• wards
• resists
• wars
• opposes
• preserves
• withstands
• averts
• contends
• conserves
• fights
• walls
• battles
• buffers
• pickets
• palisades

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• attacks
• assaults
• assails
• overruns
• besets
• storms
• bombards
• submits
• yields
• besieges
• capitulates
• caves