Synonyms and Antonyms of defending

championing holding guarding opposing fighting maintaining supporting representing escorting garrisoning entrenching hedging retaining covering withstanding averting resisting screening sheltering shielding rationalizing recommending exculpating warranting endorsing guaranteeing aiding advocating vindicating backing exonerating upholding justifying wearing watching securing saving safeguarding repelling preserving harboring fortifying espousing countenancing contesting conserving asserting cherishing fostering nourishing bolstering sustaining keeping housing patronizing insuring apologizing fending warding

prosecuting attacking surrendering yielding charging accusing convicting renouncing forsaking denying resigning quitting leaving deserting abandoning relinquishing

raising

defending ₁₅

defined ₁₂ feeding ₁₂ feigned ₁₂ fending ₁₂ deeding ₁₀ deigned ₁₀ engined ₉ needing ₉

fidged ₁₂ defend ₁₁ defied ₁₁ fended ₁₁ define ₁₀ feeing ₁₀ fening ₁₀ finned ₁₀ infeed ₁₀ dinged ₉ denied ₈ denned ₈ dinned ₈ ending ₈ genned ₈ ginned ₈ indeed ₈ engine ₇ indene ₇

fidge ₁₀ feign ₉ fiend ₉ fined ₉ edged ₈ deign ₇ dined ₇ dinge ₇ ended ₇ nided ₇ diene ₆ genie ₆ inned ₆

defi ₈ feed ₈ fend ₈ find ₈ fine ₇ neif ₇ deed ₆ died ₆ ding ₆ edge ₆ geed ₆ gied ₆ dene ₅ deni ₅ dine ₅ eide ₅ gene ₅ gien ₅ need ₅ nide ₅ nene ₄ nine ₄

def ₇ dif ₇ fed ₇ fid ₇ fig ₇ gif ₇ fee ₆ fen ₆ fie ₆ fin ₆ did ₅ dig ₅ ged ₅ gid ₅ dee ₄ den ₄ die ₄ din ₄ end ₄ eng ₄ gee ₄ gen ₄ gie ₄ gin ₄ neg ₄ inn ₃ nee ₃

ef ₅ fe ₅ if ₅ de ₃ ed ₃ gi ₃ id ₃ en ₂ in ₂ ne ₂