BUCKLER Synonyms: 30 Similar and Opposite Words

buckler

noun

ˈbə-klər

Definition of buckler

as in shield

means or method of defending a strong and free press is our best buckler against tyranny

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Recent Examples of buckler Hurling a few 12-to-6 knee-bucklers can thwart the opponent’s smooth rhythm. — Jim Root, New York Times, 10 Oct. 2025 Golden shield fern, broad buckler fern, basket fern, hart's tongue fern, soft-shield fern, evergreen maidenhair, and more. — Elizabeth Waddington, Treehugger, 17 Feb. 2023 So the film pays bemused tribute not only to one of Disneyland’s most popular rides but those old swash-bucklers who once graced movie screens. — Thr Staff, The Hollywood Reporter, 25 May 2017

Recent Examples of Synonyms for buckler

Noun

Musk has long identified the heat shield as the company’s most pressing unsolved problem with Starship.

— Stephen Clark, ArsTechnica, 18 Aug. 2026
Alaïa’s leather Le Teckel bag is very much still en vogue, as are these face-framing shield sunglasses from Thistles.

— Laura Jackson, Vogue, 17 Aug. 2026

Definition of shield

Noun

The Broncos’ offensive line consistently won the line of scrimmage, clearing paths for Denver running backs to gash the Falcons’ defense.

— Ken Sugiura, AJC.com, 18 Aug. 2026
No other position on a Denver defense loaded with talent and experience enters the season with more uncertainty about the pecking order than this one.

— Nick Kosmider, New York Times, 18 Aug. 2026

Definition of defense

Noun

Her mother, meanwhile, is backed up by her second husband (Kwon), a mild-mannered documentary filmmaker whose profession gives his wife yet more ammunition in her smiling disparagement of Sanghee.

— Guy Lodge, Variety, 15 Aug. 2026
The ammunition matched the casing that Fort Worth police cadets found near the scene of the shooting, according to the affidavit.

— Harriet Ramos, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 14 Aug. 2026

Definition of ammunition

Noun

Nobody in their right mind would argue that Alphabet and Nvidia need laws to protect them from competition, but lots of otherwise intelligent people believe that banks, an even more profitable group of companies, do need such protection.

— Omid Malekan, Fortune, 21 Aug. 2026
Friendship was also the protection built into Difficult People.

— Seth Abramovitch, HollywoodReporter, 21 Aug. 2026

Definition of protection

Noun

Last week, Flock Safety's CEO announced safeguards in response to misuse concerns around the country.

— Tammy Mutasa, CBS News, 21 Aug. 2026
Independent researchers recently examined Roblox chat moderation and found examples of unsafe messages that made it through the platform's existing safeguards.

— Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 21 Aug. 2026

Definition of safeguard

Noun

Anderson, who was also in the back seat, took the weapon and started firing, Davis said.

— CBS News, CBS News, 21 Aug. 2026
Such weapons are proving increasingly difficult for Kyiv to shoot down, with supplies of US Patriot interceptors – one of the few systems capable of taking down ballistic missiles pretty much exhausted.

— Nick Paton Walsh, CNN Money, 21 Aug. 2026

Definition of weapon

Noun

The Cohen Building originally housed the Social Security Administration, an important piece of the New Deal legacy, and contains frescoes painted in the 1940s by famed artist Seymour Fogel on the entrance lobby walls, Okin said.

— Bill Hutchinson, ABC News, 20 Aug. 2026
Polished stone-tile floors, whitewashed walls, and spacious bathrooms are common elements of all the rooms.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 20 Aug. 2026