SECURITY GUARD
Dictionary entry overview: What does security guard mean?
• SECURITY GUARD (noun)
The noun SECURITY GUARD has 1 sense:
1. a guard who keeps watch
Familiarity information: SECURITY GUARD used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• SECURITY GUARD (noun)
Meaning:
A guard who keeps watch
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
security guard; watchman; watcher
Hypernyms ("security guard" is a kind of...):
guard (a person who keeps watch over something or someone)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "security guard"):
bank guard (a security guard at a bank)
fire watcher ((during World War II in Britain) someone whose duty was to watch for fires caused by bombs dropped from the air)
lookout; lookout man; picket; scout; sentinel; sentry; spotter; watch (a person employed to watch for something to happen)
night watchman (a watchman who works during the night)
patroller (someone on patrol duty; an individual or a member of a group that patrols an area)
port watcher; portwatcher (a watchman on a wharf)
Holonyms ("security guard" is a member of...):
private security force; security force (a privately employed group hired to protect the security of a business or industry)
