Guard and Prisoner

Guard

Guard noun - A person or group that watches over someone or something.

Prisoner is an antonym for guard.

Prisoner

Prisoner noun - One that has been taken and held in confinement.
Usage example: the prisoners were fed only bread and water twice a day

Guard is an antonym for prisoner.

Nearby Words: prison, prisoned, prisoning

How words are described

fellow fellow guard fellow prisoner
human human guard human prisoner
old old guard old prisoner
female female guard female prisoner
Other adjectives: certain, alien, original, dead, single, real, large, big, innocent, young, new, former, hapless, lone, random, last, elderly, unnamed.

Both words in one sentence

  • Trojan Prisoner Two of the heist crew members are brought into a penitentiary as a "guard" and "prisoner", in order to bust out a prisoner needed for the next heist.
  • That way if a prisoner becomes sick and his cellmate tells the guard it's an emergency, the guard will fetch a trauma team instead of opening up the cell for a look.
  • The guard sarcastically says, "Sue us." The prisoner says he has his rights and the guard replies that prisoners' rights are a pain in the ass.
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