Phrase guide

security guard

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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1

noun

Meaning 1

A person who is employed to provide security for people or property.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: security officer

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

a guard who keeps watch

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: watchman, watcher

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: guard

Narrower terms: bank guard, fire watcher, lookout, lookout man, sentinel, sentry, watch, spotter, scout, picket, night watchman, patroller, portwatcher, port watcher

History

Etymology

No etymology was provided for this word.

Across languages

Translations

58 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Basque: segurtasun-zaintzaile — person employed to provide security
  • Catalan: vigilant de seguretat — person employed to provide security
  • Chinese Mandarin: 警衛 /警卫 (jǐngwèi) — person employed to provide security
  • Chinese Mandarin: 保安員 /保安员 (bǎo'ānyuán) — person employed to provide security
  • Danish: sikkerhedsvagt — person employed to provide security
  • Danish: sikkerhedsfolk — person employed to provide security
  • Dutch: bewaker — person employed to provide security
  • Finnish: järjestyksenvalvoja — person employed to provide security
  • Finnish: vartija — person employed to provide security
  • French: agent de sécurité — person employed to provide security
  • Galician: vixilante de seguridade — person employed to provide security
  • German: Sicherheitsbeamter — person employed to provide security
  • German: Sicherheitsbediensteter — person employed to provide security
  • German: Sicherheitsmann — person employed to provide security
  • Greek: φύλακας ασφαλείας (fýlakas asfaleías) — person employed to provide security
  • Greek: φύλακας (fýlakas) — person employed to provide security
  • Indonesian: penjaga keamanan — person employed to provide security
  • Indonesian: satpam — person employed to provide security
  • Irish: garda slándála — person employed to provide security
  • Italian: guardia giurata — person employed to provide security
  • Japanese: ガードマン (gādoman) — person employed to provide security
  • Japanese: 警備員 (keibiin) — person employed to provide security
  • Khmer: អ្នកយាមសន្តិសុខ (ʼnâkâyéamsântĕsŏkh) — person employed to provide security
  • Korean: 경비원 (gyeongbiwon) — person employed to provide security
  • Lithuanian: apsaugos darbuotojas — person employed to provide security
  • Malay: pengawal keselamatan — person employed to provide security
  • Norwegian Bokmål: sikkerhetsvakt — person employed to provide security
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: sikkerheitsvakt — person employed to provide security
  • Polish: ochroniarz — person employed to provide security
  • Polish: ochrona — person employed to provide security
  • Portuguese: vigilante de segurança — person employed to provide security
  • Romanian: agent de securitate — person employed to provide security
  • Romanian: pază — person employed to provide security
  • Russian: охра́нник (oxránnik) — person employed to provide security
  • Serbo-Croatian: zaštitar — person employed to provide security
  • Sikkimese: སྐུ་སྲུང་བོ (sku srung bo) — person employed to provide security
  • Spanish: vigilante de seguridad — person employed to provide security
  • Spanish: guardia de seguridad — person employed to provide security
  • Spanish: vigilante jurado — person employed to provide security
  • Spanish: segurata — person employed to provide security
  • Spanish: wáchiman — person employed to provide security
  • Spanish: wachiman — person employed to provide security
  • Spanish: wachimán — person employed to provide security
  • Spanish: guachimán — person employed to provide security
  • Spanish: guachi — person employed to provide security
  • Spanish: guáchiman — person employed to provide security
  • Spanish: guachimango — person employed to provide security
  • Spanish: watchman — person employed to provide security
  • Spanish: huachimán — person employed to provide security
  • Swedish: säkerhetsvakt — person employed to provide security
  • Swedish: ordningsvakt — person employed to provide security
  • Tagalog: guwardiya — person employed to provide security
  • Tagalog: sikyu — person employed to provide security
  • Thai: เจ้าหน้าที่รักษาความปลอดภัย — person employed to provide security
  • Thai: รปภ. — person employed to provide security
  • Thai: ยาม (yaam) — person employed to provide security
  • Turkish: güvenlik bekçisi — person employed to provide security
  • Vietnamese: cảnh vệ — person employed to provide security