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Monitor

One who admonishes; one who warns of faults, informs of duty, or gives advice and instruction by way of reproof or caution.

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Broader term 7

Defender 76% connected

One who defends; one who maintains, supports, protects, or vindicates; a champion; an advocate; a vindicator.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

Open English WordNet identifies the related term as a broader lexical category for at least one sense.

Display 76% connected

To unfold; to spread wide; to expand; to stretch out; to spread.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Guardian 76% connected

One who guards, preserves, or secures; one to whom any person or thing is committed for protection, security, or preservation from injury; a warden.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Lizard 76% connected

Any one of the numerous species of reptiles belonging to the order Lacertilia; sometimes, also applied to reptiles of other orders, as the Hatteria.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Observe 76% connected

To take notice of by appropriate conduct; to conform one's action or practice to; to keep; to heed; to obey; to comply with; as, to observe rules or…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Protector 76% connected

One who, or that which, defends or shields from injury, evil, oppression, etc.; a defender; a guardian; a patron.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Supervisor 76% connected

One who supervises; an overseer; an inspector; a superintendent; as, a supervisor of schools.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Manner of action 4

Lurk 76% connected

To lie hid; to lie in wait.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Sleuth 76% connected

The track of man or beast as followed by the scent.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Spy 76% connected

To gain sight of; to discover at a distance, or in a state of concealment; to espy; to see.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Stag 76% connected

The adult male of the red deer (Cervus elaphus), a large European species closely related to the American elk, or wapiti.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Derivationally related 4

Proctor 74% connected

One who is employed to manage to affairs of another.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Proctor 74% connected

One who is employed to manage to affairs of another.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Proctorship 74% connected

The office or dignity of a proctor; also, the term of his office.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Proctorship 74% connected

The office or dignity of a proctor; also, the term of his office.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Containing whole 1

Computer 70% connected

One who computes.

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Component part 1

Scope 70% connected

That at which one aims; the thing or end to which the mind directs its view; that which is purposed to be reached or accomplished; hence, ultimate de…

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Synonym 5

Admonisher 92% connected

One who admonishes.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Proctor 92% connected

One who is employed to manage to affairs of another.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Reminder 92% connected

One who, or that which, reminds; that which serves to awaken remembrance.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Supervise 92% connected

To oversee for direction; to superintend; to inspect with authority; as, to supervise the construction of a steam engine, or the printing of a book.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Varan 92% connected

The monitor. See Monitor, 3.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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