sentry

Meaning

1. A guard, particularly on duty at the entrance to a military base.
2. (uncountable) Sentry duty; time spent being a sentry.
3. A form of drag to be towed underwater, which on striking bottom is upset and rises to the surface.
4. A watchtower.
5. An animal like a marmot tasked with alerting the pack to danger.

Synonyms

guard

💂

sentinel

watchman

watch

⌚

picket

scout

lookout

patrol

guardsman

💂‍♂️

spotter

security guard

lookout man

watchdog

watcher

vedette

mark

night watch

object

objective

patrolman

perceiver

protector

purport

purpose

purview

sake

🍶

scope

tenor

vantage point

view

warder

watchtower

vidette

design

aim

guard at night

animus

beholder

caretaker

cause

custodian

effect

end

🔚

examination

guardian

guarding

heholder

intension

keeper

look out

Translations

centinela

Wache

sentinelle

sentinella

schildwacht

💂

wacht

Wachposten

guardia

💂

Posten

sentinela

factionnaire

σκοπός

nöbetçi

💂

sentinella

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈsɛntɹi/

Etymology

From earlier sentrie, sentery, of uncertain origin. Perhaps an alteration of sentinel or sanctuary; or perhaps from Old French senteret (“a path”), diminutive of sentier, from Medieval Latin semitarius (“a path”).