protected adj

1 kept safe or defended from danger or injury or loss; "the most protected spot I could find" [syn: secure] [ant: unprotected]

2 guarded from injury or destruction [syn: saved]

English

Pronunciation

Adjective

1. defended.

Antonyms

• unprotected

Derived terms

• protected sex

Translations

Verb

protected

1. past of protect

The word protection refers to anything that helps ward off some threat; the preservation from injury or harm; money paid for a guarantee against threatened violence.

Protection may also refer to:

• Protection (album), a 1994 album by Massive Attack
• Protection (climbing), a climber's basic safety mechanisms
• Protection (poker), type of bet made to strengthen vulnerable hands
• Personal protective equipment, to shield the body from hazards
• Power system protection, of electric systems against faults
• Protection mechanism an aspect of computer architecture
• A condom (slang)
• A promised benefit from a protection racket, an extortion scheme
• Life insurance
• Earthquake protection

armed, cloaked, conserved, copyrighted, covered, defended, guarded, immune, immunized, insured, intact, invulnerable, kept, patented, policed, preserved, safe, safe and sound, safeguarded, saved, screened, secure, sheltered, shielded, spared, undamaged, unharmed, unhurt, unscathed, unspoiled, untainted, unthreatened, untouched, well-conserved