security guard

noun

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

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security officerwatcher
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Meanings

nounsecurity guard (plural security guards)

plural security guards

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

    Haz sits in the trailer for 10 hours straight, eyes trained on the patrons. If he sees the makings of a drug deal or a fight, he notifies the club’s in-house security by walkie-talkie. It amazes him how indiscreet drug dealers can be—with the bulges in their socks and their melodramatic handovers—despite the presence of security guards.

    2018 February, Robert Draper, “They are Watching You—and Everything Else on the Planet: Technology and Our Increasing Demand for Security have Put Us All under Surveillance. Is Privacy Becoming just a Memory?”, in National Geographic, Washington, D.C.: National Geographic Society, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 14 Jun 2018

    Synonyms: security officer

Synonyms & antonyms

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

Similar
security officer

More synonyms by meaning

nouna guard who keeps watch

Similar
watcher
Broader
guard
Also see
security officerwatcher

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Translations

Basque segurtasun-zaintzaile
  • segurtasun-zaintzaileperson employed to provide security
Catalan vigilant de seguretat
  • vigilant de seguretatperson employed to provide security
Chinese Mandarin 警衛 /警卫, 保安員 /保安员
  • 警衛 /警卫 (jǐngwèi)person employed to provide security
  • 保安員 /保安员 (bǎo'ānyuán)person employed to provide security
Danish sikkerhedsvagt, sikkerhedsfolk
  • sikkerhedsvagtperson employed to provide security
  • sikkerhedsfolkperson employed to provide security
Dutch bewaker
  • bewakerperson employed to provide security
Finnish järjestyksenvalvoja, vartija
  • järjestyksenvalvojaperson employed to provide security
  • vartijaperson employed to provide security
French agent de sécurité
  • agent de sécuritéperson employed to provide security
German Sicherheitsbeamter, Sicherheitsbediensteter
  • Sicherheitsbeamterperson employed to provide security
  • Sicherheitsbediensteterperson employed to provide security
  • Sicherheitsmannperson employed to provide security
Greek φύλακας ασφαλείας, φύλακας
  • φύλακας ασφαλείας (fýlakas asfaleías)person employed to provide security
  • φύλακας (fýlakas)person employed to provide security
Indonesian penjaga keamanan, satpam
  • penjaga keamananperson employed to provide security
  • satpamperson employed to provide security
Irish garda slándála
  • garda slándálaperson employed to provide security
Italian guardia giurata
  • guardia giurataperson employed to provide security
Japanese ガードマン, 警備員
  • ガードマン (gādoman)person employed to provide security
  • 警備員 (keibiin)person employed to provide security
Korean 경비원
  • 경비원 (gyeongbiwon)person employed to provide security
Lithuanian apsaugos darbuotojas
  • apsaugos darbuotojasperson employed to provide security
Malay pengawal keselamatan
  • pengawal keselamatanperson employed to provide security
Norwegian Bokmål sikkerhetsvakt
  • sikkerhetsvaktperson employed to provide security
Polish ochroniarz, ochrona
  • ochroniarzperson employed to provide security
  • ochronaperson employed to provide security
Portuguese vigilante de segurança
  • vigilante de segurançaperson employed to provide security
Romanian agent de securitate, pază
  • agent de securitateperson employed to provide security
  • pazăperson employed to provide security
Russian охра́нник
  • охра́нник (oxránnik)person employed to provide security
Spanish vigilante de seguridad, guardia de seguridad
  • vigilante de seguridadperson employed to provide security
  • guardia de seguridadperson employed to provide security
  • vigilante juradoperson employed to provide security
  • segurataperson employed to provide security
  • wáchimanperson employed to provide security
  • wachimanperson employed to provide security
  • wachimánperson employed to provide security
  • guachimánperson employed to provide security
  • guachiperson employed to provide security
  • guáchimanperson employed to provide security
  • guachimangoperson employed to provide security
  • watchmanperson employed to provide security
Swedish säkerhetsvakt, ordningsvakt
  • säkerhetsvaktperson employed to provide security
  • ordningsvaktperson employed to provide security
Tagalog guwardiya, sikyu
  • guwardiyaperson employed to provide security
  • sikyuperson employed to provide security
Thai เจ้าหน้าที่รักษาความปลอดภัย, รปภ.
  • เจ้าหน้าที่รักษาความปลอดภัยperson employed to provide security
  • รปภ.person employed to provide security
  • ยาม (yaam)person employed to provide security
Turkish güvenlik görevlisi
  • güvenlik görevlisiperson employed to provide security
Vietnamese cảnh vệ, bảo vệ
  • cảnh vệperson employed to provide security
  • bảo vệperson employed to provide security
Cite this entry
APA

security guard. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/security%20guard

MLA

“security guard.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/security%20guard. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “security guard,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/security%20guard.

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