stand sentinel

1. 1.

   watch over so as to protect

   “We must stand sentinel to protect ourselves”

   “The jewels over which they kept guard were stolen”

   Synonymsstand guardstand watchkeep guard

   Broaderguard

Questions about stand sentinel

What does stand sentinel mean?

stand sentinel means "watch over so as to protect".

What is another word for stand sentinel?

Close synonyms include stand guard, stand watch, keep guard. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is stand sentinel a common word?

stand sentinel is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.