Warden

Custodial authority figure

A warden is someone who guards, supervises, or manages.

Prison wardens run correctional facilities.

Game wardens enforce hunting and fishing laws.

Church wardens assist with parish administration.

Air-raid wardens coordinated civilian protection during World War II.

The word implies official authority over a place or activity: The warden made his rounds at dawn.

wildlife

ranger

Protected land patroller

reserve · sanctuary · patrol · habitat · endangered · enforcement · tracking · protected · wildlife officer · anti-poaching

church

churchwarden

Lay parish administrator

congregation · steward · duties · ecclesiastical · pews · collection · maintenance · accounts · Episcopal · vicar

prison

jailer

Prison guard

penitentiary · cell block · lockdown · parole · security · keys · uniform · patrol · surveillance · discipline

air-raid

siren

Wailing alert device

bombing · blitz · helmet · whistle · patrol · evacuee · searchlight · incendiary · all-clear · duty

academic

dean

Senior academic administrator

Oxford · Cambridge · halls · students · fellow · master · lodgings · bursar · tutorial · quadrangle

Categories
Opposites
custodial authority

Wardenprisoner

Confined criminal detainee

inmate · convict · captive · detainee · ward

freedom vs. confinement

Wardenliberator

One who frees others

emancipator · freer · escapee · fugitive · parolee

protective role orientation

Wardenadvocate

Public cause supporter

defender · public defender · ombudsman · poacher · trespasser

Phrases
Family

ward, warder, wardens, warden's, wardrobe

Familiarity
Top 200,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G