All watchdog synonyms
watch·dog
W w noun watchdog
- ombudsman — a government official who hears and investigates complaints by private citizens against other officials or government agencies.
- custodian — The custodian of an official building, a companies' assets, or something else valuable is the person who is officially in charge of it.
- claviger — a key- or club-bearer
- invigilator — to keep watch.
- dogcatcher — a person employed by a municipal pound, humane society, or the like, to find and impound stray or homeless dogs, cats, etc.
- gamekeeper — a person employed, as on an estate or game preserve, to prevent poaching and provide a natural environment conducive to the propagation of game, as by thinning brush, scattering food after a snowstorm, and the like.
- bandog — a ferocious dog, whether by nature or trained as a guard dog
- monitor — (especially formerly) a student appointed to assist in the conduct of a class or school, as to help take attendance or keep order.
- guard dog — a large, aggressive dog, as a German shepherd or Doberman pinscher, trained to guard persons or property and often to attack or restrain on command.
- attack dog — a dog trained to attack on command
- guardian — a person who guards, protects, or preserves.
- warden — any of several pears having a crisp, firm flesh, used in cookery.
- cerberi — Also, Kerberos. Classical Mythology. a dog, usually represented as having three heads, that guarded the entrance of the infernal regions.
- cerberus — a dog, usually represented as having three heads, that guarded the entrance to Hades
- babysitter — to take charge of a child while the parents are temporarily away.
- housesitter — Alternative spelling of house-sitter.