watchdog
[noun]
Synonyms:
- guard dog
- guardian, custodian, monitor, protector, scrutineer

[TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲

watch‧dog /ˈwɒtʃdɒɡ $ ˈwɑːtʃdɒːɡ, ˈwɒːtʃ-/ noun [countable]

1. a person or group of people whose job is to protect the rights of people who buy things and to make sure companies do not do anything illegal or harmful:
a consumer watchdog

2. old-fashioned a guard dog

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

watchdog
noun
ADJ. consumer | financial, health, industry, pollution, safety | government, independent, official
VERB + WATCHDOG act as, be
WATCHDOG + NOUN body, group, organization | role
PREP. ~ for a consumer watchdog for transport
~ on the government's official watchdog on nature conservation
~ over The committee acts as an independent watchdog over government spending.

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