9
patronizing(adjective, care, protection, fuss, verb)
9
thoughtful(adjective, person, care, alert, careful)
9
solicitous(adjective, care, protection, characteristic, attention)
9
tutelary(adjective, person, safeguard, safety)
8
awake(adjective, person, concentration, alertness)
8
regardful(adjective, person, concentration, alertness)
8
safeguarding(verb, adjective, person, careful, attentive)
7
securing(verb, adjective, person, careful, attentive)
7
caring(adjective, care, protection, verb, characteristic)
5
overconcerned(adjective, characteristic, care, protection)
3
concerned(verb, adjective, alert, careful, attentive)
3
fatherly(adjective, care, protection, characteristic, attention)
3
maternal(adjective, care, protection, characteristic, attention)
3
motherly(adjective, care, protection, characteristic, attention)
3
paternal(adjective, care, protection, characteristic, attention)
2
paternalistic(adjective, alert, dominant, circumspect, authoritarian)
2
attentive(adjective, alert, careful, protective)
2
gallant(adjective, care, attention, protection)
1
alarmed(adjective, characteristic, anxiety, alarm)
1
anxious(adjective, characteristic, anxiety, alarm)
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