wardenEnglishOxford English Thesauruswarden noun 1 a group of self-contained flats with a resident warden: superintendent, supervisor, steward, overseer, caretaker, janitor, porter, custodian, watchman, concierge, doorman. 2 the chief game warden: ranger, custodian, keeper, guardian, protector, preserver, curator. 3 handcuffed to a warden, he was led to his cell: prison officer, guard, jailer, keeper, sentry, captor; British (prison) warder, (prison) wardress; informal screw. 4 British the Warden of All Souls College: principal, head, governor, master, mistress, rector, provost, president, chief, director, chancellor, vice chancellor; North American, informal prexy, prex.warden Oxford Dictionary of English