Ward may refer to:

Division or unit

* Hospital#Departments or wards, Hospital ward, a hospital division, floor, or room set aside for a particular class or group of patients, for example the psychiatric ward * Prison ward, a division of a penal institution such as a prison * Ward (electoral subdivision), electoral district or unit of local government ** Ward (KPK), local government in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan ** Ward (South Africa) ** Wards of Bangladesh ** Wards of Germany ** Wards of Japan ** Wards of Myanmar ** Wards and electoral divisions of the United Kingdom ** Ward (United States) *** Wards of New Orleans * Ward (fortification), part of a castle * Ward (LDS Church), a local congregation of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints * Ward (Vietnam), a type of third-tier subdivision of Vietnam

Entertainment, arts and media

* WOUF (AM), a radio station (750 AM) licensed to serve Petoskey, Michigan, United States, which held the call sign WARD from 2008 to 2021 * Ward Cleaver, a fictional character from the American television sitcom ''Leave It to Beaver'' * Warring Adolescents Revenge Division (WARD), organization in ''The Hardy Boys'' graphic novels * ''Watch and Ward'', a short novel by Henry James first published as a serial in 1871 and later as a book in 1878

Brands and enterprises

* Montgomery Ward, an online retailer and former department store chain * Ward Body Works, a school bus manufacturer, now IC Bus * Ward's, a publisher of ''Ward's AutoWorld'' and ''Ward's Dealer Business'' * Wards Brewing Company, a former English brewery, now a brand operated by Double Maxim Beer Company

Law and law enforcement

* Ward (law), someone placed under the protection of a legal guardian * Watchman (law enforcement), a security guard * Ward (feudal) * Justice Ward (disambiguation)

Names

* Ward (surname) * Ward (given name) * Ward, short form of the given names: ** Edward ** Howard ** Hereward

Places

* Assal al-Ward, Syria * Ward, Castleknock, Ireland * Ward, New Zealand * Ward Beach, a section of coastline near Ward, NZ

United States

* Ward, Alabama * Ward, Arkansas * Ward, Colorado * Ward, Indiana * Ward, New York * Ward, South Carolina * Ward, South Dakota * Ward, Washington * Ward, West Virginia * Ward Reservation, Massachusetts * Ward Township, Todd County, Minnesota * Ward Township, Hocking County, Ohio * Ward Township, Tioga County, Pennsylvania

Vessels

* , various United States Navy destroyers * , a U.S. Navy destroyer

Other

* Ward (fencing), defensive position in the sport of fencing * The Ward (disambiguation) * Ward County (disambiguation) * "Ward", by C418 from ''Music of Minecraft#Minecraft - Volume Beta, Minecraft - Volume Beta'', 2013