- A ward is a department in a hospital or similar such institution.
- In Australia, Canada, Ireland, the United Kingdom, and the United States, a ward is an electoral area of a borough, city, council, county, district, parish, shire or town (Local Government Area).
- In Japan, a ward (ku or 区 in Japanese) is a section of one of the larger cities. See Wards of Japan.
- In law, a ward is someone placed under the protection of a legal guardian.
- In Mormonism, a ward is the name of a local congregation of Latter Day Saints. See Ward (Mormonism).
- In fencing, a ward is a defensive position. See ward (fencing).
- Ward is a town in Allegany County, New York.
- Wards was the popular name for the defunct U.S. department store chain Montgomery Ward.
- Robin Ward was an enternainer reporter for CFTO mainly in the 1980s and the 1990s (CTV), then a BBS affiliate which he appeared including Around the World, contest reporters and the local daytime program Eye on Toronto
- A Ward is a term used in many fantasy books and other media, where it is often a magical barrier used to keep unwanted beings out of a certain area.
- In feudalism, a ward is a subdivision of a shire, equivalent to a wapentake or a hundred. It was used in Northumberland, Cumberland, Westmorland, and Durham.
