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Synonyms for safe
seɪfsafe
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Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms
safe
Synonyms:
secure, unendangered, secured, sure, protected, impregnable, trustworthy, certainAntonyms:
insecure, imperilled, dangerous, hazardous, exposed
GCIDE
Safeadjective
Synonyms:
Secure, unendangered, sure.
Princeton's WordNet
safenoun
strongbox where valuables can be safely kept
Synonyms:
condom, safety, rubber, prophylacticAntonyms:
self-destructive, dicey, parlous, unreliable, unsound, unsafe, breakneck, hazardous, on the hook(p), suicidal, adventuresome, desperate, dodgy, insidious, treacherous, adventurous, mordacious, chanceful, perilous, chancy, touch-and-go, dangerous, risky, wild, precarioussafenoun
a ventilated or refrigerated cupboard for securing provisions from pests
Synonyms:
condom, safety, rubber, prophylacticAntonyms:
perilous, touch-and-go, dicey, breakneck, dangerous, unreliable, chancy, insidious, mordacious, hazardous, adventurous, unsafe, parlous, suicidal, adventuresome, unsound, wild, on the hook(p), chanceful, desperate, risky, precarious, self-destructive, treacherous, dodgycondom, rubber, safety, safe, prophylacticadjective
contraceptive device consisting of a sheath of thin rubber or latex that is worn over the penis during intercourse
Synonyms:
condom, caoutchouc, base hit, preventive, guard, arctic, safety, safety device, rubber, refuge, pencil eraser, golosh, preventative, rubber eraser, gumshoe, synthetic rubber, galosh, gum elastic, prophylactic, natural rubberAntonyms:
perilous, risky, dangerous, chancy, suicidal, dicey, self-destructive, unsafe, mordacious, unreliable, breakneck, dodgy, desperate, unsound, touch-and-go, treacherous, chanceful, on the hook(p), wild, precarious, adventuresome, hazardous, adventurous, insidious, parloussafeadjective
free from danger or the risk of harm
"a safe trip"; "you will be safe here"; "a safe place"; "a safe bet"
Synonyms:
good, safe(p), dependable, secureAntonyms:
suicidal, dangerous, wild, insidious, self-destructive, unreliable, dodgy, perilous, adventuresome, parlous, precarious, chanceful, touch-and-go, mordacious, desperate, chancy, adventurous, treacherous, hazardous, dicey, breakneck, on the hook(p), unsafe, unsound, riskysafeadjective
(of an undertaking) secure from risk
Synonyms:
good, safe(p), dependable, secureAntonyms:
self-destructive, mordacious, perilous, risky, dangerous, on the hook(p), desperate, dodgy, unreliable, chanceful, insidious, treacherous, adventurous, chancy, precarious, unsafe, breakneck, unsound, adventuresome, touch-and-go, suicidal, dicey, parlous, hazardous, wildsafe(p)adjective
having reached a base without being put out
"the runner was called safe when the baseman dropped the ball"
Antonyms:
dicey, wild, chancy, insidious, perilous, mordacious, dodgy, on the hook(p), unreliable, touch-and-go, chanceful, precarious, risky, desperate, dangerous, treacherous, self-destructive, hazardous, unsound, suicidal, parlous, adventurous, breakneck, unsafe, adventuresomedependable, good, safe, secureadjective
financially sound
"a good investment"; "a secure investment"
Synonyms:
dear, safe(p), good, right, in effect(p), unspoiled, effective, skillful, sound, serious, secure, true(p), upright, untroubled, steady-going, inviolable, salutary, in force(p), reliable, skilful, practiced, dependable, estimable, rock-steady, expert, just, unafraid, beneficial, unassailable, proficient, full, honest, respectable, undecomposed, unspoilt, ripe, impregnable, adept, honorable, strong, well(p), near, unattackableAntonyms:
suicidal, parlous, perilous, dicey, precarious, mordacious, chanceful, dodgy, chancy, adventurous, unreliable, desperate, breakneck, touch-and-go, unsound, wild, insidious, unsafe, hazardous, self-destructive, risky, on the hook(p), dangerous, adventuresome, treacherous
Dictionary of English Synonymes
safeadjective
Synonyms:
secure, unharmed, undamaged, unscathed, unhurt, sound, free from harm, out of harm's waysafeadjective
Synonyms:
protected, guarded, under lock and key, under coversafeadjective
Synonyms:
trusty, trustworthy, reliable, to be depended on, to be relied onsafenoun
Synonyms:
place of safety, secure placesafenoun
Synonyms:
coffer, money-chest, strong boxsafenoun
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
safeadjective
Synonyms:
unharmed, intact, unscathed, immune, trustworthy, reliable, sure, secure, invulnerable, impregnableAntonyms:
unsafe, endangered, insecure
Concise Medical Dictionary, by Joseph C Segen, MD
SAFE
Synonyms:
Safety After Fifty Evaluation
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Words popularity by usage frequency
| ranking | word | |
|---|---|---|
| #109 | just | |
| #155 | good | |
| #196 | full | |
| #234 | right | |
| #299 | security | |
| #383 | insurance | |
| #428 | course | |
| #714 | safety | |
| #716 | sure | |
| #803 | sound | |
| #989 | near | |
| #1068 | effective | |
| #1100 | certain | |
| #1286 | safe | |
| #1300 | secure | |
| #1340 | strong | |
| #1809 | clean | |
| #2107 | serious | |
| #2155 | expert | |
| #2615 | healthy | |
| #2628 | protected | |
| #3541 | guard | |
| #3613 | dear | |
| #3639 | reliable | |
| #3958 | drinking | |
| #4036 | rubber | |
| #5260 | secured | |
| #5698 | honest | |
| #5725 | trunk | |
| #6621 | ripe | |
| #7608 | confident | |
| #7629 | safely | |
| #7734 | arctic | |
| #7883 | beneficial | |
| #9567 | vault | |
| #9962 | safer | |
| #11671 | upright | |
| #11695 | preventive | |
| #11736 | refuge | |
| #12949 | honorable | |
| #14453 | harmless | |
| #15220 | practiced | |
| #16593 | proficient | |
| #16604 | condom | |
| #16845 | unsafe | |
| #18426 | dependable | |
| #20064 | adept | |
| #21571 | respectable | |
| #23137 | trustworthy | |
| #23847 | preventative | |
| #29045 | potable | |
| #30598 | varna | |
| #34606 | skillful | |
| #41481 | prophylactic | |
| #45491 | seguro | |
| #49569 | saugus | |
| #52506 | skilful | |
| #53059 | unspoiled | |
| #57717 | seguros | |
| #59772 | unspoilt | |
| #63266 | unharmed | |
| #65407 | segura | |
| #75333 | lockbox | |
| #76033 | unafraid | |
| #78072 | salutary | |
| #91395 | untroubled | |
| #94896 | inviolable | |
| #99347 | unassailable | |
| #103496 | estimable | |
| #104542 | coffer | |
| #105666 | impregnable | |
| #130948 | gumshoe | |
| #189887 | caoutchouc | |
| #211874 | strongbox |
How to use safe in a sentence?
These actually are laws that are trying to help women, a lot of abortion clinics don't have the resources to provide proper care for women, so all our legislators are doing is making sure women get safe and proper healthcare.
Maybe love is having someone who guides you through different experiences, coerces you to try new things but still makes you feel safe.
I say this as someone who is such an admirer of his work, his process was not conducive to the ethos that I demand in my productions. He has a process that, in some ways, seems to require a combative energy, and I don't personally believe that is conducive to the best performances. I believe that creating a safe, trusting environment is the best way to get people to do their best work. Ultimately, my responsibility is to the production and to the cast to protect them. That was my job.
It is not always possible or safe for officers to enter the rear of those transport vans that are very small, and this one was very small.
The brave men and women of the Arizona National Guard are standing in the gaps, their mission directly contributes to the success of law enforcement officers working to maintain law and order on Arizona’s southern border. I’m grateful to all those who serve our state and are working day and night to keep Arizonans safe.
Translations for safe
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- أَمِين, سَالِم, آمِنArabic
- бяспе́чны, сейфBelarusian
- безопа́сенBulgarian
- caixa forta, segur, salvCatalan, Valencian
- trezor, bezpečný, sejfCzech
- diogelWelsh
- sikkerDanish
- gefahrlos, sicher, Tresor, SafeGerman
- ασφαλής, ακίνδυνοςGreek
- sekuraEsperanto
- cofre, seguro, caja fuerte, salvoSpanish
- kassakaappi, turvassa, siisti, turvallinen, tallessa, kestävä, tallelokeroFinnish
- en sécurité, sûr, coffre, sauf, coffre-fort, à l'abri, en lieu sûr, [[sans]] [[danger]]French
- feilichWestern Frisian
- slánIrish
- dìonach, sàbhailteScottish Gaelic
- cofre, seguro, caixa forte, salvoGalician
- כספתHebrew
- सुरक्षितHindi
- biztonságosHungarian
- ապահով, անվտանգArmenian
- cassa forte, coffroInterlingua
- amanIndonesian
- peningaskápurIcelandic
- cassaforteItalian
- 安全, 金庫Japanese
- საიმედო, დაცული, სეიფი, უვნებელი, უსაფრთხოGeorgian
- boksiKalaallisut, Greenlandic
- ಸುರಕ್ಷಿತKannada
- 안전하다, 금고Korean
- ساغKurdish
- tutumLatin
- saugusLithuanian
- drošs, sveiksLatvian
- veilig, kluis, veiliggesteld, safe, zekergesteld, ongevaarlijkDutch
- trygg, sikker, safe, tryggeNorwegian
- bezpiecznyPolish
- cofre, massa, salvo, seguro, a salvo, certo, legalPortuguese
- безопа́сный, сейф, [[в]] [[безопасность, надёжный, безопасноRussian
- trèzōr, sȅfSerbo-Croatian
- bezpečnýSlovak
- sef, varenSlovene
- trygg, säker, kassaskåp, riskfri, -säkerSwedish
- ugandaSwahili
- பாதுகாப்பானTamil
- ปลอดภัยThai
- ligtasTagalog
- kasaTurkish
- сейф, безпе́чнийUkrainian
- محفوظUrdu
- tủ sắt, an toàn, két sắtVietnamese
- זיכערYiddish
- 安全Chinese
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