Synonyms for Safety
ˈseɪf tisafe·ty

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1. safetynoun

   Antonyms:
   danger

2. safetynoun

   If you push it to the limit, safety is not guaranteed.

   Antonyms:
   danger

3. safetynoun

   Be sure that the safety is set before proceeding.

   Antonyms:
   danger

4. safetynoun

   He sacked the quarterback in the end zone for a safety.

   Antonyms:
   danger

5. safetynoun

   The free safety made a game-saving tackle on the runner who had broken past the linebackers.

   Antonyms:
   danger

English Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:5.0 / 1 vote

1. safety

   Synonyms:
   defense, immunity, protection, safeguard, security, shelter

   Antonyms:
   danger, hazard, insecurity, jeopardy, peril, risk

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:5.0 / 1 vote

1. safetynoun

   the state of being certain that adverse effects will not be caused by some agent under defined conditions

   "insure the safety of the children"; "the reciprocal of safety is risk"

   Synonyms:
   prophylactic, condom, safe, guard, refuge, rubber, base hit, safety device

   Antonyms:
   danger

2. safety, refugenoun

   a safe place

   "He ran to safety"

   Synonyms:
   prophylactic, condom, sanctuary, safety, safe, resort, guard, asylum, recourse, refuge, rubber, base hit, safety device

   Antonyms:
   danger

3. guard, safety, safety devicenoun

   a device designed to prevent injury or accidents

   Synonyms:
   prophylactic, sentry go, condom, guard duty, safety, precaution, safe, guard, safeguard, sentry duty, refuge, rubber, base hit, safety device

   Antonyms:
   danger

4. base hit, safetynoun

   (baseball) the successful act of striking a baseball in such a way that the batter reaches base safely

   Synonyms:
   prophylactic, condom, safety, safe, guard, refuge, rubber, base hit, safety device

   Antonyms:
   danger

5. condom, rubber, safety, safe, prophylacticnoun

   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, safe, guard, arctic, safety, safety device, rubber, refuge, pencil eraser, golosh, preventative, rubber eraser, gumshoe, synthetic rubber, galosh, gum elastic, prophylactic, natural rubber

   Antonyms:
   danger

6. safetynoun

   a score in American football; a player is tackled behind his own goal line

   Synonyms:
   prophylactic, condom, safe, guard, refuge, rubber, base hit, safety device

   Antonyms:
   danger

Matched Categories

1. • American Football
   • Area
   • Baseball
   • Condition
   • Contraceptive
   • Device
   • Hit
   • Score

Editors ContributionRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. common welfare

   Submitted by anonymous on May 10, 2020  

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. safetynoun

   Synonyms:
   security

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated WordsRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. safetynoun

   Synonyms:
   security, custody, immunity, exemption

PPDB, the paraphrase databaseRate these paraphrases:4.0 / 1 vote

1. List of paraphrases for "safety":

   security, safe, certainty, sécurité, sûreté, secure, integrity, protection, salama, harmlessness, salamah, wholesomeness

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How to use Safety in a sentence?

1. Tryon Edwards:

   Where duty is plain, delay is both foolish and hazardous where it is not, delay may provide both wisdom and safety.

2. Iain Goble:

   This conviction reflects he displayed not only total disregard for the safety of all the passengers and staff on his flight, but also the wider public.

3. Joe Gamaldi:

   You know, I'll be honest, I don't think they give a damn about public safety, they know exactly the people that they are bailing out. They know that these individuals that are out on already multiple felony bonds and they're helping them get another one. They know that some of these are very violent individuals, and you cannot look at this with a straight face and tell me that you care about the community that you're operating in.

4. Simon Bridges:

   We know that change is required. I'm willing to look at anything that is going to enhance our safety - that's our position.

5. Dave Reichert:

   These rules exist for a reason, this painting hung in clear defiance to those rules and was a slap in the face to the countless men and women who put their lives on the line everyday on behalf of our safety and freedom.