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Antonyms for safe
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  1. safenoun

    Synonyms:
    lockbox, strongbox, coffer

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  1. safe

    Antonyms:
    insecure, imperilled, dangerous, hazardous, exposed

    Synonyms:
    secure, unendangered, secured, sure, protected, impregnable, trustworthy, certain

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  1. safenoun

    strongbox where valuables can be safely kept

    Antonyms:
    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, precarious

    Synonyms:
    condom, safety, rubber, prophylactic

  2. safenoun

    a ventilated or refrigerated cupboard for securing provisions from pests

    Antonyms:
    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, dodgy

    Synonyms:
    condom, safety, rubber, prophylactic

  3. condom, rubber, safety, safe, prophylacticadjective

    contraceptive device consisting of a sheath of thin rubber or latex that is worn over the penis during intercourse

    Antonyms:
    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, parlous

    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 rubber

  4. safeadjective

    free from danger or the risk of harm

    "a safe trip"; "you will be safe here"; "a safe place"; "a safe bet"

    Antonyms:
    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, risky

    Synonyms:
    good, safe(p), dependable, secure

  5. safeadjective

    (of an undertaking) secure from risk

    Antonyms:
    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, wild

    Synonyms:
    good, safe(p), dependable, secure

  6. safe(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, adventuresome

  7. dependable, good, safe, secureadjective

    financially sound

    "a good investment"; "a secure investment"

    Antonyms:
    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

    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, unattackable

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  1. safeadjective

    Antonyms:
    unsafe, endangered, insecure

    Synonyms:
    unharmed, intact, unscathed, immune, trustworthy, reliable, sure, secure, invulnerable, impregnable

Concise Medical Dictionary, by Joseph C Segen, MD0.0 / 0 votes

  1. SAFE

    Synonyms:
    Safety After Fifty Evaluation

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  1. precariously

    Submitted by anonymous on April 6, 2021  

How to use safe in a sentence?

  1. Tom Patterson:

    What companies can't do is just assume that the employees will be as judicious about their security at home as their chief security officer has been in the office, the old way of just saying,' Once you're inside the building, you're safe'... that's out the window, that's not coming back.

  2. Carlos Castillo:

    Social distancing and other CDC guidance to keep you safe from COVID-19 may impact the disaster preparedness plan you had in place, including what is in your go-kit, evacuation routes, shelters and more.

  3. Tina Smith:

    They clean office buildings and keep us safe and secure and serve millions of meals a year, why should these hardworking people be forced to pay the price of the shutdown themselves?

  4. Jay Lacia:

    We thought we were safe because we tied up our house. We thought that was enough to keep it from collapsing, we put a weight on our roof to keep it from being blown away. Unfortunately, it wasn't enough.

  5. Pindar:

    I hate the miser, whose unsocial breast Locks from the world his useless stores. Wealth by the bounteous only is enjoyed, Whose treasures, in diffusive good employed, The rich return of fame and friends procure, And ?gainst a sad reverse a safe retreat secure.

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#2028wild
#4178dangerous
#4876exposed
#5700hazardous
#6496desperate
#15665risky
#16845unsafe
#20069insecure
#21619adventurous
#21863unreliable
#22120suicidal
#36528dodgy
#37328precarious
#37389treacherous
#38566perilous
#39559insidious
#53805unsound
#75645dicey
#78433breakneck
#133741adventuresome
#157118chancy
#243836parlous
#262181imperilled

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