What are some opposite words for safe?
Antonyms for safe
seɪfsafe
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Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms
safe
Antonyms:
insecure, imperilled, dangerous, hazardous, exposedSynonyms:
secure, unendangered, secured, sure, protected, impregnable, trustworthy, certain
Princeton's WordNet
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, precariousSynonyms:
condom, safety, rubber, prophylacticsafenoun
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, dodgySynonyms:
condom, safety, rubber, prophylacticcondom, 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, parlousSynonyms:
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 rubbersafeadjective
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, riskySynonyms:
good, safe(p), dependable, securesafeadjective
(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, wildSynonyms:
good, safe(p), dependable, securesafe(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"
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, treacherousSynonyms:
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
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
safeadjective
Antonyms:
unsafe, endangered, insecureSynonyms:
unharmed, intact, unscathed, immune, trustworthy, reliable, sure, secure, invulnerable, impregnable
Concise Medical Dictionary, by Joseph C Segen, MD
SAFE
Synonyms:
Safety After Fifty Evaluation
Editors Contribution
precariously
How to use safe in a sentence?
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.
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.
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?
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.
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.
Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#1286 | safe | |
#2028 | wild | |
#4178 | dangerous | |
#4876 | exposed | |
#5700 | hazardous | |
#6496 | desperate | |
#15665 | risky | |
#16845 | unsafe | |
#20069 | insecure | |
#21619 | adventurous | |
#21863 | unreliable | |
#22120 | suicidal | |
#36528 | dodgy | |
#37328 | precarious | |
#37389 | treacherous | |
#38566 | perilous | |
#39559 | insidious | |
#53805 | unsound | |
#75645 | dicey | |
#78433 | breakneck | |
#133741 | adventuresome | |
#157118 | chancy | |
#243836 | parlous | |
#262181 | imperilled |
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