Synonyms for insecure
ˌɪn sɪˈkyʊərin·se·cure

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1. insecureadjective

   Not comfortable or confident in oneself or in certain situations.

   He's a nice guy and all, but seems to be rather insecure around other people.

   Antonyms:
   confident, self-confident

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1. insecure

   Uncertain is applied to things that human knowledge can not certainly determine or that human power can not certainly control; precarious originally meant dependent on the will of another, and now, by extension of meaning, dependent on chance or hazard, with manifest unfavorable possibility verging toward probability; as, one holds office by a precarious tenure, or land by a precarious title; the strong man's hold on life is uncertain, the invalid's is precarious.

   Synonyms:
   doubtful, dubious, equivocal, hazardous, perilous, precarious, risky, unassured, uncertain, unsettled, unstable, unsteady

   Antonyms:
   actual, assured, certain, firm, immutable, incontestable, infallible, real, settled, stable, steady, strong, sure, undeniable, undoubted, unquestionable

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1. insecureadjective

   not firm or firmly fixed; likely to fail or give way

   "the hinge is insecure"

   Synonyms:
   unsafe

   Antonyms:
   tight, secure, sure, steady, firm, assured, unafraid, untroubled, invulnerable, fail-safe

2. insecure, unsafeadjective

   lacking in security or safety

   "his fortune was increasingly insecure"; "an insecure future"

   Synonyms:
   unsafe, dangerous

   Antonyms:
   fail-safe, sure, secure, firm, invulnerable, untroubled, unafraid, assured, steady, tight

3. insecureadjective

   lacking self-confidence or assurance

   "an insecure person lacking mental stability"

   Synonyms:
   unsafe

   Antonyms:
   assured, fail-safe, sure, firm, steady, secure, unafraid, invulnerable, untroubled, tight

4. insecure, unsafeadjective

   not safe from attack

   Synonyms:
   unsafe, dangerous

   Antonyms:
   secure, assured, invulnerable, fail-safe, firm, steady, tight, sure, unafraid, untroubled

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1. in the firing line

   Submitted by acronimous on January 11, 2018  

2. no confidenceadjective

   having no confidence is when you don’t feel sure about something, someone, or yourself’s ideas, thoughts, actions, or words.

   the girl had no confidence when she didn’t stand up to the bully.

   Submitted by anonymous on January 28, 2023  

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. insecureadjective

   Synonyms:
   uncertain, not sure, not confident

2. insecureadjective

   Synonyms:
   unsafe, unprotected, exposed, dangerous, hazardous, perilous

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1. insecureadjective

   Synonyms:
   risky, unsafe, precarious, rickety, unstable, dangerous

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1. List of paraphrases for "insecure":

   unsafe, precarious, uncertain, insecurity, unsure, unstable, fragile, uncertainty

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1. Lawrence Kubie:

   Today's family is built like a pyramid with all the intrafamilial rivalries, tensions, jealousies, angers, hatreds, loves and needs focused on the untrained, vulnerable, insecure, young, inexperienced and incompetent parental apex ... about whose incompetence our vaunted educational system does nothing.

2. Gary Chaison:

   People feel more insecure about trade than terrorism, everyone knows someone who has lost their job.

3. Sadie Robertson:

   I remember praying and saying, God, I think you chose the wrong person. This makes me nervous. This makes me insecure. This is not something Im thriving in, the Lord said something so sweet to my heart. I just felt like God was saying, Im not calling you to be this perfect person. Im actually just calling you to be a sister and a friend to those who dont have a sister and a friend.

4. Pindar:

   Wrapt up in error is the human mind, And human bliss is ever insecure; Know we what fortune yet remains behind? Know we how long the present shall endure?

5. Marianne Williamson, Return to Love, 1992:

   We ask ourselves, who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, fabulous? Actually, who are you not to be? You are a child of God. Your playing small doesn't serve the world. There's nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won't feel insecure around you.