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  

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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. Danny Bediako:

   People are scared, people are feeling insecure to even go into public spaces and hold meetings for their organizations. Some people have stopped their support entirely.

2. Kim Joo-hyeok:

   There's a lot of tension here since we live in the unit on the front line, which makes me feel insecure at times, but through ballet, I am able to stay calm and find balance as well as build friendships with my fellow soldiers.

3. Greg Nojeim:

   The court is ordering Apple to create a backdoor into an iPhone’s operating system, citing a law adopted in 1789, if the order stands, Apple and other technology companies could be ordered to build backdoors – essentially defects – into other devices, rendering them insecure and vulnerable to attack by law enforcement and by others as well. We will fight against this result.

4. Representatives Speaker Paul Ryan:

   I think it's the least we can do, given how she was so reckless in handling classified material and sending classified information on insecure servers.

5. Erika Jakubovits:

   We owe this to them, they have suffered so much trauma and have felt even more insecure during this pandemic.