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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. Frances Haugen:

    I'm saddest when I look on Twitter and people blame the parents for these problems with Facebook. They say,' Just take your kid's phone away.' But the reality is that it's a lot more complicated than that, very rarely do Frances Haugen have one of these generational shifts where the generation that leads, like parents who guide their children, have such a different set of experiences that they don't have the context to support their children in a safe way.

  2. Nick Nicholson:

    They wonder : Is it safe ?

  3. Hope Hicks:

    This industry is not safe, and the Coast Guard must do more.

  4. Martin Slumbers:

    We're very careful on how we move the crowds around, so we will continue to keep the crowds on the side of the 18th until it’s all over and then allow them to move closer to the green, the whole thing is a balance to getting the excitement but making sure the players are safe.

  5. Josh Earnest:

    The president's comments were more in line with what officials who spoke on the condition of anonymity told CNN and other outlets after the ships were deployed Monday : that the U.S. ships were moved closer to Yemen to monitor and dissuade the Iranian convoy. Josh Earnest, though, focused on the need for the U.S. Navy ships to keep the region's waters safe for commerce. READ : Rubio, Kirk : No nuclear deal unless Iran releases reporter The movement of the -- of this particular aircraft carrier would augment the American military presence in the Gulf of Aden and would send a clear signal about our continued insistence about the free flow of commerce and the freedom of movement in the region.

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#1286safe
#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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