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Synonyms for insecure
ˌɪn sɪˈkyʊərin·se·cure
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Wiktionary
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
English Synonyms and Antonyms
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, unsteadyAntonyms:
actual, assured, certain, firm, immutable, incontestable, infallible, real, settled, stable, steady, strong, sure, undeniable, undoubted, unquestionable
Princeton's WordNet
insecureadjective
not firm or firmly fixed; likely to fail or give way
"the hinge is insecure"
Synonyms:
unsafeAntonyms:
tight, secure, sure, steady, firm, assured, unafraid, untroubled, invulnerable, fail-safeinsecure, unsafeadjective
lacking in security or safety
"his fortune was increasingly insecure"; "an insecure future"
Antonyms:
fail-safe, sure, secure, firm, invulnerable, untroubled, unafraid, assured, steady, tightinsecureadjective
lacking self-confidence or assurance
"an insecure person lacking mental stability"
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unsafeAntonyms:
assured, fail-safe, sure, firm, steady, secure, unafraid, invulnerable, untroubled, tightinsecure, unsafeadjective
not safe from attack
Antonyms:
secure, assured, invulnerable, fail-safe, firm, steady, tight, sure, unafraid, untroubled
Editors Contribution
in the firing line
Submitted by acronimous on January 11, 2018no 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.
Dictionary of English Synonymes
insecureadjective
Synonyms:
uncertain, not sure, not confidentinsecureadjective
Synonyms:
unsafe, unprotected, exposed, dangerous, hazardous, perilous
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
PPDB, the paraphrase database
List of paraphrases for "insecure":
unsafe, precarious, uncertain, insecurity, unsure, unstable, fragile, uncertainty
Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#4178 | dangerous | |
#5700 | hazardous | |
#7863 | uncertainty | |
#10488 | unstable | |
#11666 | uncertain | |
#13349 | unsure | |
#14236 | fragile | |
#15665 | risky | |
#16845 | unsafe | |
#20066 | doubtful | |
#20069 | insecure | |
#23071 | dubious | |
#23132 | insecurity | |
#37328 | precarious | |
#38566 | perilous | |
#40835 | unsettled | |
#49479 | unsteady | |
#70807 | equivocal |
How to use insecure in a sentence?
It is likely that food insecure individuals are not able to manage Reuters Health through optimal nutrition due to the cost of food and factors such as living in neighborhoods that lack grocery stores that sell fresh food.
For children ... being out of school for months or years, dealing with the acute tension and anxiety at home, as well as separation from friends and relatives, daily discrimination, child labour, early marriage, and living in insecure, poor parts of cities or towns, has a serious and profound impact on their mental and physical health.
When I first met Hef I was this kind of insecure college girl, he taught me love. He taught me kindness. He gave me life. He really did. He opened my mind, my world, to all of these opportunities and experiences I would have never in my lifetime been able to have. Our relationship was very loving. He treated me so well and was so respectful and kind.
Successful ... politicians are insecure and intimidated men. They advance politically only as they placate, appease, bribe, seduce, bamboozle or otherwise manage to manipulate the demanding and threatening elements in their constituencies.
At sixteen I was stupid, confused, insecure and indecisive. At twenty-five I was wise, self- confident, prepossessing and assertive. At forty-five I am stupid, confused, insecure and indecisive. Who would have supposed that maturity is only a short break in adolescence?
Translations for insecure
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- insegurCatalan, Valencian
- nejistýCzech
- utryg, usikkerDanish
- unsicherGerman
- ανασφαλήςGreek
- inseguroSpanish
- epävarma, turvaton, epäluotettavaFinnish
- inquiet, inconfortableFrench
- anksyeuHaitian Creole
- insicuro, malsicuroItalian
- 安全でありませんJapanese
- tītengi, pānekenekeMāori
- niebezpieczny, niepewnyPolish
- небезопа́сный, неуве́ренный, ненадёжный, опа́сныйRussian
- nesiguranSerbo-Croatian
- emniyetsiz, güvensiz, tehlikedeTurkish
- небезпечнийUkrainian
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