Synonyms for safety
ˈseɪf tisafe·ty

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1. safetynoun

   Antonyms:
   danger

2. safetynoun

   If you push it to the limit, safety is not guaranteed.

   Antonyms:
   danger

3. safetynoun

   Be sure that the safety is set before proceeding.

   Antonyms:
   danger

4. safetynoun

   He sacked the quarterback in the end zone for a safety.

   Antonyms:
   danger

5. safetynoun

   The free safety made a game-saving tackle on the runner who had broken past the linebackers.

   Antonyms:
   danger

English Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:5.0 / 1 vote

1. safety

   Synonyms:
   defense, immunity, protection, safeguard, security, shelter

   Antonyms:
   danger, hazard, insecurity, jeopardy, peril, risk

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:5.0 / 1 vote

1. safetynoun

   the state of being certain that adverse effects will not be caused by some agent under defined conditions

   "insure the safety of the children"; "the reciprocal of safety is risk"

   Synonyms:
   prophylactic, condom, safe, guard, refuge, rubber, base hit, safety device

   Antonyms:
   danger

2. safety, refugenoun

   a safe place

   "He ran to safety"

   Synonyms:
   prophylactic, condom, sanctuary, safe, resort, guard, asylum, recourse, refuge, rubber, base hit, safety device

   Antonyms:
   danger

3. guard, safety, safety devicenoun

   a device designed to prevent injury or accidents

   Synonyms:
   prophylactic, sentry go, condom, guard duty, precaution, safe, guard, safeguard, sentry duty, refuge, rubber, base hit, safety device

   Antonyms:
   danger

4. base hit, safetynoun

   (baseball) the successful act of striking a baseball in such a way that the batter reaches base safely

   Synonyms:
   prophylactic, condom, safe, guard, refuge, rubber, base hit, safety device

   Antonyms:
   danger

5. condom, rubber, safety, safe, prophylacticnoun

   contraceptive device consisting of a sheath of thin rubber or latex that is worn over the penis during intercourse

   Synonyms:
   condom, caoutchouc, base hit, preventive, safe, guard, arctic, safety device, rubber, refuge, pencil eraser, golosh, preventative, rubber eraser, gumshoe, synthetic rubber, galosh, gum elastic, prophylactic, natural rubber

   Antonyms:
   danger

6. safetynoun

   a score in American football; a player is tackled behind his own goal line

   Synonyms:
   prophylactic, condom, safe, guard, refuge, rubber, base hit, safety device

   Antonyms:
   danger

Matched Categories

1. • American Football
   • Area
   • Baseball
   • Condition
   • Contraceptive
   • Device
   • Hit
   • Score

Editors ContributionRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. common welfare

   Submitted by anonymous on May 10, 2020  

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1. safetynoun

   Synonyms:
   security

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated WordsRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. safetynoun

   Synonyms:
   security, custody, immunity, exemption

PPDB, the paraphrase databaseRate these paraphrases:4.0 / 1 vote

1. List of paraphrases for "safety":

   security, safe, certainty, sécurité, sûreté, secure, integrity, protection, salama, harmlessness, salamah, wholesomeness

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1. Craig Tilley:

   It’s been made very clear when the premier announced several weeks ago that in order to participate at the Australian Open, to come into Victoria, you ’ll need to be fully vaccinated. Immediately, we communicated that to the playing group, it is the one direction that you take, that you can ensure everyone’s safety. All the playing group understands it. Our patrons will need to be vaccinated, all the staff working the Australian Open need to be vaccinated. Novak Djokovic reacts during Novak Djokovic ATP World Tour Finals match against Alexander Zverev in Turin, Italy, on Saturday, Nov. 20, 2021. ( AP Photo/Luca Bruno).

2. Sarah Sorscher:

   We are very concerned that the shutdown may lead to lapses in food safety, but we don't know where or when these will happen.

3. Theodore Roosevelt:

   Americanism means the virtues of courage, honor, justice, truth, sincerity, and hardihoodthe virtues that made America. The things that will destroy America are prosperity-at-any-price, peace-at-any-price, safety-first instead of duty-first, the love of soft living and the get-rich-quick theory of life.

4. Robert Bolt / Sir Thomas More:

   Robert Bolt, A Man for All Seasons . . . And when the last law was down, and the Devil turned around on you--where would you hide, . . . the laws all being flat? This country's planted thick with laws from coast to coast--man's laws, not God's--and if you cut them down . . . do you really think you could stand upright in the winds that would blow then? Yes, I would give the Devil benefit of law, for my own safety's sake.”

5. Kaye Marks:

   PATH International is known for our standards for certification and accreditation. They cover everything from best practices in safety to business practices in management to humane treatment of animals.