Synonyms for safe
- adjective
- noun
Synonyms by meaning
Adjective
1. Secure — reliable; trusty
secure, protected, good, reliable, sound, dependable, secured, impregnable, sure dated
3. Permissible — lenient, usually describing a teacher that is easy-going
4. Cool — great, cool, awesome, respectable; a term of approbation, often as interjection
Other
comfortable, guarded, invulnerable, cautious, prudent, trustworthy, immune, unadventurous, deliberate, chary, dangerless rare, riskfree rare
Noun
1. Safe-deposit box — A box, usually made of metal, in which valuables can be locked for safekeeping
2. Safety — A condom
safety, condom, prophylactic, rubber slang US CA
Definitions
- adj. 1
Free from risk.
It’s safe to eat this berry.
- adj. 2
Great, cool, awesome, respectable; a term of approbation, often as interjection.
- n. 1
A box, usually made of metal, in which valuables can be locked for safekeeping.
- n. 2
A condom.
Related words
Forms
- Plural
- safes → strong-boxes, coffers, lockboxes, safeties…
Example sentences
- secure The fortress was secure from every kind of attack.
- protected The giraffe protected her calf with great courage.
- reliable I wonder whether Tom and Mary are really reliable.
- dependable Tom told Mary that he thought John was dependable.
- unhurt Tom told me that he thought that Mary was unhurt.
By length
- 4 letters
- good1, sure1, cool1
- 5 letters
- sound1, chary2
- 6 letters
- safety2, secure2, rubber2, immune2, intact2, wicked2, condom2, unhurt2, coffer2
- 7 letters
- secured2, guarded2, prudent2, lockbox
- 8 letters
- reliable4, harmless2, cautious2, tolerant3, merciful3, unharmed2, riskless2, riskfree
- 9 letters
- protected3, unscathed2, undamaged3
- 10 letters
- deliberate4, dependable4, dangerless
- 11 letters
- comfortable4, trustworthy3, permissible4, impregnable4
- 12 letters
- invulnerable5, prophylactic4
- 13 letters
- unadventurous
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (chary2 = 2 syllables).