Synonyms for secure
- verb
- adjective
Synonyms by meaning
Verb
1. Fasten
fasten, acquire, get, make fast, make, establish, fix, take, gain, tie, receive, seal, purchase, carry, clinch, collect, bind, rope, catch, moor, obtain dated
2. Insure
insure, assure, protect, ensure, guarantee, defend, make sure, preserve, guard, shield, warrant
3. Batten down
Adjective
1. Safe
safe, assured, sure, easy, reliable, confident, protected, dependable, good, trustworthy, certain, sound, sanguine
2. Strong
strong, fast, impregnable, stable, firm, steady, unassailable, inviolable, fixed, immovable, unattackable rare
3. Untroubled
Other
Definitions
- v. 1
To make safe; to relieve from apprehensions of, or exposure to, danger; to guard; to protect.
- v. 2
To put beyond hazard of losing or of not receiving; to make certain; to assure; frequently with against or from, or formerly with of.
to secure a creditor against loss; to secure a debt by a mortgage
- adj. 1
Free from attack or danger; protected.
- adj. 2
Free from the danger of theft; safe.
Related words
- Word family
- securely secureness security
Forms
- Past participle
- secured
e.g. secured → fastened, acquired, getten, established…
Choose the right word
In case of an arrest, an officer may secure his prisoner by fetters, by a locked door, or other means effectually to prevent escape.
J. C. Fernald, English Synonyms and Antonyms (1914)
Example sentences
- establish You establish the property right by paying for it.
- acquire I managed to acquire the book after a long search.
- fasten If you turn around, I'll fasten your dress for you.
- assure I want to assure you that we've not forgotten you.
- insure Yanni has to insure his life for his family.
By length
- 3 letters
- get1, fix1, tie1
- 4 letters
- make1, good1, take1, sure1, stay1, easy2, save1, safe1, fast1, gain1, firm1, seal1, rope1, plug1
- 5 letters
- sound1, carry2, catch1, guard1, fixed1, tight1
- 6 letters
- strong1, ensure2, defend2, stable2, obtain2, shield1, steady2, assure2, insure2, clinch1, fasten2, batten2
- 7 letters
- certain2, protect2, receive2, collect2, warrant2, acquire3, assured2, insured2, procure2
- 8 letters
- purchase2, reliable4, preserve2, sanguine2, unafraid3, safetify
- 9 letters
- establish3, protected3, guarantee3, confident3, sheltered2, immovable4
- 10 letters
- dependable4, inviolable5, untroubled3
- 11 letters
- trustworthy3, impregnable4
- 12 letters
- unassailable5, unattackable
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (easy2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- sécuriser