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Antonyms for safer
| Grammar : Adj |
| Spell : seyf |
| Phonetic Transcription : seɪf |
Definition of safer
Origin :- c.1300, "unscathed, unhurt, uninjured; free from danger or molestation, in safety, secure; saved spiritually, redeemed, not damned;" from Old French sauf "protected, watched-over; assured of salvation," from Latin salvus "uninjured, in good health, safe," related to salus "good health," saluber "healthful," all from PIE *solwos from root *sol- "whole" (cf. Latin solidus "solid," Sanskrit sarvah "uninjured, intact, whole," Avestan haurva- "uninjured, intact," Old Persian haruva-, Greek holos "whole").
- As a quasi-preposition from c.1300, on model of French and Latin cognates. From late 14c. as "rescued, delivered; protected; left alive, unkilled." Meaning "not exposed to danger" (of places) is attested from late 14c.; of actions, etc., "free from risk," first recorded 1580s. Meaning "sure, reliable, not a danger" is from c.1600. Sense of "conservative, cautious" is from 1823. Paired alliteratively with sound (adj.) from late 14c. The noun safe-conduct (late 13c.) is from Old French sauf-conduit (13c.).
- adj free from harm
- adj not dangerous
- adj cautious, conservative
- It won't be any safer to insult me now than it was yesterday.
- Extract from : « Brave and Bold » by Horatio Alger
- Or perhaps it would be safer to begin with raspberries and cream.
- Extract from : « Life and Death of Harriett Frean » by May Sinclair
- And yet it would have been safer, before they guessed that I was so rich.
- Extract from : « Fair Margaret » by H. Rider Haggard
- He contents himself with a house in a more convenient and safer spot.
- Extract from : « The Hunted Outlaw » by Anonymous
- However, I daresay it's safer for her that you can't ask her to tea.
- Extract from : « The Incomplete Amorist » by E. Nesbit
- "I don't know but what the woods are safer than the city," observed Fenn.
- Extract from : « Frank Roscoe's Secret » by Allen Chapman
- You see, it was safer to control his movements, and be sure of him.
- Extract from : « Astounding Stories of Super-Science September 1930 » by Various
- She will be more comfortable there, and safer, too, I think.
- Extract from : « The Film of Fear » by Arnold Fredericks
- No one would deny that the test proposed is fairer, speedier, and safer than any other.
- Extract from : « Laws » by Plato
- It is more advantageous to you and safer for me, that I should not be known as your agent.
- Extract from : « The Diplomatic Correspondence of the American Revolution, Vol. IX » by Various
Synonyms for safer
- buttoned up
- calculating
- careful
- certain
- chary
- checked
- cherished
- circumspect
- clear
- competent
- considerate
- decontaminated
- dependable
- discreet
- free from danger
- gingerly
- guarded
- harmless
- healthy
- home-free
- impervious
- impregnable
- in safety
- innocent
- innocuous
- innoxious
- inoffensive
- intact
- inviolable
- invulnerable
- maintained
- neutralized
- nonpoisonous
- nontoxic
- okay
- on safe side
- out of danger
- out of harm's way
- preserved
- protected
- prudent
- pure
- realistic
- reliable
- risk-free
- riskless
- safe and sound
- safeguarded
- secure
- sheltered
- shielded
- sitting pretty
- snug
- sound
- sure
- tame
- tended
- tried and true
- trustworthy
- unadventurous
- unassailable
- undamaged
- under lock and key
- under one's wing
- unharmed
- unhurt
- uninjured
- uninjurious
- unmolested
- unpolluted
- unscathed
- unthreatened
- vindicated
- wary
- watched
- wholesome
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