Synonyms for secure
Grammar : Adj, verb |
Spell : si-kyoor |
Phonetic Transcription : sɪˈkyʊər |
Top 10 synonyms for secure Other synonyms for the word secure
- absolute
- access
- acquire
- adjust
- adjusted
- anchor
- anchored
- annex
- assured
- at ease
- bag
- balanced
- batten down
- bind
- bolt
- bound
- bulwark
- button
- button down
- buttoned down
- carefree
- catch
- chain
- chalk up
- cinch
- clamp
- close
- come by
- conclusive
- cover
- defended
- determined
- ensure
- established
- fast
- fasten
- fend
- firm
- fix
- fixed
- fortified
- gain
- get
- get hold of
- grasp
- guarantee
- guard
- guarded
- have
- hitch
- hook
- hook on
- hopeful
- immovable
- immune
- impregnable
- in the bag
- insure
- iron
- land
- lash
- lock
- lock up
- locked
- locked on
- make fast
- make sure
- moor
- nail
- nailed
- nailed down
- on ice
- out of harm's way
- padlock
- pick up
- pinion
- procure
- protected
- rack up
- reassured
- reliable
- resolute
- riskless
- rivet
- safe and sound
- safeguard
- sanguine
- screen
- self-assured
- self-confident
- set
- settle
- settled
- sheltered
- shield
- shielded
- shoo-in
- solid
- solid as a rock
- sound
- stable
- staunch
- steadfast
- steady
- strong
- sure
- sure thing
- tack
- take
- tenacious
- tie
- tie down
- tight
- tighten
- tried and true
- unanxious
- unassailable
- undamaged
- undoubtful
- unharmed
- well-founded
- win
Définition of secure
Origin :- 1530s, "without care, dreading no evil," from Latin securus, of persons, "free from care, quiet, easy," also in a bad sense, "careless, reckless;" of things, "tranquil; free from danger, safe," from *se cura, from se "free from" (see secret (n.)) + cura "care" (see cure (n.)).
- In English, of places, "free from danger, unexposed," from 1580s. Meaning "firmly fixed" (of material things) is from 1841, on notion of "affording grounds for confidence." Of telephones, "not wiretapped," from 1961. Replaced Middle English siker, from Old English sicor, from the Latin word. Related: Securely.
- adj safe
- adj fastened, stable
- adj certain, definite
- verb obtain
- verb attach, tie up
- verb protect, make safe
- All laws to secure these ends will receive my best efforts for their enforcement.
- Extract from : « United States Presidents' Inaugural Speeches » by Various
- Fruitful seasons have done much to secure it, but they have not done all.
- Extract from : « United States Presidents' Inaugural Speeches » by Various
- But this man must be secure that humility would be an ornament to him.
- Extract from : « Clarissa, Volume 1 (of 9) » by Samuel Richardson
- If an increase of power was needed to secure this, they would not fail to ask it.
- Extract from : « The Grand Old Man » by Richard B. Cook
- He helped me secure the position of assistant in English, and here I am.
- Extract from : « Grace Harlowe's Return to Overton Campus » by Jessie Graham Flower
- To prepare it in this way, secure a perch and scale and clean it.
- Extract from : « Woman's Institute Library of Cookery, Vol. 3 » by Woman's Institute of Domestic Arts and Sciences
- It is very probable that Mrs. Pendarves may have helped to secure this engagement for Handel.
- Extract from : « Handel » by Edward J. Dent
- She was so secure in her happiness that she was perfectly calm.
- Extract from : « The Dream » by Emile Zola
- I should be overjoyed if I dared depend on it, but after all that I have seen how can one be secure.
- Extract from : « Lady Susan » by Jane Austen
- He would, he said, do his utmost to secure the peaceful passage of the troops.
- Extract from : « The Story of the Malakand Field Force » by Sir Winston S. Churchill
Antonyms for secure
- broken
- changeable
- delicate
- detach
- disconnect
- disjoin
- disregard
- endanger
- endangered
- fail
- feeble
- flexible
- forfeit
- forget
- free
- give up
- harm
- hurt
- ignore
- imbalanced
- impermanent
- indefinite
- infirm
- injure
- insecure
- irresolute
- lay bare
- let go
- loose
- loosen
- lose
- miss
- misunderstand
- movable
- moving
- open
- pass
- release
- reveal
- soft
- uncertain
- unchain
- uncover
- undecided
- unfasten
- unfastened
- unfix
- unfixed
- unhitch
- unlock
- unprotected
- unreliable
- unsafe
- unsecure
- unsettle
- unsound
- unstable
- unsteady
- unsure
- untie
- untrustworthy
- wavering
- weak
- wobbly
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