Synonyms for secured
| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : si-kyoor |
| Phonetic Transcription : sɪˈkyʊər |
Top 10 synonyms for secured Other synonyms for the word secured
- access
- acquire
- adjust
- anchor
- annex
- bag
- batten down
- bind
- bolt
- bulwark
- button
- button down
- catch
- chain
- chalk up
- cinch
- clamp
- close
- come by
- cover
- fasten
- fend
- get
- get hold of
- grasp
- guarantee
- guard
- have
- hitch
- hook
- hook on
- insure
- land
- lash
- lock
- lock up
- make fast
- make sure
- moor
- nail
- padlock
- pick up
- pinion
- procure
- rack up
- rivet
- safeguard
- screen
- settle
- shield
- tack
- take
- tie
- tie down
- tighten
- win
Définition of secured
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.
- verb obtain
- verb attach, tie up
- verb protect, make safe
- But can the safety of the state be secured by merely excluding the vicious poor?
- Extract from : « Philothea » by Lydia Maria Child
- Such men were secured in the first place by handsome bribes.
- Extract from : « Way of the Lawless » by Max Brand
- Not until he had secured such information did the leader move.
- Extract from : « Way of the Lawless » by Max Brand
- In the grass there can still be seen the stone to which the bull-ring was secured.
- Extract from : « Yorkshire Painted And Described » by Gordon Home
- No; we have secured the best teachers that we could for them, but each one has been a failure.
- Extract from : « Ester Ried Yet Speaking » by Isabella Alden
- After much contriving, she secured an introduction to that young man.
- Extract from : « Within the Law » by Marvin Dana
- Coconut for this purpose may be secured in a number of forms.
- Extract from : « Woman's Institute Library of Cookery, Vol. 5 » by Woman's Institute of Domestic Arts and Sciences
- How is the child to be secured its due share of both bodies of doctrine?
- Extract from : « A Treatise on Parents and Children » by George Bernard Shaw
- Through friends she had secured a comfortable place in which to live and work.
- Extract from : « Her Father's Daughter » by Gene Stratton-Porter
- She squeezed past Katy, secured the axe and hung it round her own neck.
- Extract from : « Her Father's Daughter » by Gene Stratton-Porter
Antonyms for secured
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