Entry Word: safety

Function: noun

Meaning: 1 the state of not being exposed to danger <we were lucky to make it to safety just as the lions broke loose from their cage at the zoo>

Synonyms protection, safeness, security

Related Words aegis, defense, guardianship, ward; guard, safeguard, screen, shield; asylum, harbor, haven, refuge, retreat, shelter; inviolability, invulnerability

Near Antonyms hazard, risk, threat; instability, precariousness

Antonyms danger, distress, endangerment, imperilment, jeopardy, peril, trouble

2 a protective device (as on a weapon) to prevent accidental operation <the gun couldnʼt be fired as long as the safety was on>

Synonyms guard

Related Words lock