safety net

noun

: something that provides security against misfortune or difficulty

Examples of safety net in a Sentence

The program provides a safety net for people who have lost their jobs.

Recent Examples on the Web

Asking them to ditch their money-making instincts, or their wish to turn artmaking into their career, is tough without any societal safety net. — Kieran Press-Reynolds, Pitchfork, 30 July 2026

What is now marketed as building multiple income streams was, in my life, a response to income instability and a limited safety net. — Kristin Vance Richards, Forbes.com, 29 July 2026

Republicans have since turned their attention to additional pillars of the social safety net. — Washington Post, 29 July 2026

But legal reforms have also made a huge difference, creating safety nets for women who previously had to depend on their husbands’ livelihoods. — Jessie Yeung, CNN Money, 26 July 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1877, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for safety net

• electrojet
• plantagenet
• videlicet
• abet
• asset
• baguette
• banquette
• barbette
• beget
• beset
• binet
• briquette