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safe
Synonyms and Antonyms of safe
- the minute the rain started, we looked for a place where we would be safe from a drenching downpour
endangered, exposed, imperiled (or imperilled), insecure, liable, open, subject (to), susceptible, threatened, unsafe, violable, vulnerable
- we tried to find a safe place to hide our valuables while we went swimming
- when chatting with strangers, she prefers to stick to safe topics such as the weather
- rewarded safe drivers with lower insurance rates
- that pain reliever is safe for most people to take
menacing, ominous, sinister, threatening
hazardous, imperiling (or imperilling), jeopardizing, parlous, perilous, risky, unsafe, unsound
nasty, noisome, unhealthful, unhealthy, unwholesome
offensive, painful, scathing, wounding
deadly, fatal, lethal, ruinous
destructive, insidious, malignant, noxious, pestilent, polluted, tainted
- she always offers safe advice
disloyal, faithless, false, fickle, inconstant, perfidious, recreant, traitorous, treacherous, unfaithful, untrue
deceitful, dishonest, lying, mendacious, untruthful
debatable, disputable, doubtable, doubtful, dubious, fishy, problematic (also problematical), questionable, shady, shaky, suspect, uncertain, unsound
dodgy [chiefly British], uncertain, undependable, unreliable, unsafe, untrustworthy
safe
Synonyms and Antonyms of safe
- the hotel recommended that we keep all our valuables in its safe during our stay
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