SECURITIES Synonyms: 52 Similar and Opposite Words

securities

noun

plural of security

as in safeguards

means or method of defending measures taken to beef up our national security

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as in guarantees

something given or held to assure that the giver will keep a promise their house will serve as security for the loan

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Recent Examples of securities The parties are being sued for securities fraud, common law fraud, breach of contract and other claims. — Ramishah Maruf, CNN Money, 13 Aug. 2026 Massachusetts securities officials formally accused one major trading app of using game-like features to encourage excessive trading, and the confetti that once rained down after every trade was quietly retired. — Daniel Schlaepfer, Forbes.com, 12 Aug. 2026 One of the hallmarks of the financial crisis of 2007 to 2009 was the packaging of subprime mortgages into bundled securities that were then sold to investors as another way to make money from the housing boom. — Kif Leswing, CNBC, 11 Aug. 2026 Common sources include savings accounts, certificates of deposit (CDs), bonds, and some kinds of Treasury securities. — Encyclopedia Britannica, 10 Aug. 2026 Canada’s crypto laws are already burdensome enough, but they are also layered on top of a fragmented and inefficient system of securities regulation. — Karia Samaroo, Fortune, 7 Aug. 2026 Under state law, stocks and other securities can be presumed abandoned after a three-year period tied to the owner’s address and lack of communication with the company or financial institution holding the investment. — Mark Lewyn, Baltimore Sun, 5 Aug. 2026 Their practices also include administrative law, white-collar defense, commercial litigation and securities litigation, according to the site. — Laura Romero, ABC News, 5 Aug. 2026

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The new safeguards include requiring law enforcement to label every search with a with a criminal case number, and instituting an automatic review for abnormal search activities, which will trigger proactive lockouts for those users.

— Soo Youn, ABC News, 14 Aug. 2026
Other residents still fear these changes will push the community out if the city does not adopt additional safeguards.

— Gabriela Vidal, CBS News, 13 Aug. 2026

Definition of safeguards

Noun

For Kyiv, that list likely includes respect for its sovereign rights, security guarantees, military capabilities sufficient to deter Russia, and funding for reconstruction.

— Matt Waldman, Foreign Affairs, 13 Aug. 2026
Further, the deal does not include any marketing guarantees or baseline prints-and-advertising spends.

— Chris Lee, Vulture, 13 Aug. 2026

Definition of guarantees

Noun

The Russian Defense Ministry said Friday its air defenses overnight intercepted 553 Ukrainian drones over 18 Russian regions, as well as occupied Crimea and the waters of the Azov and the Black seas.

— ABC News, ABC News, 14 Aug. 2026
The trouble starts when saliva gets past the body’s defenses—through a bite or into an open cut, for example.

— Angela Haupt, Time, 12 Aug. 2026

Definition of defenses

Noun

Meanwhile, the new committee is gathering five- to 10-year pledges from major donors to present an alternative funding model that supports both the Morrison Y and the broader YMCA central system.

— Chase Jordan August 7, Charlotte Observer, 7 Aug. 2026
On the campaign trail, Mamdani received a torrent of criticism over his past calls for defunding the NYPD and pledges to transform the city’s public safety apparatus.

— Josephine Stratman, New York Daily News, 6 Aug. 2026

Definition of pledges

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But in the days since Haitians suffered one of the biggest losses of immigration protections in recent memory, few customers have stopped by his Fort Lauderdale shop to purchase any of it.

— Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 8 Aug. 2026
Meta plans to strengthen these protections as the glasses become more capable.

— Queenie Wong, Los Angeles Times, 7 Aug. 2026

Definition of protections

Noun

Shelton cruised from there, mixing his primary weapons in with athletic defense that garnered big reactions from the Montreal crowd and deflated Nakashima even more.

— Ava Wallace, New York Times, 14 Aug. 2026
Video snippets captured from two highway patrol officers’ cameras showed the man initially standing at a homeless encampment while holding a hammer and two nearly identical homemade weapons, each of them made with a knife affixed to the end of pole.

— Jakob Rodgers, Mercury News, 13 Aug. 2026

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