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 As interest rates increased, the value of those securities declined while deposit pressures increased. — Erik Clarke, Forbes.com, 26 Oct. 2026 Anthropic released a 335-page securities filing Monday morning, offering a first-of-its-kind window into how the leading AI company is managing its explosive growth, massive risks and bottom line. — Jared Perlo, NBC news, 26 Oct. 2026 In 2018, Shkreli was convicted of securities fraud and conspiracy, and the Department of Justice sold the record to help pay his reparations. — Brian Boucher, ARTnews.com, 24 Oct. 2026 The buyer was revealed to be hedge fund and pharma dirtbag Martin Shkreli, who infamously raised the price of an antiparasitic drug by 5,000% overnight and later went to prison for securities fraud. — Maira Garcia, Los Angeles Times, 23 Oct. 2026 And a securities filing Wednesday makes clear that such an event could be coming, and that the scale of the fund-raising in the coming years may be more than some investors initially thought. — Kevin Stankiewicz, CNBC, 22 Oct. 2026 The interest earned from the securities backing stablecoins is at the center of the fight between banks and crypto companies. — ABC News, 21 Oct. 2026 Their $118 million operation bilked local investors, including the retirement fund of a Long Island fire department whose members thought its cash was being held in mutual funds and securities. — Adriane Quinlan, Curbed, 21 Oct. 2026 Talarico has attacked Paxton for being indicted for securities fraud and for being impeached in 2023 by the Texas House of Representatives, among other scandals. — Washington Post, 21 Oct. 2026

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Noun

But these safeguards represent a substantial, continuing investment in protecting guests.

— Dennis Speigel, The Orlando Sentinel, 28 Oct. 2026
That led to working with the supervisors and the county chief executive, who, Hsieh said, wanted to ensure there were certain safeguards.

— Jon Regardie, Los Angeles Times, 27 Oct. 2026

Definition of safeguards

Noun

The guarantees apply only to specific properties, inputs, and assumptions described in each proof.

— Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 22 Oct. 2026
Moscow has also noted the prospect of French or British nuclear guarantees extending to European states and nonnuclear European capitals considering the development of nuclear options of their own.

— Dmitry Adamsky, Foreign Affairs, 21 Oct. 2026

Definition of guarantees

Noun

The spa There are treatment rooms for a variety of massages, facials, and indulgences based on Wei Qi, a concept rooted in traditional Chinese medicine that boosts the body’s defenses.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 22 Oct. 2026
Ukraine’s defenses have been hobbled in recent days by unexplained failures of the Starlink and Starshield satellite systems that are a crucial tool to protect civilians from incoming Russian missiles and drone attacks.

— Dave Goldiner, New York Daily News, 22 Oct. 2026

Definition of defenses

Noun

Companies are also making pledges to reduce their impact on the environment and offering assurances that data centers will boost local property values — all while maintaining AI is a positive force for the American economy, despite its skeptics.

— Marc Levy, Los Angeles Times, 22 Oct. 2026
The map does not affect local revenue pledges, the release says.

— Chris Higgins, Kansas City Star, 21 Oct. 2026

Definition of pledges

Noun

The credibility of a company’s European commitments depends on the operating arrangement and protections behind them.

— Margot Edelman, Fortune, 23 Oct. 2026
Florida asked homeowners to accept fewer legal protections as part of the price of stabilizing the insurance market.

— Matthew T. Christ, Sun Sentinel, 22 Oct. 2026

Definition of protections

Noun

Relations and exchange programs between Russia and North Korea have been flourishing in recent years, with North Korea supplying ammunitions and troops to support Russia’s war against Ukraine.

— ABC News, ABC News, 7 Sep. 2026
At least 37 people have been killed and dozens wounded after a Russian drone attack on an ammunitions warehouse triggered a large fire and multiple explosions that lasted for hours in a residential area near Kyiv.

— Svitlana Vlasova, CNN Money, 29 Aug. 2026

Definition of ammunitions

Noun

However, replenishing those weapons at sea remains a significant logistical challenge.

— Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 28 Oct. 2026
Trump, meanwhile, said that the war with Iran would end on his terms, while insisting that Tehran must be prevented from acquiring nuclear weapons.

— Lee Ying Shan, CNBC, 28 Oct. 2026

Definition of weapons

Noun

Dozens of armored cops were still standing guard, shields raised, after a night when 500 people were taken into custody in the French capital alone.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 20 Oct. 2026
Swarms of police officers descended from helicopters and beat them with billy clubs and metal shields.

— E. Tammy Kim, New Yorker, 12 Oct. 2026

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