secure

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Synonyms: recure, secre

Antonyms: recure, secre

Related words from Datamuse; suggestions, not definitions.

Adjective

1. Free from [[attack]] or [[danger]]; [[protected]].
2. Free from the danger of [[theft]]; [[safe]].
3. Free from the [[risk]] of [[eavesdropping]], [[interception]] or [[discovery]]; [[secret]].
4. Free from [[anxiety]] or [[doubt]]; [[unafraid]].
5. [[firm|Firm]] and not likely to [[fail]]; [[stable]].
6. Free from the risk of [[financial]] [[loss]]; [[reliable]].
7. Confident in opinion; not entertaining, or not having reason to entertain, doubt; certain; sure; commonly used with ''of''.
8. {{lb|en|obsolete}} Overconfident; incautious; careless.
9. Certain to be achieved or gained; [[assured]].

Verb

1. To make safe; to relieve from apprehensions of, or exposure to, danger; to guard; to protect.
2. To put beyond hazard of losing or of not receiving; to make certain; to assure; frequently with ''against'' or ''from'', or formerly with ''of''.
3. To fix in place; to close or confine effectually; to render incapable of getting loose or escaping.
4. To get possession of; to make oneself secure of; to acquire certainly.
5. {{lb|en|transitive|obsolete}} To [[plight]] or [[pledge]].

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