n. Function: adjective
1 having been freed from risk, danger, harm, or injury FF1C; refugees who found themselves safe at last in a neutral country FF1E;
Synonyms: scatheless, unharmed, unscathed
Related Words: unhurt, uninjured; intact
Idioms: in ( or with) a whole skin, out of harm's way, safe and sound
Contrasted Words: damaged, harmed, hurt, injured
Antonyms: unsafe
2 affording security from threat of harm, injury, risk, or loss FF1C; found a safe place to hide FF1E;
Synonyms: riskless, secure
Related Words: guarding, protecting, safeguarding, sheltering, shielding; defended, guarded, protected, sheltered, shielded; unthreatened; impregnable, inviolable, invulnerable, unassailable
Idioms: safe as a bank vault
Contrasted Words: insecure, undefended, unguarded, unprotected, vulnerable; threatened; hazardous, risky
Antonyms: dangerous, unsafe
3 not threatening danger FF1C; it's safe to go there only in the daytime FF1E;
Synonyms: healthy, uninjurious, wholesome; compare HARMLESS
Related Words: innocent, innocuous, inoffensive
Contrasted Words: hazardous, perilous, precarious, risky; harmful, injurious, unhealthy
Antonyms: dangerous, unsafe
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Synonyms: CAUTIOUS , calculating, careful, chary, circumspect, considerate, discreet, gingerly, guarded, wary