Safe

Quick meaning: Safe is an adjective meaning Not in danger; out of harm's reach.

Meaning

Not in danger; out of harm's reach.

More Meanings

1. Free from risk.
2. Providing protection from danger; providing shelter.
3. (snooker, of an object ball) In a location that renders it difficult to pot.
4. Properly secured.
5. (used after a noun, often forming a compound) Not susceptible to a specified source of harm.
6. (UK, slang) Great, cool, awesome, respectable; a term of approbation, often as interjection.
7. (baseball) When a batter successfully reaches first base, or when a baserunner successfully advances to the next base or returns to the base he last occupied; not out.

Example Sentences

It’s safe to eat this berry.

The documents are safe inside the cabbinet.

You’ll be safe from the storm here in the cabin.

We have to find a safe spot, where we can hide out until this is over.

Word Forms

• safer
• safest
• safes
• safing
• safed

Synonyms for safe

Depending on context, synonyms include guarded, invulnerable, OK, secure, harmless, wicked.

Antonyms for safe

Common opposites include unsafe, dangerous, hazardous, harmful, strict, harsh.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include secure, safety, risk-free, dependable, harmless, innocuous.

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