safety

Nouns

  • (n) the state of being certain that adverse effects will not be caused by some agent under defined conditions
    • insure the safety of the children
    • the reciprocal of safety is risk
  • (n) a safe place
    • He ran to safety
    refuge,
  • (n) a device designed to prevent injury or accidents safety device, guard,
  • (n) (baseball) the successful act of striking a baseball in such a way that the batter reaches base safely base hit,
  • (n) contraceptive device consisting of a sheath of thin rubber or latex that is worn over the penis during intercourse condom, prophylactic, safe, rubber,
  • (n) a score in American football; a player is tackled behind his own goal line

Synonyms

refuge safety device guard base hit condom prophylactic safe rubber

Antonyms

danger

Words of close approximity

safely
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