secure
Verb
Verb Forms: secured, securing, secures
- To fasten firmly or make safe; to obtain something.
- get by special effort
- cause to be firmly attached
- assure payment of
- make certain of
- fill or close tightly with or as if with a plug
- furnish with battens
- To make safe; to relieve from apprehensions of, or exposure to, danger; to guard; to protect.
- To put beyond hazard of losing or of not receiving; to make certain; to assure; frequently with against or from, or formerly with of.
- To make fast; to close or confine effectually; to render incapable of getting loose or escaping.
- To get possession of; to make oneself secure of; to acquire certainly.
- To plight or pledge.
Adjective
- Free from danger or threat; safe.
- free from fear or doubt; easy in mind
- "he was secure that nothing will be held against him"
- free from danger or risk
- "secure from harm"
- "his fortune was secure"
- "made a secure place for himself in his field"
- not likely to fail or give way
- "the lock was secure"
- "a secure foundation"
- "a secure hold on her wrist"
Adjective Satellite
- immune to attack; incapable of being tampered with
- "a secure telephone connection"
- financially sound
- "a secure investment"
Adj
- Free from attack or danger; protected.
- Free from the danger of theft; safe.
- Free from the risk of eavesdropping, interception or discovery; secret.
- Free from anxiety or doubt; unafraid.
- Firm and not likely to fail; stable.
- Free from the risk of financial loss; reliable.
- Confident in opinion; not entertaining, or not having reason to entertain, doubt; certain; sure; commonly used with of.
- Overconfident; incautious; careless.
- Certain to be achieved or gained; assured.
Examples
- He felt secure in his lead, confident no opponent could catch up.
- He needed to secure that triple-word score before his opponent blocked it.
- Just when victory seemed secure, they let it slip from their grasp.
- secure of a welcome
Origin / Etymology
Borrowed from Latin sēcūrus (“of persons, free from care, quiet, easy; in a bad sense, careless, reckless; of things, tranquil, also free from danger, safe, secure”), from sē- (“without”) + cūra (“care”); see cure. Doublet of sure and the now obsolete or dialectal sicker (“certain, safe”).
Synonyms
assure, batten, batten down, dependable, ensure, fasten, fix, good, guarantee, impregnable, insure, inviolable, plug, procure, safe, stop up, strong, unafraid, unassailable, unattackable, untroubled
Scrabble Score: 8
secure: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordsecure: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
secure: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary