secure

secure is a 6-letter English word with 19 senses as adjective, transitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Free from fear, care, or anxiety; easy in mind; not feeling suspicion or distrust; confident. Face value is 8 in Scrabble and 10 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

6 letters · Scrabble 8 · Words With Friends 10 · 19 senses

Definitions

1. adjective. Free from fear, care, or anxiety; easy in mind; not feeling suspicion or distrust; confident.
2. adjective. Overconfident; incautious; careless; -- in a bad sense.
3. adjective. Confident in opinion; not entertaining, or not having reason to entertain, doubt; certain; sure; -- commonly with of; as, secure of a welcome.
4. adjective. Net exposed to danger; safe; -- applied to persons and things, and followed by against or from.
5. transitive verb. To make safe; to relieve from apprehensions of, or exposure to, danger; to guard; to protect.
6. transitive verb. To put beyond hazard of losing or of not receiving; to make certain; to assure; to insure; -- frequently with against or from, rarely with of; as, to secure a creditor against loss; to secure a debt by a mortgage.
7. transitive verb. To make fast; to close or confine effectually; to render incapable of getting loose or escaping; as, to secure a prisoner; to secure a door, or the hatches of a ship.
8. transitive verb. To get possession of; to make one's self secure of; to acquire certainly; as, to secure an estate.
9. verb. make certain of

   "This nest egg will ensure a nice retirement for us"

   "Preparation will guarantee success!"

   Synonyms: assure, ensure, guarantee, insure

10. verb. furnish with battens

    "batten ships"

    Synonyms: batten

11. verb. cause to be firmly attached

    "fasten the lock onto the door"

    "she fixed her gaze on the man"

    Synonyms: fasten, fix

12. verb. fill or close tightly with or as if with a plug

    "plug the hole"

    "stop up the leak"

    Synonyms: plug

13. verb. get by special effort

    "He procured extra cigarettes even though they were rationed"

    Synonyms: procure

14. verb. assure payment of
15. adjective. free from fear or doubt; easy in mind

    "he was secure that nothing will be held against him"

    Synonyms: unafraid, untroubled

16. adjective. free from danger or risk

    "secure from harm"

    "his fortune was secure"

17. adjective. not likely to fail or give way

    "the lock was secure"

    "a secure foundation"

18. adjective. financially sound

    "a good investment"

    "a secure investment"

    Synonyms: dependable, good, safe

19. adjective. immune to attack; incapable of being tampered with

    "an impregnable fortress"

    "fortifications that made the frontier inviolable"

    Synonyms: impregnable, inviolable, strong, unassailable, unattackable

Synonyms

assure, ensure, guarantee, insure, batten, fasten, fix, plug, procure, unafraid, untroubled, dependable, good, safe, impregnable, inviolable, strong, unassailable, unattackable

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in secure:

cereus, ceruse, cesure, recuse, rescue

Common word forms

secured, securer, secures, securely, securest, securing, secureful, securement, secureness

Words from these letters

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