Dictionary Entry
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
- 1adjective
Free from fear, care, or anxiety; easy in mind; not feeling suspicion or distrust; confident.
- 2adjective
Overconfident; incautious; careless; -- in a bad sense.
- 3adjective
Confident in opinion; not entertaining, or not having reason to entertain, doubt; certain; sure; -- commonly with of; as, secure of a welcome.
- 4adjective
Net exposed to danger; safe; -- applied to persons and things, and followed by against or from.
- 5transitive verb
To make safe; to relieve from apprehensions of, or exposure to, danger; to guard; to protect.
- 6transitive 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.
- 7transitive 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.
- 8transitive verb
To get possession of; to make one's self secure of; to acquire certainly; as, to secure an estate.
- 9verb
make certain of
"This nest egg will ensure a nice retirement for us"
"Preparation will guarantee success!"
- 10verb
furnish with battens
"batten ships"
Synonyms
- 11verb
cause to be firmly attached
"fasten the lock onto the door"
"she fixed her gaze on the man"
- 12verb
fill or close tightly with or as if with a plug
"plug the hole"
"stop up the leak"
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- 13verb
get by special effort
"He procured extra cigarettes even though they were rationed"
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- 14verb
assure payment of
- 15adjective
free from fear or doubt; easy in mind
"he was secure that nothing will be held against him"
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- 16adjective
free from danger or risk
"secure from harm"
"his fortune was secure"
- 17adjective
not likely to fail or give way
"the lock was secure"
"a secure foundation"
- 18adjective
financially sound
"a good investment"
"a secure investment"
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- 19adjective
immune to attack; incapable of being tampered with
"an impregnable fortress"
"fortifications that made the frontier inviolable"
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