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Safe

Free from harm, injury, or risk; untouched or unthreatened by danger or injury; unharmed; unhurt; secure; whole; as, safe from disease; safe from storms; safe from foes.

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Sound 84% connected

The air bladder of a fish; as, cod sounds are an esteemed article of food.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Sound 84% connected

The air bladder of a fish; as, cod sounds are an esteemed article of food.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

Open English WordNet links these adjective senses as similar in meaning; they are not necessarily interchangeable.

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Closet 76% connected

A small room or apartment for retirement; a room for privacy.

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Open English WordNet identifies the related term as a broader lexical category for at least one sense.

Cupboard 76% connected

A board or shelf for cups and dishes.

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Preventative 76% connected

That which prevents; -- incorrectly used instead of preventive.

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Preventive 76% connected

Going before; preceding.

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Safeness 74% connected

The quality or state of being safe; freedom from hazard, danger, harm, or loss; safety; security; as the safeness of an experiment, of a journey, or…

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Safeness 74% connected

The quality or state of being safe; freedom from hazard, danger, harm, or loss; safety; security; as the safeness of an experiment, of a journey, or…

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

Open English WordNet records a derivational relationship between these word forms.

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Harmless 66% connected

Free from harm; unhurt; as, to give bond to save another harmless.

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Harmless 66% connected

Free from harm; unhurt; as, to give bond to save another harmless.

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Invulnerable 66% connected

Incapable of being wounded, or of receiving injury.

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Invulnerable 66% connected

Incapable of being wounded, or of receiving injury.

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Secure 66% connected

Free from fear, care, or anxiety; easy in mind; not feeling suspicion or distrust; confident.

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Secure 66% connected

Free from fear, care, or anxiety; easy in mind; not feeling suspicion or distrust; confident.

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Synonym 6

Dependable 92% connected

Worthy of being depended on; trustworthy.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Good 92% connected

Possessing desirable qualities; adapted to answer the end designed; promoting success, welfare, or happiness; serviceable; useful; fit; excellent; ad…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Prophylactic 92% connected

A medicine which preserves or defends against disease; a preventive.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Rubber 92% connected

One who, or that which, rubs.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Safety 92% connected

The condition or state of being safe; freedom from danger or hazard; exemption from hurt, injury, or loss.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Secure 92% connected

Free from fear, care, or anxiety; easy in mind; not feeling suspicion or distrust; confident.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

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Dangerous 94% connected

Attended or beset with danger; full of risk; perilous; hazardous; unsafe.

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Dangerous 94% connected

Attended or beset with danger; full of risk; perilous; hazardous; unsafe.

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Open English WordNet records these words as lexical opposites.

Out 94% connected

In its original and strict sense, out means from the interior of something; beyond the limits or boundary of somethings; in a position or relation wh…

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Out 94% connected

In its original and strict sense, out means from the interior of something; beyond the limits or boundary of somethings; in a position or relation wh…

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