secure

Academic Word List, sublist 2.

About 26.62 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. adjective Free from attack or danger; protected.
2. adjective Free from the danger of theft; safe.
3. adjective Free from the risk of eavesdropping, interception or discovery; secret.
4. adjective Free from anxiety or doubt; unafraid.
5. adjective Firm and not likely to fail; stable.
6. adjective Free from the risk of financial loss; reliable.
7. adjective Confident in opinion; not entertaining, or not having reason to entertain, doubt; certain; sure; commonly used with of.

   secure of a welcome

8. adjective Overconfident; incautious; careless.

Similar words

safe sure steady established dependable impregnable unassailable inviolable assure invulnerable

Often followed by

the a in and their for his an to

Word family

secured securely secureness securenesses securer securers secures securest securing securities