English adjective: unsafe | |||
1. | unsafe lacking in security or safety | ||
Samples | His fortune was increasingly insecure. An insecure future. | ||
Synonyms | insecure | ||
Similar | precarious, shaky, unguaranteed, unsecured | ||
See also | dangerous, unprotected, unsafe, vulnerable | ||
Antonyms | secure | ||
2. | unsafe involving or causing danger or risk; liable to hurt or harm | ||
Samples | A dangerous criminal. A dangerous bridge. Unemployment reached dangerous proportions. | ||
Synonyms | dangerous | ||
Similar | breakneck, chanceful, chancy, desperate, dicey, dodgy, hazardous, insidious, mordacious, on the hook, parlous, perilous, precarious, risky, self-destructive, suicidal, touch-and-go, treacherous, unreliable, wild | ||
See also | insecure, unsafe, vulnerable | ||
Antonyms | safe | ||
3. | unsafe not safe from attack | ||
Synonyms | insecure | ||
Similar | vulnerable | ||
Antonyms | invulnerable | ||