secure

Meaning

Adj

1. Free from attack or danger; protected.
2. Free from the danger of theft; safe.
3. Free from the risk of eavesdropping, interception or discovery; secret.
4. Free from anxiety or doubt; unafraid.
5. Firm and not likely to fail; stable.
6. Free from the risk of financial loss; reliable.
7. Confident in opinion; not entertaining, or not having reason to entertain, doubt; certain; sure; commonly used with of.
8. (obsolete) Overconfident; incautious; careless.
9. Certain to be achieved or gained; assured.

Verb

1. To make safe; to relieve from apprehensions of, or exposure to, danger; to guard; to protect.
2. To put beyond hazard of losing or of not receiving; to make certain; to assure; frequently with against or from, or formerly with of.
3. To make fast; to close or confine effectually; to render incapable of getting loose or escaping.
4. To get possession of; to make oneself secure of; to acquire certainly.
5. (obsolete) To plight or pledge.

Concepts

secure

safe

fasten

obtain

fix

attach

ensure

get

sure

protect

firm

acquire

guarantee

tie

insure

bind

defend

gain

assure

affix

dependable

reliable

safeguard

stable

trustworthy

determine

make fast

tether

strong

steady

procure

earn

certain

knot

win

moor

stick

guard

achieve

responsible

join

tie up

unfailing

solid

assured

seal

buy

cover

hook

appoint

set

believable

convincing

credible

ethical

honest

honorable

kosher

principled

righteous

sensible

straight

true

trustable

trusty

truthful

close

tight

stabilize

attain

confident

lash down

tie down

truss

purchase

take over

accrue

attract

canvass

enlist

enrol

profit

rally

recruit

woo

abide

abide by

accomplish

execute

exercise

fulfil

keep

meet

observe

perform

harmless

back

shelter

shield

couple

hang

hitch on

hook on

certify

underwrite

warrant

associate

connect

link

tie on

confine

fetter

handcuff

hitch

imprison

manacle

restrain

shackle

lash

make safe

clasp

maintain

strengthen

immovable

bolt

latch

bring about

batten

batten down

plug

stop up

unafraid

untroubled

good

impregnable

inviolable

unassailable

unattackable

foolproof

tie a knot

safety

constant

catch

belay

bond

lock

bankable

lasting

act out

carry through

conduct

effect

engineer

implement

produce

realize

benign

faithful

accommodate

counteract

entertain

harbour

host

neutralize

put up

affirm

promise

vouch

stick to the pan

allot

define

chain

gird

trammel

loop

pin down

yoke together

reservation

fortify

rigidly

severely

strictly

rigor

rigour

severe

strict

reassuring

noose

inoffensive

mild

unobjectionable

look after

preserve

fit for sea

navigable

seaworthy

content

fixed

confirm

tighten

take

picket

easy in mind

imperishable

undecaying

usually in the

happy

careless

free from fear

clear

keep in a secure place

preserved

corral

fail-safe

ground

have

sain

tackle

warm

guaranteed

secured

gather

possess

reap

peaceful

arrest

obstruct

support

proof

secure from

vouchsafe

reserve

security

trouble proof

non-hazardous

trouble-proof

make firm

invariable

unchanging

take care of

intact

exact

extract

protected

band

bracket

brooch

fixate

frame

frame up

frap

hang on

indent

indenture

infix

mortgage

mount

peg

pin

post

reeve

rig

sign on

stake

stick on

strap

tack

toggle

lock up

interlace

interlock

block

block off

block up

blockade

casket

close off

close up

coop in

draw

immobilise

immobilize

obturate

pound

put away

seal off

shut

shut down

shut off

shutter

switch off

turn off

zip

screen

avouch

endorse

stipulate

comfortable

snug

trouble-free

depend

indemnify

staid

sure-footed

sustainable

unfluctuating

apodeictic

apodictic

definite

unmistakable

ascertain

cinch

double-check

make sure

reassert

see

verify

uneventful

prevent

beat

earn a living

enroll

reach

provide with

carefree

worry-free

self-assured

self-confident

self-possessed

definitely

surely

not dangerous

sound

catching

hold in place

go-to

good old

without risk

out of danger

tie tightly

cane

plait

weave

put in position

Hyphenated as

se‧cure

Pronounced as (IPA)

/səˈkjʊə(ɹ)/

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin sēcūrus (“of persons, free from care, quiet, easy; in a bad sense, careless, reckless; of things, tranquil, also free from danger, safe, secure”), from sē- (“without”) + cūra (“care”); see cure. Doublet of sure and the now obsolete or dialectal sicker (“certain, safe”).

Sentences

I’ll run down and secure my guest .