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Insecure - 20 thesaurus results
Main Entry: insecure
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: uncertain, worried
Synonyms: afraid, anxious, apprehensive, diffident, hesitant, jumpy, questioning, shaky, touchy*, troubled, unsure, up in the air, uptight*, vague, Delphic, choked, hanging by thread, on thin ice, touch and go, unassured, unconfident, unpoised
Antonyms: certain, confident, secure, sure
Main Entry: insecure
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: dangerous, precarious
Synonyms: defenseless, exposed, frail, hazardous, immature, insubstantial, loose, perilous, rickety, rocky, shaky, unguarded, unprotected, unreliable, unsafe, unsound, unstable, unsteady, vacillating, vulnerable, wavering, weak, wobbly, fluctuant, open to attack, rootless, unshielded
Antonyms: guarded, protected, safe, secure, sound
Main Entry: dangerous
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: hazardous, troubling
Synonyms: alarming, bad, breakneck*, chancy, critical, deadly, delicate, dynamite, exposed, fatal, formidable, hairy*, heavy*, hot*, impending, impregnable, insecure, loaded, malignant, menacing, mortal, nasty, perilous, portentous, precarious, pressing, queasy, risky, serious, serpentine, shaky, speculative, terrible, thorny*, threatening, ticklish*, touch-and-go, touchy, treacherous, ugly*, unhealthy, unsafe, unstable, urgent, viperous, vulnerable, wicked, dangersome, jeopardous, on collision course, parlous
Antonyms: careful, guarded, safe, secure, untroubled, unhazardous
Main Entry: diffident
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: hesitant; unconfident
Synonyms: backward, bashful, chary, coy, demure, distrustful, doubtful, dubious, humble, insecure, meek, modest, mousy, reluctant, reserved, retiring, self-conscious, sheepish, shrinking, shy, suspicious, timid, timorous, unassuming, unobtrusive, unsure, withdrawn, blenching, constrained, flinching, rabbity, self-effacing, unassertive, unassured, unpoised
Antonyms: bold, confident
Main Entry: hazardous
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: dangerous, unpredictable
Synonyms: chancy, dicey*, difficult, hairy*, haphazard, hot*, insecure, perilous, precarious, risky, touchy, uncertain, unhealthy, unsafe, unsound, venturesome, wicked, parlous
Antonyms: certain, guarded, predictable, protected, safe, secure
Main Entry: ill at ease
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: not feeling at ease
Synonyms: anxious, apprehensive, awkward, disturbed, doubtful, edgy, fidgety, hesitant, insecure, nervous, nervous, on edge*, on edge, restless, self-conscious, shy, suspicious, tense, uncomfortable, uncomfortable, uneasy, unsettled, unsure, discomfited, disquieted, faltering, on pins and needles, on pins and needles, on tenterhooks, out of place, unrelaxed
Antonyms: comfortable, content, at ease
Main Entry: infirm
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: sick, weak
Synonyms: ailing, anemic, debilitated, decrepit, delicate, failing, faint, feeble, flimsy, fragile, frail, halting, ill, insecure, irresolute, lame, shaky, unsound, unstable, unsubstantial, vacillating, wavering, wobbly, anile, enfeebled, faltering, laid low, sensile
Antonyms: firm, healthy, hearty, robust, sound, strong
Main Entry: perilous
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: dangerous
Synonyms: chancy, delicate, dicey*, dynamite, exposed, hairy*, hazardous, insecure, loaded, precarious, risky, rugged, shaky, threatening, ticklish, touchy, treacherous, uncertain, unhealthy, unsafe, unsound, unstable, unsteady, unsure, vulnerable, wicked*, Russian roulette, on thin ice, playing with fire, touch and go
Antonyms: safe, secure, ok
Main Entry: precarious
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: tricky, doubtful
Synonyms: ambiguous, borderline, chancy, contingent, dangerous, delicate, dicey*, dubious, dynamite, equivocal, hairy*, hazardous, iffy*, indecisive, insecure, loaded, open, out on a limb*, perilous, problematic, risky, rocky, rugged*, sensitive, shaky, slippery, ticklish, touchy, uncertain, unhealthy, unreliable, unsafe, unsettled, unstable, unsteady, unsure, hanging by a thread, impugnable, on thin ice, touch and go
Antonyms: certain, definite, firm, stable, strong, sure, undoubted
Main Entry: rickety
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: unsound, broken-down
Synonyms: broken, decrepit, derelict, dilapidated, feeble, flimsy, fragile, frail, imperfect, infirm, insecure, jerry-built*, precarious, ramshackle, rattletrap, rocky, shaky, unsteady, wavering, weak, wobbly, rachitic, tottering, tottery, tumble-down
Antonyms: sound, stable
Main Entry: risky
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: dangerous
Synonyms: chancy, delicate, dicey*, endangered, hairy*, hazardous, iffy*, insecure, long shot*, out on a limb*, perilous, precarious, rocky*, sensitive, speculative, ticklish, touch-and-go, touchy, treacherous, tricky, uncertain, unhealthy, unsafe, unsound, venturesome, wicked, wide-open, fraught with danger, going for broke, hanging by a thread, jeopardous, not a prayer, off the deep end, on slippery ground, on the spot, on thin ice, playing with fire
Antonyms: assured, certain, safe, sure
Main Entry: uncertain
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: doubtful, changeable
Synonyms: ambiguous, ambivalent, chancy, conjectural, dubious, erratic, fitful, hazy, hesitant, iffy*, incalculable, inconstant, indefinite, indeterminate, indistinct, insecure, irregular, irresolute, precarious, questionable, risky, speculative, unclear, undecided, undetermined, unforeseeable, unpredictable, unreliable, unresolved, unsettled, unsure, up in the air, vacillating, vague, variable, wavering, hanging by a thread, on thin ice, touch and go, unconfirmed, unfixed, up for grabs
Antonyms: certain, clear, definite, determined, secure, sure, unchanging, foreseeable
Main Entry: uneasy
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: awkward, uncomfortable
Synonyms: afraid, agitated, alarmed, anxious, apprehensive, bothered, disturbed, edgy, fearful, fidgety, fretful, ill at ease, impatient, insecure, irascible, irritable, jittery, jumpy, nervous, on edge, peevish, perplexed, perturbed, precarious, restive, restless, shaken, shaky, strained, suspicious, tense, troubled, unsettled, unstable, upset, worried, wrung, all nerves, anguished, constrained, discomposed, dismayed, disquieted, harassed, in turmoil, on the qui vive, palpitant, tormented, unquiet, vexed
Antonyms: comfortable, composed, laid-back, easy-going
Main Entry: unsafe
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: dangerous
Synonyms: alarming, chancy, erratic, explosive, hazardous, insecure, perilous, precarious, risky, shaky, slippery, threatening, ticklish*, touchy*, treacherous, uncertain, undependable, unreliable, unsound, unstable, untrustworthy, fearsome, hanging by a thread, on a limb, on thin ice, touch and go
Antonyms: harmless, protected, safe, secure
Main Entry: unsound
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: not well; flimsy
Synonyms: ailing, crazed, dangerous, decrepit, defective, delicate, demented, deranged, diseased, erroneous, fallacious, false, faulty, fragile, frail, ill, illogical, inaccurate, incongruous, incorrect, infirm, insane, insecure, insubstantial, invalid, lunatic, mad, rickety, shaky, specious, unbalanced, unhealthy, unhinged, unreliable, unsafe, unstable, unsteady, unsubstantial, unwell, weak, wobbly, flawed, in poor health, not solid, tottering, unbacked
Antonyms: safe, sound, stable, strong, well
Main Entry: unstable/unsteady
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: doubtful, weak
Synonyms: ambiguous, borderline, capricious, changeable, dizzy, dubious, erratic, fickle, fitful, giddy, inconsistent, inconstant, insecure, irrational, mercurial, mobile, movable, moving, mutable, precarious, rickety, risky, rocky, sensitive, shaky, shifty, slippery, suspect, temperamental, ticklish, tricky, uncertain, unpredictable, unsettled, unsteady, untrustworthy, vacillating, variable, volatile, wavering, wobbly, fluctuating, lubricious, not fixed, teetering, weaving, wiggly
Antonyms: stable, steady, strong
Main Entry: wobbly
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: shaky
Synonyms: insecure, precarious, rattletrap, rickety, rocky, unbalanced, uneven, unsafe, unstable, unsteady, unsure, vacillating, wavering, wavy, weak, fluctuant, teetering, tottering, wiggling
Antonyms: stable, steady, unshaky
Main Entry: doubtful
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: questionable, unclear
Synonyms: ambiguous, borderline, chancy, contingent, debatable, dicey, disreputable, dubious, equivocal, far-fetched, fat chance, fishy*, hazardous, hazy, iffy*, inconclusive, indecisive, indefinite, indeterminate, indistinct, insecure, long shot*, obscure, open, pending, precarious, problematic, shady, sneaky*, speculative, suspect, suspicious, touch-and-go, touchy, uncertain, undecided, uneasy, unsettled, unstable, unsure, clouded, doubtable, dubitable, impugnable, on thin ice, unconfirmed, up for grabs
Notes: a person is capable of doubting, whereas a thing is dubitable; dubious, unlike doubtful, carries the connotation of suspicion
Antonyms: certain, clear, confirmed, decided, definite, exact, settled, unquestionable, resolved
Main Entry: loose
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: not tight; unconstrained
Synonyms: apart, asunder, baggy, clear, detached, disconnected, easy, escaped, flabby, flaccid, floating, free, hanging, insecure, lax, limp, movable, released, separate, slack, sloppy, unattached, unconnected, undone, unfettered, unhinged, unlocked, unrestrained, unrestricted, untied, wobbly, at large, liberated, loosened, not fitting, relaxed, slackened, unbolted, unbound, unbuttoned, uncaged, unclasped, unconfined, unfastened, unhooked, unlatched, unpinned, unsecured, unshackled
Antonyms: restricted, taut, tight, constrained
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