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| Main Entry: | security |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | safety, protection |
| Synonyms: | aegis, agreement, armament, armor, asylum, bail, bond, care, collateral, compact, contract, covenant, cover, custody, defense, earnest, freedom, guarantee, guard, immunity, insurance, pact, pawn, pledge, precaution, preservation, promise, redemption, refuge, retreat, safeguard, safekeeping, salvation, sanctuary, shelter, shield, surety, surveillance, token, ward, warrant, safeness, safety measure |
| Antonyms: | danger, insecurity, peril, trouble |
| Main Entry: | security |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | peace of mind |
| Synonyms: | assurance, calm, certainty, confidence, conviction, ease, freedom, reliance, soundness, surety, positiveness, sureness |
| Antonyms: | insecurity, uncertainty, worry |
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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| Main Entry: | security |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
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Adjectives: |
above water, Achillean, at anchor, bailable, clavigerous, defensible, fireproof, guardian, harmless, high and dry, imperdible, impregnable, in safety, in security, inexpugnable, insurable, invulnerable, not dangerous, on sure ground, on the safe side, out of danger, out of harm's way, out of the meshes, panoplied, preservative, proof against, protected, protecting, safe, safe and sound, salvific, scathless, seaworthy, secure, snug, sure, tenable, trustworthy, tutelary, unassailable, unattackable, under lock and key, under the shade of, under the shadow of one's wing, under the shield of, under the wing of, undercover, unhazarded, unmolested, unthreatened, waterproof, weatherproof
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| Main Entry: | anchor |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | something used to hold another thing securely |
| Synonyms: | ballast, bower, comfort, defense, fastener, foothold, grip, hold, hook, mainstay, mooring, pillar, protection, safeguard, security, staff, stay, support, grapnel, grappling iron, kedge, mud hook |
| Main Entry: | armament(s) |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | weapon(s) |
| Synonyms: | ammunition, arms, defense, gun, hardware, heat*, material, materiel, munitions, ordnance, protection, security, weaponry |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | armor |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | protective covering, often made of metal |
| Synonyms: | defense, guard, mail, plate, protection, security, sheath, shield, bulletproof vest |
| Main Entry: | bail |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | money for assurance |
| Synonyms: | bond, collateral, guarantee, pawn, pledge, security, surety, warrant, warranty, recognizance |
| Notes: | to bail is to remove water from a boat by filling a container and emptying it over the side; to bale is wrap or make into bundles |
| Main Entry: | bulwark |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | fortification, support |
| Synonyms: | barrier, bastion, buffet, buttress, citadel, defense, embankment, fort, fortress, guard, mainstay, parapet, partition, protection, rampart, safeguard, security, stronghold, outwork, redoubt, vallation |
| Antonyms: | weak point |
| Main Entry: | cash |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | money; assets |
| Synonyms: | bread*, buck*, cabbage*, chicken feed*, coin, coinage, currency, dough*, funds, investment, legal tender, lot, note, payment, pledge, principal, refund, remuneration, reserve, resources, riches, savings, scratch*, security, stock, supply, treasure, wherewithal, banknote, bullion, dinero, green stuff, mazumah, ready assets, skins, wampum* |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | collateral |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | monetary deposit |
| Synonyms: | assurance, bond, endorsement, guarantee, pledge, promise, security, surety, warrant, wealth |
| Main Entry: | escrow |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | collateral |
| Synonyms: | bond, deed, guarantee, insurance, pledge, security |
| Main Entry: | guarantee |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | pledge, promise |
| Synonyms: | agreement, assurance, bail, bargain, bond, certainty, certificate, charter, collateral, contract, covenant, deposit, earnest, guaranty, insurance, lock, oath, pawn, pipe, security, sure thing*, surety, testament, token, undertaking, vow, warrant, warranty, word, word of honor, attestation, certification, gage, recognizance |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | hope |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | longing; dream |
| Synonyms: | Utopia, achievement, ambition, anticipation, aspiration, assumption, belief, bright side, buoyancy, castles in air, concern, confidence, daydream, dependence, desire, endurance, expectancy, expectation, faith, fancy, fool's paradise, fortune, gain, goal, greedy glutton, hopefulness, light at end of tunnel, optimism, pipe dream*, promise, promised land*, prospect, reliance, reverie, reward, rosiness, sanguineness, security, stock, thing with feathers, wish |
| Antonyms: | despair, disbelief, discouragement, hopelessness, pessimism |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | hostage |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person held captive until captor's demand is met |
| Synonyms: | captive, earnest, guaranty, pawn, pledge, prisoner, scapegoat*, security, surety, token, victim, sacrificial lamb |
| Antonyms: | captor |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | impunity |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | freedom |
| Synonyms: | dispensation, exception, exemption, immunity, liberty, license, permission, privilege, security, nonliability |
| Antonyms: | imprisonment, incarceration |
| Main Entry: | preservation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | maintenance, protection |
| Synonyms: | canning, care, conservation, curing, defense, evaporation, freezing, guard, guardianship, keeping, refrigeration, safeguard, safekeeping, safety, salvation, saving, security, shield, storage, support, ward, conservancy, perpetuation, pickling, preserval, safeguarding, sustentation, tanning, upholding |
| Antonyms: | destruction, ruin |
| Main Entry: | protection |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | care, guardianship |
| Synonyms: | aegis, armament, armor, assurance, barrier, buffer, bulwark, camouflage, certainty, charge, conservation, cover, custody, defense, fix, guard, insurance, preservation, refuge, safeguard, safekeeping, safety, salvation, screen, security, shelter, shield, stability, strength, surety, tutelage, umbrella*, ward, guarding, invulnerability, protecting, reassurance, self-defense, wardship |
| Antonyms: | attack, harm, hurt, injury, threat |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | rampart |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | fortification, stronghold |
| Synonyms: | barricade, barrier, bastion, bulwark, defense, elevation, embankment, fence, fort, guard, hill, mound, parapet, protection, ridge, security, support, wall, breastwork, earthwork, vallation |
| Main Entry: | refuge |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | place to hide, have privacy |
| Synonyms: | ambush, anchorage, asylum, cover, covert, den, escape, exit, expedient, fortress, harbor, haven, hideaway, hideout, hole, home, immunity, ivory tower*, makeshift, opening, outlet, port, preserve, protection, recourse, resort, resource, retreat, sanctuary, security, shelter, shield, stopgap*, stronghold, way out, harborage, hiding place, safe place |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | safeguard |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | protection |
| Synonyms: | aegis, armament, armor, buffer, bulwark, convoy, defense, escort, guard, screen, security, shield, surety, ward |
| Antonyms: | harm, hurt, injury, endangerment |
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