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See definition of insecure on Dictionary.com
  • adj.uncertain, worried
  • adj.dangerous, precarious

synonyms for insecure

  • afraid
  • anxious
  • apprehensive
  • hesitant
  • shaky
  • touchy
  • troubled
  • unsure
  • uptight
  • Delphic
  • choked
  • diffident
  • hanging by thread
  • jumpy
  • on thin ice
  • questioning
  • touch and go
  • unassured
  • unconfident
  • unpoised
  • up in the air
  • vague
See also synonyms for: insecureness
  • frail
  • immature
  • shaky
  • unreliable
  • unstable
  • vulnerable
  • wobbly
  • unsafe
  • defenseless
  • exposed
  • fluctuant
  • hazardous
  • insubstantial
  • loose
  • open to attack
  • perilous
  • rickety
  • rocky
  • rootless
  • unguarded
  • unprotected
  • unshielded
  • unsound
  • unsteady
  • vacillating
  • wavering
  • weak
On this page you'll find 124 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to insecure, such as: afraid, anxious, apprehensive, hesitant, shaky, and touchy.

antonyms for insecure

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  • at ease
  • calm
  • certain
  • collected
  • composed
  • cool
  • definite
  • happy
  • peaceful
  • quiet
  • sure
  • unafraid
  • unwavering
  • unworried
  • confident
  • guarded
  • protected
  • safe
  • secure
  • sound
  • firm
  • stable
  • steady
  • strong
  • certain
  • confident
  • guarded
  • protected
  • safe
  • secure
  • sound
  • sure
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How to use insecure in a sentence

The spread of Covid-19 among housing-insecure and homeless populations didn’t stay there — it affected entire communities through increased transmission rates and strained hospital resources.
COVID-19 CAUSED A RECESSION. SO WHY DID THE HOUSING MARKET BOOM?JERUSALEM DEMSASFEBRUARY 5, 2021VOX
The proceeds will support grants for nonprofits in the community, programming at the Nationals Youth Baseball Academy and meals for food-insecure residents.
MEET THE NATS FAN WHO WON TEAM’S WORLD SERIES RING RAFFLE — AND RECEIVED HIS PRIZE ON THE FIELDSCOTT ALLENJANUARY 19, 2021WASHINGTON POST
Raising awareness about Meals on Wheels and lonely and food insecure seniors is, because “the whole world loves it when you’re in the news.”
OUTKAST’S ANDRÉ 3000 SHINES A LIGHT ON FOOD INSECURITY FOR THE ELDERLY WITH A QUICK LIL’ APPLE PIEAARON HUTCHERSONDECEMBER 18, 2020WASHINGTON POST
You can’t just look at a person and know whether or not they’re food insecure.
‘WHAT WE’VE SEEN SINCE COVID HAS BEEN A PRECIPITOUS INCREASE IN NEED,’ SAYS FEEDING AMERICA CEOKK OTTESENNOVEMBER 10, 2020WASHINGTON POST
Broad Street Ministry, a church in the heart of the city known for its social service work, serves as the mailing address for about 3,000 people who are homeless or housing insecure.
PENNSYLVANIA’S NEW VOTE-BY-MAIL LAW EXPANDS ACCESS FOR EVERYONE EXCEPT THE POORBY JONATHAN LAI, SAMANTHA MELAMED AND MICHAELLE BOND, THE PHILADELPHIA INQUIREROCTOBER 22, 2020PROPUBLICA
Ultimately, the neighborhoods with few full-service grocery stores became even more food insecure as a result.
HOW BLACK COMMUNITIES ARE BRIDGING THE FOOD ACCESS GAPNADRA NITTLEJULY 8, 2020EATER
So the ladder, a rather rotten and insecure one, was obtained, and after some difficulty placed against the wall.
THE DOCTOR OF PIMLICOWILLIAM LE QUEUX
Such conjectures would always be insecure, and often erroneous.
A SYSTEM OF LOGIC: RATIOCINATIVE AND INDUCTIVEJOHN STUART MILL
He swung up, breaking off the more insecure boughs, and was of the belief that we could get across in that way.
THE WAY OF A MANEMERSON HOUGH
This fault must be corrected immediately, as it renders his gait not only uncomfortable to the rider, but very insecure.
HORSEMANSHIP FOR WOMENTHEODORE HOE MEAD
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WORDS RELATED TO INSECURE

  • assailable
  • defenseless
  • exposed
  • insecure
  • pregnable
  • prone
  • susceptible
  • unguarded
  • unprotected
  • weak
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.