safer

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free from harm adj.
not dangerous adj.
cautious, conservative adj.

ADJECTIVE

free from harm

Synonyms

STRONGEST

intact protected secure

STRONG

okay snug

WEAK

buttoned up cherished free from danger guarded home-free impervious impregnable in safety inviolable invulnerable maintained out of danger out of harm's way preserved safe and sound safeguarded sheltered shielded sitting pretty tended unassailable undamaged under lock and key under one's wing unharmed unhurt uninjured unmolested unscathed unthreatened vindicated watched

Antonyms

STRONGEST

insecure unprotected

WEAK

dangerous exposed harmful incautious poisonous risky unguarded unsafe unthoughtful vulnerable

ADJECTIVE

not dangerous

Synonyms

STRONGEST

certain clear dependable harmless healthy pure reliable secure

STRONG

innocent sound

WEAK

checked competent decontaminated innocuous innoxious inoffensive neutralized nonpoisonous nontoxic risk-free riskless tame trustworthy uninjurious unpolluted wholesome

Antonyms

STRONGEST

indefinite irresponsible uncertain undecided unfixed unreliable unsure

WEAK

dangerous exposed harmful incautious poisonous risky unguarded unprotected unsafe unthoughtful vulnerable

ADJECTIVE

cautious, conservative

Synonyms

STRONGEST

dependable prudent realistic reliable sure

WEAK

calculating careful chary circumspect competent considerate discreet gingerly guarded on safe side tried and true trustworthy unadventurous wary

Antonyms

STRONGEST

irresponsible uncertain unreliable unsteady unsure

WEAK

dangerous exposed harmful incautious poisonous risky unguarded unprotected unsafe unthoughtful vulnerable

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safer

In Aberdeen, alongside police enforcement action, one go karting centre is offering free sessions where e-scooter and e-bike riders can use them in a legal and safer environment.

From BBC ● Sep. 17, 2026

Some residents are talking about building fences or walls around their homes to feel safer.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 16, 2026

The EU counters that it is working to force companies to make their platforms safer -- including through the DSA.

From Barron's ● Sep. 16, 2026

Saba, an international student from Pakistan who had planned to study in Glasgow, said they felt safer than trying to organise a flat from the other side of the world.

From BBC ● Sep. 16, 2026

It would have been safer to go to the farther bank—the villagers wouldn’t be able to find her—but she could barely see it.

From "A Girl Named Disaster" by Nancy Farmer