tended

ADJECTIVE

safe

Synonyms

STRONGEST

intact protected secure

STRONG

okay snug

WEAK

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 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

Example Sentences

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Befitting the brothers’ upbringing, the group’s music has tended to have a bucolic air, suggesting rolling hills and dark forests rather than the urban expanse more common to its genre.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 26, 2026

Since 1962, the S&P 500 has tended to produce stronger returns after months when the JK Misery Index finished below 35 than after months when it finished above that threshold, according to Kaeppel.

From MarketWatch • May 20, 2026

The expressions of some players as they trudged around Aronimink indicated they tended to agree.

From BBC • May 16, 2026

Fossil evidence has long shown that humans tended to move into regions where the environment could support survival.

From Science Daily • May 13, 2026

The animals had so much to eat they could afford to ignore food that tended to be sour.

From "A Girl Named Disaster" by Nancy Farmer

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