States and conditions
Synonyms for secure
Synonyms for secure: strong, unafraid, clinch, ensure and plug. Every one of them is a hand audited pair from the Synonym Stack word bank, shown below in the sense it fits, in a real sentence, and beside the words that only look close.
The 5 synonyms for secure
Interchangeable with secure, one per sense
Audited under secure's own entry, so the meaning quoted is the one secure carries in that sense.
- strongadjective, in the sense "immune to attack"
- unafraidadjective, in the sense "free from fear or doubt"
Recorded from the other side of the pair
These entries were written under the other word and name secure as the true synonym, so the sense quoted is theirs.
two of these come from secure's own entries in the bank, and three were audited from the other word's side of the pair. Both directions were read by a human, and only the sense quoted differs.
immune to attack
The fortress remained secure against every attack for a century.
secure in 2 more sentences, same sense
- The vault door made the bank secure against even the most determined robbers.
- Reinforced shutters kept the shop secure during the riots that swept through downtown last night.
How it behaves: In this sense, secure is typically followed by against or from plus the threat, and often appears after verbs like keep, make, or remain in security or military contexts.
The true synonym
strong
Same sentence, swapped: The fortress remained strong against every attack for a century.
Close but different
Distractors, not synonyms. This entry has no written reason line yet, so read them against the sentence and the sense above.
- settled
- convinced
- proud
Opposites, in this sense
vulnerable, exposed and defenseless reverse secure as it is used in the sentence above. A different sense of secure takes different opposites, which is why these sit inside the sense and not at the top of the page.
- vulnerable
- exposed
- defenseless
free from fear or doubt
He was secure that nothing will be held against him.
The true synonym
unafraid
Same sentence, swapped: He was unafraid that nothing will be held against him.
Close but different
Distractors, not synonyms. This entry has no written reason line yet, so read them against the sentence and the sense above.
- insecure
- settled
- key
Where secure turns up in the game
secure is the word under test in two puzzles, spread across two difficulty tiers. It also sits on the board as one of the three wrong tiles in five other puzzles, where the answer is a different word entirely.
4 of the 5 puzzles where secure is the trap
- checkverb, Tier 1, Foothills. The answer there is mark, in the sense "put a check mark on or near or next to", with secure sitting one tile away.
- solidadjective, Tier 1, Foothills. The answer there is whole, in the sense "acting together as a single undiversified whole", and secure is one of the three tiles that lose.
- guaranteeverb, Tier 3, Ridgeline. The answer there is undertake, in the sense "promise to do or accomplish", so secure is there to be ruled out.
- insecureadjective, Tier 3, Ridgeline. The answer there is unsafe, in the sense "lacking in security or safety", with secure sitting one tile away.
Play secure
The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so secure reaches you as a board rather than a definition: the sentence first, four tiles, and the meaning after you choose.
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The ring widens as it goes, from states and conditions at Foothills outward to the whole bank.
The same bank, read from both sides
secure is an answer in 2 puzzles and a wrong tile in 5. That is how the bank is built, and it is why guessing by vibe stops working around tier three.