high and dry

adjective

Roget 664: safe, secure, sure; in safety, in security; on the safe side; under the shield of, under the shade of, under the wing of, under the shadow of one's wing; under cover, under lock and key; out of danger, out of the woods, out of the meshes, out of harm's way; unharmed, unscathed; on sure ground, at anchor, high and dry, above water; unthreatened^†, unmolested; protected etc. v.; cavendo tutus [Lat.]; panoplied etc. (defended) 717^†.    snug, seaworthy; weatherproof, waterproof, fireproof.    defensible, tenable, proof against, invulnerable; unassailable, unattackable, impenetrable; impregnable, imperdible^†; inexpugnable; Achillean^†.    safe and sound etc. (preserved) 670; scathless etc. (perfect) 650; unhazarded^†; not dangerous etc. 665.    unthreatening, harmless; friendly (cooperative) 709.    protecting, protective etc. v.; guardian, tutelary; preservative etc. 670; trustworthy etc. 939.    ... show more

Roget 150: unchangeable, immutable; unaltered, unalterable; not to be changed, constant; permanent etc. 141; invariable, undeviating; stable, durable; perennial etc. (diuturnal) 110^†.    fixed, steadfast, firm, fast, steady, balanced; confirmed, valid; fiducial^†; immovable, irremovable, riveted, rooted; settled, established etc. v.; vested; incontrovertible, stereotyped, indeclinable.    tethered, anchored, moored, at anchor, on a rock, rock solid, firm as a rock; firmly seated, firmly established etc. v.; deep-rooted, ineradicable; inveterate; obstinate etc. 606.    transfixed, stuck fast, aground, high and dry, stranded.    [movable object rendered unmovable] stuck, jammed; unremovable; quiescent etc. 265; deterioration etc. 659.    indefeasible, irretrievable, intransmutable^†, incommutable^†, irresoluble^†, irrevocable, irreversible, reverseless^†, inextinguishable, irreducible; indissoluble, indissolvable^†; indestructible, undying, imperishable, incorruptible, indelible, indeciduous^†; insusceptible, insusceptible of change.    ... show more

Moby thesaurus: Saharan, above water, aground, anchored, anhydrous, arid, at anchor, athirst, bone-dry, castaway, caught, chained, desert, droughty, dry, dry as dust, dusty, fast, fastened, fixed, foundered, grounded, held, impacted, in harbor, in safety, in the clear, inextricable, jammed, juiceless, like parchment, marooned, moored, on, on the rocks, out of danger, packed, past danger, sandy, sapless, set fast, shipwrecked, stranded, stuck, stuck fast, swamped, terra firma, tethered, thirsting, thirsty, tied, transfixed, undamped, under cover, unwatered, waterless, wedged, wrecked ... show more.

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