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secure

verb

1 secure

Get by special effort.

synonym: procure.

Roget 132: be early etc. adj., be beforehand etc. adv.; keep time, take time by the forelock, anticipate, forestall; have the start, gain the start; steal a march upon; gain time, ... show more

Roget 781: retain, keep; hold fast one's own, hold tight one's own, hold fast one's ground, hold tight one's ground; clinch, clench, clutch, grasp, gripe, hug, have a firm hold of.    ... show more

Roget 775: acquire, get, gain, win, earn, obtain, procure, gather; collect etc. (assemble) 72; pick, pickup; ... show more

Roget 664: be safe etc. adj.; keep one's head above water, tide over, save one's bacon; ride out the storm, weather the storm; light upon one's feet, land on one's feet; bear a charmed life; escape etc. 671.    ... show more

Dutch: aanschaffen, verwerven

2 secure

Cause to be firmly attached.

synonyms: fasten, fix.

Roget 751: restrain, check; put under restraint, lay under restraint; enthral, enthrall, inthral, inthrall, bethral, bethrall; restrict; debar etc. ... show more

Roget 43: join, unite; conjoin, connect; associate; put together, lay together, clap together, hang together, lump together, hold together, piece together [Fr.], tack together, fix together, ... show more

Dutch: borgen

3 secure

Assure payment of.

4 secure

Make certain of.

synonyms: assure, ensure, guarantee, insure.

Roget 768: promise; give a promise etc. n.; undertake, engage; make an engagement, form an engagement; enter into an engagement, enter on an engagement; bind oneself, tie oneself, pledge oneself, commit oneself, ... show more

5 secure

Fill or close tightly with or as if with a plug.

synonyms: plug, stop up.

6 secure

Furnish with battens.

synonyms: batten, batten down.

adjective

1 secure

Free from fear or doubt; easy in mind:
— He was secure that nothing will be held against him.

synonyms: unafraid, untroubled.

Roget 858: hoping etc. v.; in hopes etc. n.; hopeful, confident; secure etc. (certain) 484; sanguine, in good heart, ... show more

Roget 484: believing etc. v.; certain, sure, assured, positive, cocksure, satisfied, confident, unhesitating, convinced, secure.    ... show more

Roget 43: joined etc. v.; joint; conjoint, conjunct; corporate, compact; hand in hand.    firm, fast, close, tight, taut, ... show more

2 secure

Free from danger or risk.

Polish: bezpieczny

3 secure

Not likely to fail or give way.

4 secure

Immune to attack; incapable of being tampered with:
— A secure telephone connection.

synonyms: impregnable, inviolable, strong, unassailable, unattackable.

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, ... show more

5 secure

Financially safe:
— A secure investment.

synonyms: dependable, good, safe.

Polish: niezawodny


Moby thesaurus: accept, acquire, admit, advocate, affix, anchor, anchored, annex, arm, armor, arouse, arrogant, arrogate, ascertained, assume, assumed, assure, assured, attach, attest ... show more.

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