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What is the adjective for safety?

What's the adjective for safety? Here's the word you're looking for.

Included below are past participle and present participle forms for the verbs safe, safeguard, safety, save and safen which may be used as adjectives within certain contexts.

safe
  1. Not in danger; free from harm's reach.
  2. Free from risk; harmless, riskless.
  3. Providing protection from danger; providing shelter.
  4. (baseball) When a batter successfully reaches first base, or when a baserunner successfully advances to the next base or returns to the base he last occupied; not out.
  5. Properly secured; secure.
  6. (used after a noun, often forming a compound) Not susceptible to a specified source of harm.
  7. (Britain, slang) Great, cool, awesome, respectable; a term of approbation.
  8. (slang) Lenient, usually describing a teacher that is easy-going.
  9. Reliable.
  10. Cautious.
  11. Synonyms:
      12. secure, shielded, sheltered, guarded, defended, alright, protected, unassailable, unharmed, all right, out of harm's way, protected from danger, protected from harm, safe and sound, impregnable, sure, invulnerable, snug, free from danger, in safe hands, in a safe place, safe as houses, confident, reassured, immune, unworried, undamaged, assured, certain, riskless, safeguarded, isolated, spared, well, unhurt, uninjured, unscathed, fine, intact, O.K., unthreatened, untouched, okay, sound, unscratched, OK … more
  12. Examples:
      13. “Mother rushed us all into the panic room and told us we would be safe in there.”
      “A lot of the prisoners are slightly malnourished, but they are safe.”
      “The newly constructed bridge is very sturdy and safe.”
saving
  1. (theology) That saves someone from damnation; redemptive. [from 14th c.]
  2. Preserving; rescuing.
  3. Thrifty; frugal. [from 15th c.]
  4. Bringing back in returns or in receipts the sum expended; incurring no loss, though not gainful.
  5. Making reservation or exception.
  6. (in compound adjectives) relating to making a saving: e.g. labour-saving, energy-saving light bulbs.
  7. Synonyms:
      8. redeeming, redemptory, redeemable, compensatory, positive, rescuing, restorative, compensating, conservative, good, preservative, preserving, reparatory, redemptive, delivering, releasing, liberating, emancipating, extenuating, qualifying, extenuatory, offsetting, compensative, remunerative, frugal, thrifty, sparing, parsimonious, economical, provident, careful, prudent, chary, tight, miserly, stingy, mean, scrimping, penny-pinching, close, penurious, cheap, closefisted, spare, ungenerous, mingy, chintzy, grasping, avaricious, uncharitable … more
  8. Examples:
      9. “The desert's saving grace is a fertile strip in the north watered by the Euphrates River as it flows southeast.”
      “Astwood was a saving miser, who lent money to his fellow-servitors on usury.”
      “After due trial, this purpose of the expedition was abandoned, and a more profitable occupation was found in trying for fish and furs, which were to be the last refuge to secure a saving voyage.”
saved
  1. (Christianity) Rescued from the consequences of sin.
  2. Synonyms:
      3. rescued, liberated, freed, released, free, helped, let go, set free, unbound, unconfined, uncaged, unrestrained, unfettered, unshackled, unchained, out, discharged, untrammelled, unsecured, unimprisoned, untethered, untrammeled, free as a bird, loose, on the loose, at liberty, at large, untied, escaped, free-range, unrestricted, footloose, roaming, set loose, clear, unclasped, runaway, unlocked, fugitive, unbolted, on the run, wild, unconstrained, defended, protected, safeguarded, guarded, safe, secure, unthreatened … more
  3. Examples:
      4. “At this point, the saved prisoners heard the commotion coming from the room and started to wonder what was going on.”
      “He is knighted by the earl of the saved castle, and moves on.”
      “Analysts must inquire into the mobility of the saved resources.”
safelike
  1. Resembling or characteristic of a safe.
saveable
  1. Alternative form of savable
  2. Synonyms:
      3. salvageable, repairable, fixable, restorable, retrievable, recoverable, reclaimable
  3. Examples:
      4. “De Vries cut in from the left inside the penalty box, Freddy Dindeleux slipped going into the challenge, but even then the striker's shot was eminently saveable.”
      “What if every note you ever took was saveable, searchable and sendable?”
      “But now safety must take precedence and we will have to see if any part of the building is saveable or if sadly everything has to go.”
savable
  1. Capable of being saved.
  2. Examples:
      3. “The jury is out on whether the tooth is savable, but it was cracked right up to the root.”
      “The most pressing challenge, then, is to support demand with stimulus, and continue to use bail-out funds to strengthen savable banks.”
      “The tower at Pachena is suffering due to the ravages of the weather and without major work soon may not be savable.”
safeish
  1. Somewhat safe.
safest
  1. superlative form of safe: most safe, most safe.
  2. Synonyms:
      3. securest, most shielded, most sheltered, most guarded, most protected, most unharmed, best, finest, soundest, most unhurt, most untouched, most okay, most unscratched, most OK, firmest, steadiest, strongest, most impervious, most riskless, most certain, most impregnable, most solid, trustworthiest, trustiest, sanest, maturest, surest, truest, honestest, most faithful, most reliable, most dependable, most responsible, most rational, most reasonable, most sensible, most stable, most discreet, most adult, most capable, most competent, most conscientious, most calculable, most reputable, most tried … more
  3. Examples:
      4. “We managed to find a track without electric rails and decided it would be safest to follow that one.”
      “Sutton's police chief has pledged to make the borough the safest in London by waging war on career criminals and drug traders.”
      “Motorways are statistically the safest roads, carrying 15 per cent of traffic and accounting for three per cent of accidents.”
safer
  1. comparative form of safe: more safe
  2. Synonyms:
      3. securer, more shielded, more sheltered, more guarded, more protected, more unharmed, better, finer, sounder, more unhurt, more untouched, more okay, more unscratched, more OK, firmer, steadier, stronger, more impervious, more riskless, more certain, more impregnable, more solid, trustworthier, trustier, saner, maturer, surer, truer, honester, more faithful, more reliable, more dependable, more responsible, more rational, more reasonable, more sensible, more stable, more discreet, more adult, more capable, more competent, more conscientious, more calculable, more reputable, more tried … more
  3. Examples:
      4. “I continued to walk, my pace quickening once I was in a somewhat safer place.”
      “Uniformed guards called safer travel officers are keeping watch for trouble-makers.”
      “Only a hagiocracy could provide them a safer border in the region, especially in the face of the perceived threat.”
safed
  1. simple past tense and past participle of safe
safing
  1. present participle of safe
safeguarded
  1. simple past tense and past participle of safeguard
  2. Synonyms:
      3. protected, defended, guarded, screened, secured, shielded, preserved, saved, bulwarked, conserved, covered, fenced, fended, forfended, kept, sheltered, warded, assured, ensured, insured, maintained, upheld, upholden, afforded protection to, kept safe, looked after, watched over, kept from harm, wrapped up in cotton wool, fortified, harbored, harboured, watched, cared for, minded, inoculated, insulated, cushioned, taken care of, took care of, hedged, averted, supported, tended, housed, immunized, escorted, policed, chaperoned, stood up for … more
safeguarding
  1. present participle of safeguard
  2. Synonyms:
      3. protecting, defending, guarding, screening, securing, shielding, preserving, saving, bulwarking, conserving, covering, fencing, fending, forfending, keeping, sheltering, warding, assuring, ensuring, insuring, maintaining, upholding, affording protection to, keeping safe, looking after, watching over, keeping from harm, wrapping up in cotton wool, fortifying, taking care of, harboring, harbouring, watching, caring for, minding, inoculating, insulating, cushioning, hedging, averting, supporting, giving sanctuary, garrisoning, riding shotgun, tending, housing, immunizing, escorting, policing, chaperoning … more
safetied
  1. simple past tense and past participle of safety
safetying
  1. present participle of safety
safened
  1. simple past tense and past participle of safen
safening
  1. present participle of safen
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