Thesaurus: safe

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1. superl. Free from harm, injury, or risk; untouched or unthreatened by danger or injury; unharmed; unhurt; secure; whole; as, safe from disease; safe from storms; safe from foes.
2. superl. Conferring safety; securing from harm; not exposing to danger; confining securely; to be relied upon; not dangerous; as, a safe harbor; a safe bridge, etc.
3. superl. Incapable of doing harm; no longer dangerous; in secure care or custody; as, the prisoner is safe.
4. n. A place for keeping things in safety.
5. n. A strong and fireproof receptacle (as a movable chest of steel, etc., or a closet or vault of brickwork) for containing money, valuable papers, or the like.
6. n. A ventilated or refrigerated chest or closet for securing provisions from noxious animals or insects.
7. v. t. To render safe; to make right.
8. adj. free from danger or the risk of harm
9. adj. (of an undertaking) secure from risk
10. adj. having reached a base without being put out
11. adj. financially safe
12. n. strongbox where valuables can be safely kept