The Meaning of secure

• (a.) Free from fear, care, or anxiety; easy in mind; not feeling suspicion or distrust; confident.
• (a.) Overconfident; incautious; careless; -- in a bad sense.
• (a.) Confident in opinion; not entertaining, or not having reason to entertain, doubt; certain; sure; -- commonly with of; as, secure of a welcome.
• (a.) Net exposed to danger; safe; -- applied to persons and things, and followed by against or from.
• (v. t.) To make safe; to relieve from apprehensions of, or exposure to, danger; to guard; to protect.
• (v. t.) To put beyond hazard of losing or of not receiving; to make certain; to assure; to insure; -- frequently with against or from, rarely with of; as, to secure a creditor against loss; to secure a debt by a mortgage.
• (v. t.) To make fast; to close or confine effectually; to render incapable of getting loose or escaping; as, to secure a prisoner; to secure a door, or the hatches of a ship.
• (v. t.) To get possession of; to make one's self secure of; to acquire certainly; as, to secure an estate.

Synonyms

procure , fasten , fix , guarantee , ensure , insure , assure , plug , stop up , batten , batten down , unafraid , untroubled , impregnable , inviolable , strong , unassailable , unattackable , dependable , good , safe

Antonyms

unfasten , insecure , insecure , insecure

Rhymes

allure , amanpour , assure , badour , baldur , beladur , bijur , bloor , bonjour , boor , brochure , buhr , contour , couture , cure , demure , detour , duerr , dufour , endure , ensure , entrepreneur , epicure , fluhr , foor , fuhr , gilmour , gloor , gochnour , immature , impure , insure , inure , jabbour , jure , lacour , lancour , latour , lesure , lumpur , lure , manure , mature , miniature , moor , moore , muhr , muir , murre , obscure , observateur , pimplapure , premature , procure , pure , reassure , rednour , reinsure , ruhr , schnoor , segur , spoor , stamour , stuhr , suhr , suhre , suire , sure , tour , ture , uhr , unsure , your