Antonyms of noun safety

1 of 6 senses of safety

Sense 1
safety -- (the state of being certain that adverse effects will not be caused by some agent under defined conditions; "insure the safety of the children"; "the reciprocal of safety is risk")
       Antonym of danger (Sense 1)
      => danger -- (the condition of being susceptible to harm or injury; "you are in no danger"; "there was widespread danger of disease")

Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun safety

6 senses of safety

Sense 1
safety -- (the state of being certain that adverse effects will not be caused by some agent under defined conditions; "insure the safety of the children"; "the reciprocal of safety is risk")
       => condition, status -- (a state at a particular time; "a condition (or state) of disrepair"; "the current status of the arms negotiations")

Sense 2
safety, refuge -- (a safe place; "He ran to safety")
       => area, country -- (a particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography); "it was a mountainous area"; "Bible country")

Sense 3
guard, safety, safety device -- (a device designed to prevent injury or accidents)
       => device -- (an instrumentality invented for a particular purpose; "the device is small enough to wear on your wrist"; "a device intended to conserve water")

Sense 4
base hit, safety -- ((baseball) the successful act of striking a baseball in such a way that the batter reaches base safely)
       => hit -- ((baseball) a successful stroke in an athletic contest (especially in baseball); "he came all the way around on Williams' hit")

Sense 5
condom, rubber, safety, safe, prophylactic -- (contraceptive device consisting of a sheath of thin rubber or latex that is worn over the penis during intercourse)
       => contraceptive, preventive, preventative, contraceptive device, prophylactic device, birth control device -- (an agent or device intended to prevent conception)

Sense 6
safety -- (a score in American football; a player is tackled behind his own goal line)
       => score -- (the act of scoring in a game or sport; "the winning score came with less than a minute left to play")

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