Risky vs. Safe

Dangerous, involving risks.

Example: ‘Investing in this start-up company could be risky.’;

Attended with risk or danger; hazardous.

Example: ‘Generalization are always risky.’;

involving risk or danger;

Example: ‘skydiving is a hazardous sport’; ‘extremely risky going out in the tide and fog’; ‘a venturesome journey in wintertime’; ‘a venturous enterprise’;

not financially safe or secure;

Example: ‘a bad investment’; ‘high risk investments’; ‘anything that promises to pay too much can't help being risky’; ‘speculative business enterprises’;

full of the possibility of danger, failure, or loss

Example: ‘it was much too risky to try to disarm him’;

risqué

Example: ‘their risky patter made the guests laugh’;

Not in danger; out of harm's reach.

Example: ‘You’ll be safe here.’;

Free from risk; harmless, riskless.

Example: ‘It’s safe to eat this.’;

Providing protection from danger; providing shelter.

Example: ‘We have to find a safe spot, where we can hide out until this is over.’;

(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.

Example: ‘The pitcher attempted to pick off the runner at first, but he was safe.’;

Properly secured; secure.

Example: ‘The documents are safe.’;

Not susceptible to a specified source of harm.

Example: ‘dishwasher safe;’;

Great, cool, awesome, respectable; a term of approbation.

(slang) Lenient, usually describing a teacher that is easy-going.

Reliable; trusty.

Cautious.

A box, usually made of metal, in which valuables can be locked for safekeeping.

(slang) A condom.

(dated) A ventilated or refrigerated chest or closet for securing provisions from noxious animals or insects.

A safety bicycle.

(transitive) To make something safe.

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.

Example: ‘They escaped all safe to land.’; ‘Established in a safe, unenvied throne.’;

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.

Example: ‘The King of heaven hath doomedThis place our dungeon, not our safe retreat.’;

Incapable of doing harm; no longer dangerous; in secure care or custody; as, the prisoner is safe.

Example: ‘But Banquo's safe?Ay, my good lord, safe in a ditch he bides.’;

A place for keeping things in safety.

To render safe; to make right.

strongbox where valuables can be kept safe

a ventilated or refrigerated cupboard for securing provisions from pests

contraceptive device consisting of a thin rubber or latex sheath worn over the penis during intercourse

free from danger or the risk of harm;

Example: ‘a safe trip’; ‘you will be safe here’; ‘a safe place’; ‘a safe bet’;

of an undertaking

having reached a base without being put out;

Example: ‘the runner was called safe when the baseman dropped the ball’;

financially sound;

Example: ‘a good investment’; ‘a secure investment’;

in safekeeping;

Example: ‘your secret is safe with me’;

A safe (also called a strongbox or coffer) is a secure lockable box used for securing valuable objects against theft and/or damage from fire. A safe is usually a hollow cuboid or cylinder, with one face being removable or hinged to form a door.