Security

Noun

 * 1)  the condition of not being threatened, especially physically, psychologically, emotionally, or financially
 * 2)  something that secures.
 * 3) an organization or department responsible for providing security by enforcing laws, rules, and regulations as well as maintaining order.
 * 4)  something that secures the fulfillment of an obligation or law.
 * 5)  Freedom from apprehension.
 * 6)  proof of ownership of stocks, bonds or other investment instruments.W
 * 7)  property temporarily relinquished to guarantee repayment of a loan

Synonyms

 * safety
 * protection
 * guarantee, surety
 * See also Thesaurus:security

Antonyms

 * (condition of being threatened): insecurity

Derived terms

 * Security Council
 * security procedure
 * social security
 * security blanket
 * security hole
 * information security
 * computer security

Adjectives for Security
unfathomable; false; stable; specific; mundane; comparative; fancied; individual; absolute; carnal; imperfect; universal; symbolized; tolerable; proper; reasonable; effectual; foreign; financial; smiling; essential; contented; nascent.

Verbs for Security
attain—; build up—; dwell in—; enjoy—; evince—; guarantee—; imperil—; insure—; lull into—; maintain—; preserve—; receive —; ruffle—; threaten—; undermine—.

Thesaurus
Easy Street, aegis, affluence, aplomb, armament, armor, arrogance, aspiration, assumption, assurance, assured faith, assuredness, asylum, authenticity, authoritativeness, bail, balance, balanced personality, bamboo curtain, barrier of secrecy, bed of roses, belief, blackout, bond, calculability, care, censorship, certainty, certification, certitude, cheerful expectation, clear sailing, clover, cocksureness, collateral, comfort, confidence, confidentness, constancy, conviction, cool, courage, curtain, custodianship, custody, dependability, dependence, deposit, desire, doomed hope, earnest, ease, easy circumstances, equilibrium, expectation, fair prospect, faith, faithworthiness, fastness, felicity, fervent hope, firmness, fleshpots, gage, good cheer, good hope, gracious life, gracious living, great expectations, guarantee, guaranty, guard, guarding, happiness, harmlessness, high hopes, homeostasis, hope, hopeful prognosis, hopefulness, hopes, hoping, hoping against hope, hubris, hush-up, immunity, imperturbability, insurance, invariability, invincibility, invulnerability, iron curtain, ironbound security, lap of luxury, life of ease, loaves and fishes, luxury, nerve, oath of secrecy, official secrecy, overconfidence, oversureness, overweening, overweeningness, pall, pawn, pledge, poise, pomposity, positiveness, prayerful hope, predictability, presumption, pride, promise, prospect, prospects, prosperity, prosperousness, protection, refuge, reliability, reliance, repression, risklessness, rootedness, safeguard, safeguarding, safeness, safety, sanctuary, sang-froid, sanguine expectation, seal of secrecy, secureness, self-assurance, self-confidence, self-importance, self-reliance, settled belief, shelter, shield, smothering, solidity, soundness, stability, stable equilibrium, stable state, stableness, staunchness, steadfastness, steadiness, steady nerves, steady state, stifling, strength, subjective certainty, substantiality, success, suppression, sureness, surety, surveillance, the affluent life, the good life, thriving condition, token, trust, trustworthiness, undeflectability, unerringness, uniformity, unshakable nerves, unshakableness, upward mobility, validity, veil, veil of secrecy, velvet, ward, warrant, warranty, weal, wealth, welfare, well-being, well-grounded hope, wraps

Etymology
From securite <  (French: sécurité) <  securitas <  securus "safe, secure".

Translations

 * Arabic:
 * Catalan: seguretat
 * Croatian:
 * Czech:, , ,
 * Danish:
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish: ,
 * French:
 * German:
 * Greek: ασφάλεια
 * Hebrew: ביטחון
 * Japanese:


 * Kurdish: ,
 * Macedonian: безбедност,
 * Persian:
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:
 * Russian: ,
 * Scottish Gaelic:
 * Spanish:, confianza
 * Swedish:, ,
 * Telugu: భద్రత (bhadrata)
 * Turkish: güvenlik


 * Croatian:
 * Dutch:
 * French: ,
 * German:
 * Greek: ασφάλεια
 * Japanese: 保護 (ほご, hogo), セキュリティー sekyuritī


 * Portuguese:
 * Russian: ,
 * Spanish:, garantía
 * Swedish: ,
 * Turkish: güvenli


 * Croatian:
 * Czech:
 * Dutch: veiligheidsdienst
 * Finnish: turvallisuuspalvelu, turvallisuusosasto
 * German: Sicherheitsdienst
 * Hebrew: ביטחון
 * Kurdish:


 * Macedonian: обезбедување
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian: служба безопасности (slúžba b'ezopásnosti)
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish: säkerhetstjänst, vaktbolag
 * Turkish: güvenlik güçleri, emniyet


 * Croatian:, garancija
 * German:
 * Greek: εχέγγυο, εγγύηση


 * Russian:
 * Spanish: garantía, prenda, respaldo
 * Swedish:, ,


 * Croatian: vrijednosni papir
 * Czech:
 * French:
 * Greek:, ,  χρηματόγραφο


 * Japanese:, 抵当, 保証
 * Slovene: vrednostni papir
 * Spanish: certificado, documento, título de propiedad
 * Swedish: värdepapper


 * Czech: ,
 * Dutch: onderpand
 * Finnish: ,
 * German:


 * Japanese: 証券, 有価証券
 * Scottish Gaelic:
 * Spanish: prenda
 * Swedish:


 * : 安全 (ān quán)
 * : keamanan (1), sekuritas (3???), jaminan (4)
 * : sikkerhet (1,4), sikkerhetstjeneste  (2), obligasjon  (3), gjeldsbrev  (3)
 * : sicurezza