unsafe

Other forms of unsafe

comparative

unsafer·

superlative

unsafest·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about unsafe

What does unsafe mean?

unsafe means "lacking in security or safety". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in unsafe?

unsafe has 2 syllables: un-safe. The stress falls on "safe". In IPA it is /ənˈseɪf/.

What is another word for unsafe?

Close synonyms include insecure, dangerous, insecure. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is unsafe a common word?

unsafe is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with unsafe?

1 word rhymes with unsafe. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.