Synonyms and Antonyms of unsafe
1
involving potential loss or injury
- workers are forbidden from engaging in unsafe activities on company time
dangerous, grave, grievous, hazardous, jeopardizing, menacing, parlous, perilous, risky, serious, threatening, unhealthy, venturesome
dicey, insecure, precarious, treacherous, uncertain
ultrahazardous
chance, haphazard, random
distressing, sickening, unpleasant
ugly, wicked
adverse, bad, baleful, baneful, deleterious, detrimental, evil, harmful, hurtful, ill, inimical, injurious, malignant, nasty, noxious, pernicious, pestilent
deadly, deathly, destructive, dire, fatal, fateful, fell, killer, lethal, mortal, murderous
2
not paying or showing close attention especially for the purpose of avoiding trouble
- people who have a record of being unsafe drivers usually have to pay higher insurance premiums
bold, impetuous, rash, reckless
inattentive, regardless
blithe, inconsiderate, thoughtless
absentminded, forgetful, unmindful
lax, neglectful, negligent, remiss, slipshod
imprudent, indiscreet, injudicious
inadvertent, unintentional, unplanned
attentive, chary, observant, vigilant, watchful
foresighted, forethoughtful, provident
calculating, scheming, shrewd
considerate, thoughtful
ultracareful, ultracautious
