Meanings
- idiomaticnot comparableHaving come to no harm, especially after being exposed to danger.
Come to the Centaur, fetch our ſtuffe from thence: I long that we were ſafe and ſound aboord.
c. 1594 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Comedie of Errors”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene iv], page 96Synonyms: in one piece, unharmed, unhurt, uninjured, unscathed
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveHaving come to no harm, especially after being exposed to danger.
More synonyms by meaning
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
Conjunction of safe (“not in danger”) and sound (“intact, healthy”). Compare with Old French sauf et sain.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Arabic مَأْمُون وَسَلِيم
- مَأْمُون وَسَلِيم (maʔmūn wasalīm)having come to no harm
Bulgarian жив и здрав, здрав и читав
- жив и здрав (živ i zdrav)having come to no harm
- здрав и читав (zdrav i čitav)having come to no harm
Catalan sa i estalvi
- sa i estalvihaving come to no harm
Chinese Mandarin 安好, 平安
- 安好 (ānhǎo)having come to no harm
- 平安 (píng'ān)having come to no harm
- 毫髮無傷 /毫发无伤 (háofàwúshāng)having come to no harm
- 安然無恙 /安然无恙 (ānránwúyàng)having come to no harm
Dutch veilig en wel
- veilig en welhaving come to no harm
Esperanto sanigita kaj savita
- sanigita kaj savitahaving come to no harm
Finnish kunnossa, turvassa
- kunnossahaving come to no harm
- turvassahaving come to no harm
French sain et sauf
- sain et saufhaving come to no harm
German wohlbehalten, ganz und heil
- wohlbehaltenhaving come to no harm
- ganz und heilhaving come to no harm
- gesund und munterhaving come to no harm
Greek σώος και αβλαβής
- σώος και αβλαβής (sóos kai avlavís)having come to no harm
Hindi सहीसलामत
- सहीसलामत (sahīslāmat)having come to no harm
Hungarian ép és egészséges
- ép és egészségeshaving come to no harm
Icelandic heill á húfi, heilu og höldnu
- heill á húfihaving come to no harm
- heilu og höldnuhaving come to no harm
- klakklausthaving come to no harm
Italian sano e salvo, incolume
- sano e salvohaving come to no harm
- incolumehaving come to no harm
- indennehaving come to no harm
Japanese 無事に
- 無事に (buji-ni)having come to no harm
Korean 무사하다
- 무사하다 (musahada)having come to no harm
Latin sani salvique, sospes
- sani salviquehaving come to no harm
- sospeshaving come to no harm
- incolumishaving come to no harm
Latvian sveiks un vesels
- sveiks un veselshaving come to no harm
Lithuanian sveikas ir gyvas
- sveikas ir gyvashaving come to no harm
Norwegian Bokmål helskinnet
- helskinnethaving come to no harm
Polish cały i zdrowy
- cały i zdrowyhaving come to no harm
Portuguese são e salvo
- são e salvohaving come to no harm
Punjabi ਠੀਕ ਠਾਕ
- ਠੀਕ ਠਾਕ (ṭhīk ṭhāk)having come to no harm
Romanian teafăr, sănătos
- teafărhaving come to no harm
- sănătoshaving come to no harm
- teafăr și nevătămathaving come to no harm
Russian в це́лости и сохра́нности, це́лый и невреди́мый
- в це́лости и сохра́нности (v célosti i soxránnosti)having come to no harm
- це́лый и невреди́мый (célyj i nevredímyj)having come to no harm
Slovak živý a zdravý
- živý a zdravýhaving come to no harm
Spanish sano y salvo
- sano y salvohaving come to no harm
Swedish välbehållen, helskinnad
- välbehållenhaving come to no harm
- helskinnadhaving come to no harm
Turkish sağ salim, sağ selamet
- sağ salimhaving come to no harm
- sağ selamethaving come to no harm
Cite this entry
safe and sound. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/safe%20and%20sound
“safe and sound.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/safe%20and%20sound. Accessed November 5, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “safe and sound,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/safe%20and%20sound.
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