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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | danger, trouble |
| Synonyms: | accident, chance, double-trouble, endangerment, exposure, hazard, insecurity, liability, on the line, on the spot, out on a limb, peril, precariousness, risk, venture, vulnerability |
| Antonyms: | protection, safety |
| Main Entry: | chance |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | gamble, risk |
| Synonyms: | bet, craps game, fall of the cards, hazard, jeopardy, lottery, raffle, speculation, stake, throw of the dice, try, venture, wager |
| Main Entry: | danger |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | hazard, troublesome situation |
| Synonyms: | clouds, crisis, double trouble, dynamite, emergency, endangerment, exigency, exposure, hot potato, insecurity, instability, jeopardy, menace, peril, pitfall, possibility, precariousness, precipice, probability, risk, risky business, slipperiness, storm, thin ice, threat, uncertainty, venture, vulnerability |
| Antonyms: | care, carefulness, guard, preservation, safety, security |
| Main Entry: | exposure |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | uncovering; putting in view or danger |
| Synonyms: | acknowledgment, airing, baring, betrayal, confession, defenselessness, denudation, denunciation, disclosure, display, divulgence, divulging, exhibition, exposé, giveaway, hazard, introduction, jeopardy, laying open, liability, manifestation, nakedness, openness, peril, presentation, publicity, revelation, risk, showing, susceptibility, susceptiveness, susceptivity, unfolding, unmasking, unveiling, vulnerability, vulnerableness |
| Antonyms: | concealment, covering, hiding |
| Main Entry: | hazard |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | danger |
| Synonyms: | double trouble, dynamite, endangerment, hot potato, imperilment, jeopardy, peril, risk, risky business, thin ice, threat |
| Antonyms: | protection, safeguard, safety |
| Main Entry: | menace |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | danger; pest |
| Synonyms: | annoyance, caution, commination, hazard, intimidation, jeopardy, nuisance, peril, plague, risk, scare, threat, thunder, trouble, troublemaker, warning |
| Antonyms: | aid, assistance, help |
| Main Entry: | peril |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | danger, risk |
| Synonyms: | cause for alarm, double trouble, endangerment, exposure, hazard, insecurity, jeopardy, liability, menace, openness, pitfall, risky business, uncertainty, vulnerability |
| Antonyms: | safeness, safety, security |
| Main Entry: | risk |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | chance taken |
| Synonyms: | accident, contingency, danger, exposedness, exposure, flyer, fortuity, fortune, gamble, hazard, header, jeopardy, liability, liableness, luck, openness, opportunity, peril, plunge, possibility, prospect, shot in the dark, speculation, stab*, uncertainty, venture, wager |
| Antonyms: | certainty, safety, sureness, surety |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | venture |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | gamble, attempt |
| Synonyms: | adventure, baby*, chance, deal, endeavor, enterprise, essay, experiment, exploit, feat*, hazard, header, investment, jeopardy, peril, pet project, project, proposition, pursuit, risk, setup, shot*, spec, speculation, stab*, stake, test, thing*, trial, undertaking, wager |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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