Definitions

risky

[ris-kee] / ˈrɪs ki /

ADJECTIVE

dangerous

Synonyms

STRONGEST

delicate dicey hazardous perilous precarious sensitive speculative treacherous tricky uncertain unhealthy unsafe unsound

WEAK

chancy endangered fraught with danger going for broke hairy hanging by a thread iffy insecure jeopardous long shot not a prayer off the deep end on slippery ground on thin ice on-the-spot out on a limb playing with fire rocky ticklish touch-and-go touchy venturesome wicked wide-open

Antonyms

STRONGEST

certain definite harmless healthy honest insensitive protected safe secure stable strong sure well

WEAK

assured

Example Sentences

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Joseph Adinolfi and Gordon Gottsegen interviewed six investors who are students or at early stages of their careers and have made tremendous profits by taking risky positions in the stock market.

From MarketWatch

Read: They made big money on risky trades in the market this year.

From MarketWatch

It doesn’t make sense to divide finance into one set of seemingly safe activities that we call banking and another set of other supposedly risky activities.

From Barron's

It was an era of undeniable stardom — of pop being unafraid to be provocative and risky.

From Los Angeles Times

After rallying for most of the year, bitcoin and other digital tokens fall back—caught up in a broader decline afflicting riskier trades across all markets.

From The Wall Street Journal

risky

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