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risky business

NOUN
crapshoot
Synonyms
STRONG
risk
WEAK
iffy proposition shot in the dark spin of the roulette wheel
NOUN
danger
Synonyms
STRONGEST
crisis emergency exposure insecurity instability jeopardy menace peril pitfall possibility probability risk threat uncertainty vulnerability
STRONG
clouds dynamite endangerment exigency precariousness precipice slipperiness storm venture
WEAK
double trouble hot potato thin ice
Antonyms
STRONGEST
calm certainty peace safety security sureness unlikelihood
WEAK
care carefulness guard preservation
NOUN
hazard
Synonyms
STRONGEST
accident mishap possibility risk
STRONG
adventure coincidence dynamite fling fluke go misfortune toss-up venture wager
WEAK
hundred-to-one long shot lucky break lucky hit stroke of luck way the ball bounces way the cookie crumbles
Antonyms
STRONG
design plan
WEAK
certainty determination fact proof
NOUN
hazard
Synonyms
STRONGEST
peril risk threat
STRONG
dynamite endangerment jeopardy
WEAK
double trouble hot potato imperilment thin ice
Antonyms
STRONGEST
safety
WEAK
assurance protection safeguard surety
NOUN
imperilment
Synonyms
WEAK
clouds crisis double trouble dynamite emergency endangerment exigency exposure hazard hot potato insecurity instability jeopardy menace peril pitfall possibility precariousness precipice probability risk slipperiness storm thin ice threat uncertainty venture vulnerability
NOUN
peril
Synonyms
STRONGEST
hazard insecurity jeopardy menace pitfall uncertainty vulnerability
STRONG
endangerment exposure liability openness
WEAK
cause for alarm double trouble
Antonyms
STRONGEST
certainty protection safety
WEAK
safeness security
NOUN
speculation
Synonyms
STRONGEST
plunge
STRONG
backing flier flutter gambling hazard hunch piece shot spec stab venture wager
WEAK
right money risky venture shot in the dark smart money speculative enterprise
Antonyms
STRONG
proof reality
WEAK
abstention fact information truth

Example Sentences

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Somewhere along the way, I absorbed the belief that it was risky business.

From Salon • Apr. 26, 2026

The retailer’s executive chairman, Marcus Lemonis, said in August that the state is over-regulated, expensive and creates a risky business environment.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 24, 2026

Encouraging owners of ghost ships to sell them for scrap would provide some revenue as they exit a decidedly risky business.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 18, 2026

In fact, it was an expensive and risky business still—as the horrific loss of the Challenger shuttle and its crew on Jan. 28, 1986, demonstrated all too vividly.

From Slate • Dec. 9, 2025

I guess she could have “passed” in Austin, but that was a terribly risky business.

From "The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate" by Jacqueline Kelly