Synonyms for danger

noun

danger is the general term for liability to injury or evil, of whatever degree or likelihood of occurrence the danger of falling on icy walks; peril suggests great and imminent danger in peril of death; jeopardy emphasizes exposure to extreme danger liberty is in jeopardy under tyrants; hazard implies a foreseeable but uncontrollable possibility of danger, but stresses the element of chance the hazards of hunting big game; risk implies the voluntary taking of a dangerous chance