Hazard synonyms

hăz'ərd

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risk
The possibility of suffering harm or loss; danger.
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danger (related)
A thing that may cause injury, pain, etc.
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compromise
To breach (a security system).
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obstacle
put at risk
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spillage (related)
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health-risk (related)
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peril
(Insurance) An event which causes a loss, or the risk of a specific such event.
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jeopardy
put at risk
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safeguard (antonym)
One who, or that which, defends or protects; defence; protection.
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protection (antonym)
(Insurance) Coverage.
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surety (antonym)
Evidence; confirmation; warrant.
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fact (antonym)
Something which has become real.
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chance (related)
Chance means to happen by luck or fortune.
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keep safe (antonym)
risk
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certainty (antonym)
The quality of being established as true:
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assurance (antonym)
Assurance means the act of feeling confident in yourself.
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contamination (related)
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venture (related)
A business enterprise involving some risk in expectation of gain.
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gamble (related)
To expose to hazard; risk:
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accident
put at risk
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endanger
To expose to danger, harm, or loss; imperil
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imperil
To expose to peril.
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jeopard
(Now Rare) jeopardize
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mishap
put at risk
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possibility
put at risk
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stake
To gamble or risk; hazard:
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threat
(Obs.) threaten
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determination (antonym)
The quality of being resolute; firmness of purpose
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proof (antonym)
(Countable) An effort, process, or operation designed to establish or discover a fact or truth; an act of testing; a test; a trial.
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reality (antonym)
The quality of being true to life
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winning opening (related)
(Court Tennis) Any of three openings, the dedans, grille, or winning gallery: a ball played into any of these wins a point
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fluke
A chance occurrence:
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fortuity
(Countable) A fortuitous event; an accident
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hap
(UK, Scotland, dialect) A wrap, such as a quilt or a comforter. Also, a small or folded blanket placed on the end of a bed to keep feet warm.
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happenchance
A happenstance.
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happenstance
Happenstance is defined as coincidence or by chance.
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fortuitousness
The quality of being fortuitous
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fortune
The chance happening of fortunate or adverse events; luck:
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luck
Luck means someone’s good fortune.
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endangerment
The act of putting someone into danger, or the condition of being in danger
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imperilment
The act of imperiling, or the state of being imperiled.
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adventure
To venture upon; to run the risk of; to dare.
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dare
To have enough courage to meet or do something, go somewhere, etc.; to face up to
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presume
(Now rare) To perform, do (something) without authority; to lay claim to without permission. [from 14th c.]
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pretend
To make oneself appear to do or be doing something; to engage in make-believe.
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surprise (related)
The definition of a surprise is something unexpected or unusual.
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certain (related)
A certain indefinite number; certain ones (of)
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safety (related)
(American football) Any of the defensive players who are in position furthest from the line of scrimmage and whose responsibility is to defend against passes as well as to be the tacklers of last resort.
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try (related)
To put to test.
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guess
To form a judgment or estimate of (something) without actual knowledge or enough facts for certainty; conjecture; surmise
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take chances
take a risk in the hope of a favorable outcome
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run a risk
take a risk in the hope of a favorable outcome
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take-a-chance
(Idiomatic) To risk; to try something risky.
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jeopardize
The definition of jeopardize is to put someone or something in a dangerous situation or in peril.
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contaminant (related)
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hazardous (related)
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hazards (related)
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pollution (related)
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pollutant (related)
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uncertainty (related)
(Countable) Something uncertain or ambiguous.
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bet
To stake (money, etc.) in a bet
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carcinogen (related)
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Hazard Sentence Examples

  • We may find a fair parallel by imagining two plays drawn at hazard from the works of the great tragic writers.

  • She stopped a dozen meters before the edge of the forest, wondering if there was any sort of hazard in being so close to whatever it was causing the lake to be green in the first place.

  • Nourisson has treated of his doctrine of fate (De la liberte et du hazard, Paris, 1870).

  • He sent in his resignation from London, merely hazard ing this appeal: "If the people impose duties on me, I shall know how to fulfil them."

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