Peril synonyms and antonyms

pĕr'əl

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danger
A thing that may cause injury, pain, etc.
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risk
The possibility of suffering harm or loss; danger.
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risky
Dangerous, involving risks.
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hazard
Risk or danger:
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perilous
Full of or involving peril; dangerous or risky.
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adventure
A financial speculation or business venture.
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explosive
(Slang) Easily driven to anger, usually with reference to a person.
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crisis
A sudden change in the course of a disease, usually at which the patient is expected to recover or die.
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threat
An indication of impending danger or harm:
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endangerment
The act of putting someone into danger, or the condition of being in danger
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jeopardize
To expose to loss or injury; imperil.
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menace
To threaten (an evil to be inflicted).
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threaten
Threaten is defined as to pose a danger to someone or something, or to make someone believe you pose a danger by making statements indicating an intent to harm them.
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queer
To put (oneself) into an unfavorable position
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expose
To reveal the guilt or wrongdoing of:
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scupper
(Chiefly British) To overwhelm or massacre.
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jeopardise
To put in jeopardy, to threaten.
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hazardous
Risky, dangerous, with the nature of a hazard.
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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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riskiness
The characteristic of being risky.
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jeopardy
(Law) A defendant's risk or danger of conviction when put on trial.
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destructive
Designed or tending to disprove or discredit:
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icarian
Of, like, or characteristic of Icarus
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charybdis
A whirlpool off the Sicilian coast, opposite the cave of Scylla.
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insecurity
The state of being subject to danger; vulnerability
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instability
(Physics, countable) A state that is not in equilibrium, or in which a small change has a large irreversible effect.
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liability
The financial obligations entered in the balance sheet of a business enterprise.
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pitfall
The definition of a pitfall is a danger, downside or a trap that may be concealed or that you may not be aware of.
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trap
Personal belongings or household goods.
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security (antonym)
Safety; the condition of being protected against harm.
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safeness (antonym)
danger, risk
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exposure
The act of making visible a body part, especially the genitals or breasts, in public or in a manner that is illegal or inappropriate.
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safety (antonym)
(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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imperilment
The act of imperiling, or the state of being imperiled.
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calamity (related)
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wickedness (related)
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stupidity (related)
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Peril Sentence Examples

  • Gibbon's stylistic artifice both averted the peril of prosecution and rendered the attack more telling.

  • The hour of peril for the Latin kingdom had now at last struck.

  • The " Yellow Peril " is considered less dangerous in Hawaii than formerly, although it was used as a political cry in the campaign for American annexation.

  • Nor was the peril wholly external.

  • It was not until the 4th of May 1877, when the peril from reactionary intrigues was notorious, and the clerical party had begun a campaign for the restoration of the temporal power of the pope, that he delivered his famous speech denouncing "clericalism" as "the enemy."

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