Another word for risk
risk
n.
Danger
The basis of a chance
chance, gamble, venture, good risk, fortuity, contingency, opportunity, prospect; see also chance 1, uncertainty 3. See syn. study at danger.
take a chance, gamble, venture; see chance 2, risk.
risk
v.
chance, gamble, gamble on, venture, hazard, imperil, endanger, jeopardize, run the risk, take a chance, trust to chance, do at one's own peril, expose oneself to, lay oneself open to, stick one's neck out, take the liberty, defy danger, speculate, make an investment, hang by a thread, play with fire, carry too much sail, go out of one's depth, beard the lion in his den, bell the cat, double the blind, sit on a barrel of gunpowder, go through fire and water, leap before one looks, take a leap in the dark, throw caution to the wind, fish in troubled waters, skate on thin ice, sleep on a volcano, live in a glass house, go to sea in a sieve, sail too near the wind, buck the tiger; see also chance 2.
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Another word for risk
A possibility of danger or harm:
chance, gamble, hazard. See safetyExposure to possible harm, loss, or injury:
danger, endangerment, hazard, imperilment, jeopardy, peril. See safetyA venture depending on chance:
bet, gamble, speculation, wager. See gambling
To expose to possible loss or damage:
adventure, compromise, hazard, venture. See safetyTo subject to danger or destruction:
endanger, imperil, jeopardize, menace, peril, threaten. See safetyTo put up as a stake in a game or speculation:
bet, gamble, lay1 (down), post2, put, stake, venture, wager. (Informal) go. See gamblingTo run the risk of:
adventure, chance, hazard, venture. See safety
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