Risk Synonyms and Antonyms

rĭsk
Exposure to possible harm, loss, or injury
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. danger
  2. peril
  3. endangerment
  4. hazard
  5. imperilment
  6. jeopardy
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To expose to possible loss or damage
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. adventure
  2. compromise
  3. put on the line
  4. hazard
  5. venture
  6. lay-on-the-line
To run the risk of
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. chance
  2. hazard
  3. gamble
  4. adventure
  5. venture
  6. endanger
  7. imperil
  8. jeopardize
  9. speculate
  10. take-a-chance
  11. gamble on
  12. run the risk
  13. trust to chance
  14. do at one's own peril
  15. expose oneself to
  16. lay oneself open to
  17. stick-one-s-neck-out
  18. take-the-liberty
  19. defy danger
  20. brave
  21. make an investment
  22. hang-by-a-thread
  23. danger
  24. play-with-fire
  25. dare
  26. carry too much sail
  27. go out of one's depth
  28. beard-the-lion-in-his-den
  29. bell-the-cat
  30. expose
  31. double the blind
  32. exposure
  33. sit on a barrel of gunpowder
  34. go through fire and water
  35. leap before one looks
  36. take a leap in the dark
  37. throw-caution-to-the-wind
  38. fish in troubled waters
  39. jeopard
  40. skate-on-thin-ice
  41. sleep on a volcano
  42. live in a glass house
  43. jeopardy
  44. go to sea in a sieve
  45. sail too near the wind
  46. liability
  47. buck the tiger
  48. menace
  49. peril
  50. plunge
  51. possibility
  52. take chances
  53. stake
  54. threat
  55. uncertainty
  56. wage
  57. run a risk
Antonyms:
  1. be certain
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To subject to danger or destruction
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. endanger
  2. imperil
  3. jeopardize
  4. menace
  5. peril
  6. threaten
To put up as a stake in a game or speculation
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. bet
  2. gamble
  3. lay
  4. post
  5. put
  6. stake
  7. venture
  8. wager
  9. go
The probability of being exposed to an infectious agent
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. risk of exposure
  2. risk of infection
To expose to a chance of loss or damage; hazard.
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. endanger

Words Related to Risk

Related words are words that are directly connected to each other through their meaning, even if they are not synonyms or antonyms. This connection may be general or specific, or the words may appear frequently together.

Risk Sentence Examples

  • I take a risk every time I go out.

  • Death is a part of the risk we take.

  • I don't want to risk hurting you.

  • I wanted a wife and children, but I didn't want to risk losing them because of the ranch.

  • I guess a walk in the cool evening isn't worth the risk of being eaten up by beasts is it?

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