risky

risky

adjective \ˈris-kē\

: involving the possibility of something bad or unpleasant happening : involving risk

risk·i·errisk·i·est

Full Definition of RISKY

:  attended with risk or danger :  hazardous

— risk·i·ness noun

Examples of RISKY

1. Her plan is too risky.

First Known Use of RISKY

1827

Related to RISKY

Synonyms

grave, grievous, hazardous, jeopardizing, menacing, parlous, perilous, dangerous, serious, threatening, unhealthy, unsafe, venturesome

Antonyms

harmless, innocent, innocuous, nonhazardous, nonthreatening, safe, unthreatening

Related Words

dicey, insecure, precarious, treacherous, uncertain; ultrahazardous; chance, haphazard, random; distressing, sickening, unpleasant; ugly, wicked; adverse, bad, baleful, baneful, deleterious, detrimental, evil, harmful, hurtful, ill, inimical, injurious, malignant, nasty, noxious, pernicious, pestilent; deadly, deathly, destructive, dire, fatal, fateful, fell, killer, lethal, mortal, murderous

Near Antonyms

advantageous, beneficial, good; ultrasafe

See Synonym Discussion at dangerous

Rhymes with RISKY

frisky, pliskie, whiskey