hazard

hazard

noun

Definition of HAZARD

1

something that may cause injury or harm <the tumbledown old barn was considered a fire hazard>

Synonyms hazard, imminence, menace, peril, pitfall, risk, threat, trouble

Related Words snare, trap; booby trap

Near Antonyms guard, protection, safeguard, shield, ward; asylum, harbor, haven, refuge, retreat, shelter

2

the uncertain course of events <it was only by hazard and good fortune that we found our way back to the trail>

Synonyms accident, casualty [archaic], circumstance, hap, hazard, luck

Related Words fortuitousness, fortuity, haphazardry, randomness, uncertainty; fluke, happenchance, happenstance; destiny, doom, fate, fortune, lot; danger, peril, risk

Near Antonyms intent, intention, purpose; design, outline, plan, scheme