Synonyms of harm's way

harm's way

noun

as in risk

the state of not being protected from injury, harm, or evil

got everyone out of harm's way just minutes before the house was ripped apart by the tornado

Synonyms & Similar Words

• risk
• jeopardy
• danger
• trouble
• peril
• distress
• endangerment
• imperilment
• threat
• vulnerability
• exposure
• openness
• susceptibility
• liability
• helplessness
• precariousness
• weakness
• susceptibleness
• defenselessness

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• safety
• security
• salvation
• preservation
• protection
• defense
• secureness
• exemption
• safeness
• immunity
• inviolability
• impunity
• invulnerability

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of harm's way

That's where video shows two young men fighting and a group of people surrounding them, including some who went into harm's way to try to help. — Jeff Capellini, CBS News, 16 Sep. 2026

Miller is advocating to modernize the World Trade Center Health Program to keep up with the new technology and screening for first responders who put themselves in harm's way on 9/11 and didn't know it. — ABC News, 9 Sep. 2026

The police officers who responded were hailed for putting themselves in harm's way to help people escape. — Jeanine Santucci, USA Today, 3 Sep. 2026

The council recommends shifting some flood insurance policies to private insurance companies, and moving faster to map flood risk accurately across the country, so that fewer homes are in harm's way. — Lauren Sommer, NPR, 7 May 2026