Synonyms of jeopardy

jeopardy

noun

ˈje-pər-dē 

as in danger

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

the city's firefighters routinely put their lives in jeopardy by executing daring rescues

Synonyms & Similar Words

• danger
• risk
• trouble
• peril
• distress
• endangerment
• imperilment
• threat
• harm's way
• vulnerability
• precariousness
• exposure
• openness
• liability
• susceptibility
• helplessness
• susceptibleness
• weakness
• defenselessness

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of jeopardy

In Santa Cruz, California, FEMA grants, policing grants and a water-supply project to build drought resiliency are all in jeopardy if the government continues to threaten to withhold funds, wrote the city’s Finance Director Elizabeth Cabell. — Nick Penzenstadler, USA Today, 16 July 2026

Momentum had swung back and forth throughout the five-hour-plus thriller, the quality of tennis had remained high and the sense of jeopardy never dissipated. — Ava Wallace, New York Times, 13 July 2026

The jeopardy of knockout soccer only adds to the intensity and this is where the weaker teams get found out. — Ben Church, CNN Money, 29 June 2026

The latest exchange has put negotiations toward a lasting ceasefire in grave jeopardy. — Willem Marx, NPR, 28 June 2026

Phrases Containing jeopardy

• in jeopardy

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