Synonyms of jeopardizing

jeopardizing 1 of 2

adjective

as in dangerous

involving potential loss or injury

that stupid prank could turn out to be a jeopardizing event in your academic career

Synonyms & Similar Words

• dangerous
• hazardous
• perilous
• risky
• serious
• unsafe
• threatening
• precarious
• treacherous
• menacing
• unhealthy
• grave
• detrimental
• grievous
• parlous
• uncertain
• random
• venturesome
• chance
• fatal
• destructive
• harmful
• adverse
• insecure
• bad
• unpleasant
• sickening
• killer
• injurious
• haphazard
• distressing
• dicey
• lethal
• deleterious
• deadly
• inimical
• murderous
• fell
• malignant
• pernicious
• ugly
• evil
• ultrahazardous
• dire
• wicked
• hurtful
• ill
• fateful
• nasty
• mortal
• noxious
• baneful
• baleful
• deathly
• pestilent

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• safe
• innocent
• harmless
• beneficial
• good
• innocuous
• nonthreatening
• advantageous
• nonhazardous
• unthreatening
• ultrasafe

jeopardizing

2 of 2

verb

present participle of jeopardize

as in endangering

to place in danger

don't do anything that will jeopardize your place on the advisory board

Synonyms & Similar Words

• endangering
• risking
• threatening
• compromising
• imperiling
• imperilling
• gambling (with)
• venturing
• perilling
• hazarding
• menacing
• jeoparding
• periling
• intimidating
• adventuring
• subjecting
• exposing
• chancing
• wagering

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• protecting
• guarding
• shielding
• preserving
• saving
• sheltering
• resuming