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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of jeopardizing

Verb

The Houthis declared a maritime embargo of Saudi Arabia last week, jeopardizing the kingdom's energy exports through the Red Sea. — Spencer Kimball, CNBC, 30 July 2026

After practicing with a racket with no strings to keep his groundstroke rhythm without jeopardizing the joint, Alcaraz is hitting balls again. — Matthew Futterman, New York Times, 30 July 2026

The Trefis High Quality (HQ) Portfolio assesses the comprehensive quality across thousands of stocks, retains the 30 strongest, and re-balances them according to rules that prevent any one position from jeopardizing the entire portfolio. — Trefis Team, Forbes.com, 23 July 2026

Some candidates have imploded in spectacular fashion, jeopardizing races the party had expected to win. — Jill Colvin, Fortune, 23 July 2026

This is likely to throw local governments into meltdown, jeopardizing services like public safety, libraries and growth management. — Orlando Sentinel, The Orlando Sentinel, 17 July 2026

And the dysfunction is already jeopardizing other pressing legislative business in the eleventh hour of the 119th Congress, including bipartisan priorities and crucial government funding bills relied on by many Americans. — Zachary Schermele, USA Today, 16 July 2026

Venture capital deal-making in the Middle East has collapsed to a five-year low amid the Iran war, jeopardizing the growth of startups that are an engine for jobs, innovation, and non-oil revenue. — Kelsey Warner, semafor.com, 13 July 2026

Critics warn the measure could spook some of California’s highest earners into moving out of fear of future taxes, jeopardizing the state’s long-term fiscal health. — Ben Paviour, Sacbee.com, 26 June 2026