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

For Tampa, what was even more dispiriting than falling to 0-3 was that quarterback Baker Mayfield left with a dislocated thumb that puts his active league-high streak of 54 consecutive starts in jeopardy. — Andrew Greif, NBC news, 28 Sep. 2026

Football is putting itself in a bit of jeopardy, allowing people to experience it without caring, entertaining the fantasy and gambling and the social aspect. — Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 22 Sep. 2026

And when scores of families fall off SNAP, universal free meal programs at tens of thousands of schools fall into jeopardy. — Juliana Kim, NPR, 3 Sep. 2026

The latest episodes ended on a bloody cliffhanger with multiple main characters’ lives in jeopardy. — Emma Banks, PEOPLE, 2 Sep. 2026

Phrases Containing jeopardy

• in jeopardy

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