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

Revealing basic information such as where, when and under what general circumstances a fatality occurred is not the kind of information that places a utility in legal jeopardy. — Eric Adler july 18, Kansas City Star, 18 July 2026

The determinations are critical, considering billions of dollars in the form of a rocket launch to Jupiter is now facing serious jeopardy. — David John Chávez, Mercury News, 17 July 2026

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

Phrases Containing jeopardy

• in jeopardy

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