Synonyms of risked

risked

verb

past tense of risk

1

as in ventured

to take a chance on

Colette didn't want to risk running out of food for her party, so she bought twice what she thought she would actually need

Synonyms & Similar Words

• ventured
• confronted
• tempted
• hazarded
• faced
• chanced
• dared
• exposed
• adventured
• endangered
• challenged
• gambled (on)
• braved
• jeopardized
• subjected
• imperiled
• compromised
• ran the risk of
• menaced
• brazened
• bearded
• defied
• breasted
• outbraved
• wagered
• bet (on)

2

as in endangered

to place in danger

we refuse to risk our life savings on this investment scheme

Synonyms & Similar Words

• endangered
• threatened
• jeopardized
• compromised
• imperiled
• ventured
• hazarded
• menaced
• periled
• gambled (with)
• jeoparded
• adventured
• intimidated
• subjected
• exposed
• wagered
• chanced

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• protected
• guarded
• saved
• preserved
• resumed
• shielded
• sheltered

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of risked

The company had previously said a penalty in the billions of dollars risked violating its constitutional rights to due process and protection from excessive fines. — Reuters, NBC news, 21 Oct. 2026

Without such remedies, the turbines risked drastically spiking pollution in already vulnerable neighborhoods housing predominantly Black communities nearby, the NAACP argued. — Ashley Belanger, ArsTechnica, 21 Oct. 2026

To keep returns low, Daunt shops often placed tiny initial orders, a wan show of confidence that risked seeping down to the fragile economy of the writing life. — Nathan Heller, New Yorker, 19 Oct. 2026

The Oregon school district that lost three young students and a teacher in a mass shooting this week expressed profound grief on Saturday, praising the courage of the educator and staff member who risked their lives during the attack. — Louis Casiano, FOXNews.com, 18 Oct. 2026

Attacks on Saudi Arabia risked derailing the market recovery, the IEA said in its report, with Saudi production increases in September driving OPEC+ supply gains that month. — Chloe Taylor, CNBC, 14 Oct. 2026

Aggressive cleaning settings risked erasing image detail, so technicians used masks and adjusted processing settings before completing frame-by-frame manual repairs. — Lin Ying-Hsuan, Variety, 13 Oct. 2026

Swaps are derivative contracts where the parties exchange payments or risked based on something else. — Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 12 Oct. 2026

Of course, there are also age-old hustles so evidently dishonest that there was a time when their exponents risked being hung or shot. — Kit Chellel, Fortune, 5 Oct. 2026