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risky

adjective

Synonyms and Antonyms of risky

involving potential loss or injury
  • a risky new adventure
Synonyms of risky

dangerous, grave, grievous, hazardous, jeopardizing, menacing, parlous, perilous, serious, threatening, unhealthy, unsafe, venturesome
Words Related to risky

dicey, insecure, precarious, treacherous, uncertain

ultrahazardous

chance, haphazard, random

adverse, bad, baleful, baneful, deleterious, detrimental, evil, harmful, hurtful, ill, inimical, injurious, malignant, nasty, noxious, pernicious, pestilent

deadly, deathly, destructive, dire, fatal, fateful, lethal, mortal, murderous
Near Antonyms of risky

advantageous, beneficial, good

ultrasafe
Antonyms of risky

harmless, innocent, innocuous, nonhazardous, nonthreatening, safe, unthreatening

Synonym Discussion of risky

dangerous, hazardous, precarious, perilous, risky mean bringing or involving the chance of loss or injury. dangerous applies to something that may cause harm or loss unless dealt with carefully.
    • soldiers on a dangerous mission
hazardous implies great and continuous risk of harm or failure.
    • claims that smoking is hazardous to your health
precarious suggests both insecurity and uncertainty.
    • earned a precarious living by gambling
perilous strongly implies the immediacy of danger.
    • perilous mountain roads
risky often applies to a known and accepted danger.
    • shied away from risky investments

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