risky
adjective
Synonyms
- dangerous
- grave
- grievous
- hazardous
- jeopardizing
- menacing
- parlous
- perilous
- serious
- threatening
- unhealthy
- unsafe
- venturesome
Example Sentences
Los Angeles Times, 2 Sep. 2022 Shifting away from traditional revenue models of monetizing content through advertising and subscriptions to the still largely speculative metaverse business landscape is risky. Adario Strange, Quartz, 31 Aug. 2022 The six-week test flight is risky and could be cut short if something fails, NASA officials warn. Arkansas Online, 28 Aug. 2022 Hauling around a cuticle oil can be risky, if any spillage were to occur. Tatjana Freund, ELLE, 24 Aug. 2022 Of course, Kickstarter is risky, and the internet is full of horror stories about campaigns gone very wrong. Steve Larese, Outside Online, 24 Aug. 2022 This doesn’t mean that crypto would cease to be risky. Brian P. Brooks And Charles W. Calomiris, WSJ, 23 Aug. 2022 Though countries including Russia and India have approved coronavirus vaccines for emergency use without data from large-scale trials, several scientists said in interviews that the practice is risky. Yeganeh Torbati, Washington Post, 21 Aug. 2022 Daring to risk that movement, and undermine the on-court product, for a slightly bigger piece of the, pie could be risky, and would unquestionably send a poor message to the millions of fans who are tuning in worldwide. Morten Jensen, Forbes, 17 Aug. 2022 See More Word History
1813, in the meaning defined above
Phrases Containing risky
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Synonyms & Similar Words
- dangerous
- hazardous
- perilous
- serious
- unsafe
- precarious
- treacherous
- threatening
- unhealthy
- menacing
- jeopardizing
- random
- venturesome
- uncertain
- grave
- grievous
- destructive
- fatal
- detrimental
- parlous
- harmful
- unpleasant
- dicey
- bad
- insecure
- lethal
- haphazard
- adverse
- deadly
- chance
- fell
- sickening
- injurious
- ugly
- distressing
- deleterious
- nasty
- pernicious
- murderous
- malignant
- evil
- hurtful
- wicked
- ultrahazardous
- noxious
- killer
- ill
- dire
- inimical
- fateful
- mortal
- baneful
- deathly
- pestilent
- baleful
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- safe
- harmless
- innocuous
- beneficial
- advantageous
- good
- nonthreatening
- innocent
- nonhazardous
- unthreatening
- ultrasafe
Synonym Chooser
Some common synonyms of risky are dangerous, hazardous, perilous, and precarious. While all these words mean "bringing or involving the chance of loss or injury," risky often applies to a known and accepted danger.
While the synonyms dangerous and risky are close in meaning, dangerous applies to something that may cause harm or loss unless dealt with carefully.
Although the words hazardous and risky have much in common, hazardous implies great and continuous risk of harm or failure.
The words perilous and risky can be used in similar contexts, but perilous strongly implies the immediacy of danger.
While in some cases nearly identical to risky, precarious suggests both insecurity and uncertainty.