nnoun.statea source of danger; a possibility of incurring loss or misfortuneSynset:endangerment hazard jeopardy risk
Examples:- drinking alcohol is a health hazard
Derivationally Related Form:perilhazardousjeopardizejeopardisehazardriskyriskperilous
Hypernyms:danger
Inherited Hypernyms:hazarddangercausal agentphysical entityentity
Direct Hyponyms:health hazardmoral hazardoccupational hazardsword of Damocles
Full Hyponyms:biohazardhealth hazardmoral hazardoccupational hazardsword of damocles
nnoun.statea state of danger involving riskSynset:riskiness
Derivationally Related Form:perilriskyperilous
Hypernyms:danger
Inherited Hypernyms:riskinessdangerconditionstateattributeabstractionentity
Direct Hyponyms:speculativeness
Full Hyponyms:speculativeness
nnoun.acta venture undertaken without regard to possible loss or injurySynset:danger risk
Examples:- he saw the rewards but not the risks of crime
- there was a danger he would do the wrong thing
Derivationally Related Form:perilriskyriskperilous
Hypernyms:venture
Inherited Hypernyms:riskventureundertakingworkactivityacteventpsychological featureabstractionentity
Direct Hyponyms:chancecrapshootgamble
Full Hyponyms:chancecrapshootdoublinggamblelong shotraise
vverb.stativepose a threat to; present a danger toSynset:endanger imperil jeopardise jeopardize menace threaten
Examples:- The pollution is endangering the crops
Derivationally Related Form:menaceperiljeopardy
Hypernyms:be exist
Inherited Hypernyms:endangerexist
Sentence Frame:Something ---s somebody | Something ---s something | Somebody ---s to INFINITIVE (apply to: threaten) | They --- the animals (apply to: endanger, jeopardize, imperil) | Sam cannot --- Sue (apply to: peril, menace)
vverb.communicationput in a dangerous, disadvantageous, or difficult positionSynset:endanger expose queer scupper
Derivationally Related Form:perilexposure
Hypernyms:affect bear on bear upon impact touch touch on
Inherited Hypernyms:queeraffectchange
Direct Hyponyms:compromise
Full Troponyms:compromise
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something | Somebody ---s somebody | Something ---s somebody | Something ---s something