Synonyms for precarious
prɪˈkɛər i əspre·car·i·ous

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1. precarious

   Uncertain is applied to things that human knowledge can not certainly determine or that human power can not certainly control; precarious originally meant dependent on the will of another, and now, by extension of meaning, dependent on chance or hazard, with manifest unfavorable possibility verging toward probability; as, one holds office by a precarious tenure, or land by a precarious title; the strong man's hold on life is uncertain, the invalid's is precarious.

   Synonyms:
   doubtful, dubious, equivocal, hazardous, insecure, perilous, risky, unassured, uncertain, unsettled, unstable, unsteady

   Antonyms:
   actual, assured, certain, firm, immutable, incontestable, infallible, real, settled, stable, steady, strong, sure, undeniable, undoubted, unquestionable

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1. precarious

   Synonyms:
   hazardous, peril, ous, uncertain, riskful, unassured, insecure, dubious, doubtful

   Antonyms:
   assured, certain, systematic, safe, immutable

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1. precarious, unstableadjective

   affording no ease or reassurance

   "a precarious truce"

   Synonyms:
   mentally ill, perilous, parlous, shaky, unstable, touch-and-go, unsound, fluid

   Antonyms:
   safe, secure, easy

2. parlous, perilous, precarious, touch-and-goadjective

   fraught with danger

   "dangerous waters"; "a parlous journey on stormy seas"; "a perilous voyage across the Atlantic in a small boat"; "the precarious life of an undersea diver"; "dangerous surgery followed by a touch-and-go recovery"

   Synonyms:
   parlous, perilous, touch-and-go, unstable, shaky

   Antonyms:
   easy, secure, safe

3. precarious, shakyadjective

   not secure; beset with difficulties

   "a shaky marriage"

   Synonyms:
   shivering, wobbly, trembling, perilous, parlous, rickety, shaky, wonky, unstable, touch-and-go

   Antonyms:
   secure, easy, safe

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1. precariousadjective

   Synonyms:
   uncertain, unsettled, unsteady, doubtful, dubious, equivocal, insecure, not to be depended upon

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1. precariousadjective

   Synonyms:
   uncertain, insecure, unassured, doubtful

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1. List of paraphrases for "precarious":

   insecure, fragile, uncertain, unstable, tenuous, volatile, shaky, unsafe, uneasy, poor, delicate, weak, dangerous, substandard, perilous

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1. Donald Trump:

   It'd be a very precarious one for Republicans because he'd be running and the courts may take a long time to make a decision, you don't want to be running and have that kind of thing over your head.

2. Charlie Winter:

   What this database points to is the fact that use of children is far more normalized, they are not just being used to shock people in execution videos. They are being used for their operational value as well. This is something that sadly we have to expect to increase and accelerate as the situation becomes more precarious for ISIS in the years to come.

3. Jakob Christensen:

   How they look to achieve that growth figure is questionable when foreign inflows are muted at best, the only way to achieve that figure may be through short doses of monetary easing which is quite precarious to do when the economy is in an already fragile condition.

4. Mara Aspinall:

   We are at a very, very precarious moment, testing is our only exit strategy out of all of this.

5. RAS CARDO REGGAE:

   book/radiology journal- 53 years strong in 2021-shift change- one of the most precarious times for any patient to be in a hospital. over the years I have documented in the most detailed way- of things which can, and will go wrong-yet so many may be unaware or choose to ignore the dangers. consult with me and I will tell you why. my independent research is ongoing.its x-ray exposure of a different kind.