Antonyms for risk
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English Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:5.0 / 1 vote

1. risk

   Danger is exposure to possible evil, which may be either near and probable or remote and doubtful; peril is exposure to imminent and sharply threatening evil, especially to such as results from violence. An invalid may be in danger of consumption; a disarmed soldier is in peril of death. Jeopardy is nearly the same as peril, but involves, like risk, more of the element of chance or uncertainty; a man tried upon a capital charge is said to be put in jeopardy of life. Insecurity is a feeble word, but exceedingly broad, applying to the placing of a dish, or the possibilities of a life, a fortune, or a government. Compare HAZARD.

   Antonyms:
   defense, immunity, protection, safeguard, safety, security, shelter

   Synonyms:
   danger, hazard, insecurity, jeopardy, peril

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:5.0 / 2 votes

1. risknoun

   Antonyms:
   safety, security, insurance, protection, prophylactic

   Synonyms:
   hazard, danger, peril, exposure, jeopardy

2. riskverb

   Synonyms:
   hazard, peril, jeopard, venture, stake

Matched Categories

1. • Probability

Princeton's WordNetRate these antonyms:2.5 / 2 votes

1. hazard, jeopardy, peril, risk, endangermentnoun

   a source of danger; a possibility of incurring loss or misfortune

   "drinking alcohol is a health hazard"

   Synonyms:
   luck, jeopardy, chance, peril, fortune, riskiness, risk of infection, risk of exposure, hazard, danger, endangerment

2. risk, peril, dangernoun

   a venture undertaken without regard to possible loss or injury

   "he saw the rewards but not the risks of crime"; "there was a danger he would do the wrong thing"

   Synonyms:
   jeopardy, risk of infection, peril, riskiness, risk of exposure, hazard, danger, endangerment

3. risk, risk of infectionnoun

   the probability of becoming infected given that exposure to an infectious agent has occurred

   Synonyms:
   jeopardy, risk of infection, peril, risk of exposure, hazard, danger, endangerment

4. risk, risk of exposureverb

   the probability of being exposed to an infectious agent

   Synonyms:
   jeopardy, risk of infection, peril, risk of exposure, hazard, danger, endangerment

5. risk, put on the line, lay on the lineverb

   expose to a chance of loss or damage

   "We risked losing a lot of money in this venture"; "Why risk your life?"; "She laid her job on the line when she told the boss that he was wrong"

   Synonyms:
   chance, lay on the line, gamble, hazard, take a chance, take chances, put on the line, adventure, run a risk

6. gamble, chance, risk, hazard, take chances, adventure, run a risk, take a chanceverb

   take a risk in the hope of a favorable outcome

   "When you buy these stocks you are gambling"

   Synonyms:
   pretend, encounter, happen, guess, run a risk, chance, gamble, bump, adventure, venture, hazard, jeopardize, stake, take chances, find, take a chance, put on the line, lay on the line

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated WordsRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. risknoun

   Synonyms:
   unsafety, danger, peril, jeopardy, hazard, imperilment

2. riskverb

   Synonyms:
   hazard, endanger, peril, imperil, jeopard, jeopardize

Editors ContributionRate these antonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. impossibility

   for adjective purposes

   the risk of having the disease against of the impossibility of contacting the illness.

   Submitted by anonymous on February 5, 2020  

How to use risk in a sentence?

1. Bill Morneau:

   That specific risk (Horgan's opposition) is a risk that for a private sector player is impossible to deal with. They can't negotiate between governments, we see that as something we can actually indemnify. Other business risks are other business risks - anybody going into the business of building pipelines recognizes other risks.

2. Ron Johnson:

   It is not enough to just tell drone operators not to fly in certain high-risk areas; we must give federal law enforcement the authority to act if necessary.

3. Ester Sabino:

   If you have a high level of transmission, like you have in Brazil at the moment, your risk of new mutations and variants increases.

4. Brian Battle:

   He's not closed the door and shunned them. He wants a new deal. The door is open to try again, which is probably less harsh than what he could have said, there's going to be speculation around any un-measurable risk and political risk is un-measurable. This afternoon will be the real effect now he's made the statement.

5. Anish Kapadia:

   The trading business is a risk business, that has never been one of Exxon’s fortes.

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