Antonyms for risky
ˈrɪs kirisky

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1. riskyadjective

   Antonyms:
   safe, riskless

   Synonyms:
   dangerous, hazardous, perilous

2. riskyadjective

   Dangerous, involving risks.

   Investing in this start-up company could be risky.

   Synonyms:
   hazardous, dangerous, perilous

   Antonyms:
   safe, riskless

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1. risky

   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.

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

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

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1. hazardous, risky, wildadjective

   involving risk or danger

   "skydiving is a hazardous sport"; "extremely risky going out in the tide and fog"; "a wild financial scheme"

   Antonyms:
   safe, sound

   Synonyms:
   furious, waste, wild, dotty, savage, barbarian, bad, speculative, baseless, violent, untamed, idle, hazardous, uncivilised, fantastic, raving mad, raging, groundless, angry, barbaric, crazy, godforsaken, unfounded, high-risk, tempestuous, uncivilized, gaga, unwarranted

2. bad, risky, high-risk, speculativeadjective

   not financially safe or secure

   "a bad investment"; "high risk investments"; "anything that promises to pay too much can't help being risky"; "speculative business enterprises"

   Antonyms:
   safe, sound

   Synonyms:
   big, spoiled, uncollectible, questioning, bad, speculative, regretful, hazardous, forged, defective, inquisitive, sorry, tough, spoilt, unsound, wondering(a), high-risk, unfit, wild, notional

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1. riskyadjective

   Synonyms:
   hazardous, unsafe, perilous, jeopardous, dangerous, precarious

How to use risky in a sentence?

1. Philippe Waechter:

   The impact on France's image will probably be key. Non-residents may come to see it as a risky country.

2. Johnny Heald:

   The evidence is that a lot of people are not excited about saying they want to remain: the passionate people here are those who want to leave. I think the status quo is less sexy but also less risky.

3. Brian Weeden:

   If the goal is to land people on the moon by 2024, that doesnt leave a lot of time to do test flights, whether or not its too risky is above my pay grade. This is a huge debate.

4. Joan Laporta:

   We are not going to increase our salary limit by selling our audiovisual rights for the next 50 years, this decision would have been risky.

5. Judith Lund:

   Judith Lund said in an interview. CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP While at least 214 whaling voyages ventured into The Gulf, Judith Lund said, ships from the Northeast rarely made extended port calls in Southern cities like New Orleans or Mobile, Alabama, because of the threat to crew members who weren't white. That may may have been a reason the whaling ship that rescued Industry's crew took the men back to Massachusetts, where slavery was outlawed in the 1780s, rather than landing in the South. ‘’ The people who whaled in the Gulf of Mexico knew it was risky to go into those ports down there because they had mixed crews.

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