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Synonyms for hazardous
ˈhæz ər dəshaz·ardous

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English Synonyms and Antonyms4.3 / 4 votes

  1. hazardous

    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, insecure, perilous, precarious, risky, unassured, uncertain, unsettled, unstable, unsteady

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

Princeton's WordNet4.0 / 6 votes

  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"

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

    Antonyms:
    safe

Dictionary of English Synonymes0.0 / 0 votes

  1. hazardousadjective

    Synonyms:
    dangerous, perilous, RISKY, unsafe, fraught with danger

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  1. hazardousadjective

    Synonyms:
    perilous, precarious, risky, unsafe, dangerous

PPDB, the paraphrase database5.0 / 1 vote

  1. List of paraphrases for "hazardous":

    dangerous, unsafe, harmful, risky, perilous, danger, dangers

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#23071dubious
#26177barbarian
#36686unfounded
#37328precarious
#37717unwarranted
#38566perilous
#40835unsettled
#43810barbaric
#49479unsteady
#51788untamed
#60134baseless
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#61739gaga
#70807equivocal
#84338groundless
#102327uncivilized
#106455tempestuous
#162789godforsaken
#236180uncivilised

How to use hazardous in a sentence?

  1. Alberta Premier Rachel Notley:

    There are hazardous materials and broken power lines. Basic services, gas, water, waste disposal, healthcare and much more needs to be re-established, the city was surrounded by an ocean of fire only a few days ago but Fort McMurray and the surrounding communities have been saved, and they will be rebuilt.

  2. Jason Kessler:

    Of those, 1,593 are potentially hazardous, meaning they might cross Earth's path.

  3. Evelyn Stauffer:

    The number of families and unaccompanied alien children apprehended are a symptom of the larger problem, namely a broken immigration system, their ages and the hazardous journey they take make unaccompanied alien children vulnerable to human trafficking, exploitation and abuse. That is why HHS joins the President in calling on Congress to reform this broken system.

  4. Sally Hayati:

    That transfer is a hazardous operation, but obviously it's going to have to be done one way or another.

  5. Manvendra Singh:

    The current government's rush with open field trials without addressing the fundamental loopholes in the regulatory mechanism is a matter for serious concern, this leaves us vulnerable to contamination with untested and potentially hazardous GM food. We urge the Union Government to roll back approvals given to open air field trials of GM crops.


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