Synonyms for high-risk
high-risk

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1. 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"

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

   Antonyms:
   sound

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1. perilous

   the meaning is similar to high-risk's.

   exposed to a danger

   Submitted by rinat on June 6, 2017  

PPDB, the paraphrase databaseRate these paraphrases:4.5 / 2 votes

1. List of paraphrases for "high-risk":

   higher-risk, risky, at-risk, sub-prime

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1. Michael Theurer:

   The German government has taken a high-risk bet. Its wish for the government to take a direct stake in Lufthansa is putting the jobs of hundreds of thousands of Lufthansa employees at risk. It's completely irresponsible.

2. Art Wheaton:

   It's not an unusual tactic. I just don't find it a very helpful tactic, you add a lot of extra stress and high risk, which some people like because it forces the other side to make a decision. But it's not always the best way to make a good, rational economic decision by waiting until the last minute, throwing all these numbers around.

3. Democratic Congresswoman Elissa Slotkin:

   I think we are at very high risk of doing right now. So, it's not just about intent. It's our actions mean something beyond our control.

4. Mike Pence:

   You take people that have pre-existing and costly conditions and put them into a high-risk pool, and you subsidize that so that it is affordable to those individuals. And so, you're guaranteeing coverage for pre-existing conditions. And the flexibility that you're referring to in this latest MacArthur amendment, states can only apply for that waiver and flexibility if they have either a federal or state high-risk pool that guarantees that people will be able to have coverage, and it'll be affordable.

5. James Withers:

   For many businesses, trading with the EU now feels like a high-risk, long-odds gamble, the trading system is more costly, complex, slower and unreliable. For our European customers who need guarantees of products like salmon arriving at a certain time, reliability is everything.