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

Editors ContributionRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

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. Rafferty Capital analyst Dick Bove:

   The one bank that isn't is arguing that they don't get involved in areas of high risk.

2. Adeyemi Okunowo:

   As an elderly woman and a first-time mother, it was a high-risk pregnancy and also because she was going to have twins but we were able to manage her pregnancy to term.

3. Idaho State Police:

   Traffic stops are very high risk.

4. Leah Tatum:

   I know I'm high-risk and there is a chance that I can miscarry again, i'm worried about getting infected, have something happen to me, and then my daughter's left without her mom.

5. Rob Pemberton:

   There are signs of capitulation in commodities and emerging markets, though these remain an investment only for (those) with a high risk/reward tolerance.