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Synonyms for peril
ˈpɛr əlper·il
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Wiktionary
perilnoun
perilnoun
To cause to be in danger; to imperil.
perilnoun
Something that causes, contains, or presents danger.
The perils of the jungle (animals and insects, weather, etc)
English Synonyms and Antonyms
peril
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.
Synonyms:
danger, hazard, insecurity, jeopardy, riskAntonyms:
defense, immunity, protection, safeguard, safety, security, shelter
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Princeton's WordNet
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, risk, fortune, riskiness, risk of infection, risk of exposure, hazard, danger, endangermentriskiness, perilnoun
a state of danger involving risk
Synonyms:
riskiness, jeopardy, hazard, danger, endangerment, riskrisk, peril, dangerverb
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, risk, riskiness, risk of exposure, hazard, danger, endangermentendanger, jeopardize, jeopardise, menace, threaten, imperil, perilverb
pose a threat to; present a danger to
"The pollution is endangering the crops"
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imperil, stake, threaten, venture, jeopardise, endanger, menace, hazard, jeopardize, scupper, expose, adventurequeer, expose, scupper, endanger, perilverb
put in a dangerous, disadvantageous, or difficult position
Synonyms:
scotch, bushwhack, let on, frustrate, bring out, unwrap, exhibit, disclose, endanger, foil, lurk, jeopardise, expose, waylay, reveal, debunk, thwart, imperil, threaten, give away, break, baffle, divulge, spoil, lie in wait, ambush, menace, jeopardize, scupper, cross, uncover, ambuscade, bilk, display, discover, let out
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Dictionary of English Synonymes
perilnoun
perilverb
Synonyms:
risk, endanger, imperil, jeopard, put at hazard, put in danger, expose to danger
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
perilnoun
Synonyms:
danger
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Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#750 | display | |
#876 | risk | |
#1083 | cross | |
#1618 | break | |
#1885 | chance | |
#2310 | adventure | |
#2995 | discover | |
#3891 | threat | |
#4206 | luck | |
#4403 | exhibit | |
#4513 | venture | |
#5013 | danger | |
#5816 | fortune | |
#7124 | reveal | |
#7304 | hazard | |
#7863 | uncertainty | |
#9419 | disclose | |
#9954 | unwrap | |
#9992 | stake | |
#10816 | foil | |
#12366 | expose | |
#13701 | threaten | |
#17024 | scotch | |
#19164 | menace | |
#19970 | uncover | |
#20776 | jeopardy | |
#21436 | spoil | |
#22996 | peril | |
#23132 | insecurity | |
#29441 | ambush | |
#32731 | endanger | |
#35532 | jeopardize | |
#36264 | thwart | |
#41205 | baffle | |
#42688 | divulge | |
#49040 | frustrate | |
#49672 | lurk | |
#71910 | endangerment | |
#73000 | debunk | |
#88389 | jeopardise | |
#120061 | bilk | |
#121668 | imperil | |
#124843 | riskiness | |
#156758 | scupper | |
#288660 | ambuscade | |
#309433 | waylay |
How to use peril in a sentence?
This is fraught with peril both for employees and companies that choose to do this, there's a reason private equity investments have been limited to wealthy, sophisticated investors. This is grafting a product that wasn't designed to be in the retirement plan of an average investor into those retirement plans.
I find that conditions of extreme peril to the safety of persons and property exists in Siskiyou County.
We generally had try to fly under the radar, knowing how fraught with peril this election might be because of the non-traditional way the votes would eventually be tabulated and the timing of that... we tried to kind of filter out that noise.
The Authority of the Court and the Peril of Politics.
You haven't got anywhere to go( if the bridges close), and then you're riding it out in your car instead of something else. So, we need the residents to be leaving today because by this evening, those bridges are going to be in peril of being closed.
Translations for peril
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- perillCatalan, Valencian
- ohrožení, nebezpečíCzech
- risiko, fareDanish
- Risiko, GefahrGerman
- κίνδυνοςGreek
- peligro, riesgoSpanish
- vaara, vaaratilanneFinnish
- risque, périlFrench
- gàbhadh, cunnartScottish Gaelic
- veszedelem, veszélyHungarian
- վտանգArmenian
- periglio, pericoloItalian
- 危険, 冒険Japanese
- periculumLatin
- gevaarDutch
- zagrożenie, niebezpieczeństwoPolish
- perigo, riscoPortuguese
- опасность, риск, угрозаRussian
- faraSwedish
- พิษภัยThai
- sự nguy hiểmVietnamese
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