Synonyms for precarious
prɪˈkɛər i əs

Princeton's WordNet(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate these synonyms:

1. precarious, unstable(adj)

   affording no ease or reassurance

   "a precarious truce"

   Synonyms:
   mentally ill, perilous, parlous, shaky, unstable, touch-and-go, unsound, fluid

   Antonyms:
   safe, secure, easy

2. parlous, perilous, precarious, touch-and-go(adj)

   fraught with danger

   "dangerous waters"; "a parlous journey on stormy seas"; "a perilous voyage across the Atlantic in a small boat"; "the precarious life of an undersea diver"; "dangerous surgery followed by a touch-and-go recovery"

   Synonyms:
   parlous, perilous, touch-and-go, unstable, shaky

   Antonyms:
   easy, secure, safe

3. precarious, shaky(adj)

   not secure; beset with difficulties

   "a shaky marriage"

   Synonyms:
   shivering, wobbly, trembling, perilous, parlous, rickety, shaky, wonky, unstable, touch-and-go

   Antonyms:
   secure, easy, safe

English Synonyms and Antonyms(3.50 / 4 votes)Rate these synonyms:

1. precarious

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

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

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms(4.00 / 1 vote)Rate these synonyms:

1. precarious

   Synonyms:
   hazardous, peril, ous, uncertain, riskful, unassured, insecure, dubious, doubtful

   Antonyms:
   assured, certain, systematic, safe, immutable

Dictionary of English Synonymes(2.00 / 1 vote)Rate these synonyms:

1. precarious(a.)

   Synonyms:
   uncertain, unsettled, unsteady, doubtful, dubious, equivocal, insecure, not to be depended upon

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate these synonyms:

1. precarious(a)

   Synonyms:
   uncertain, insecure, unassured, doubtful

PPDB, the paraphrase database(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate these paraphrases:

1. List of paraphrases for "precarious":

   insecure, fragile, uncertain, unstable, tenuous, volatile, shaky, unsafe, uneasy, poor, delicate, weak, dangerous, substandard, perilous

How to pronounce precarious?

How to say precarious in sign language?

Words popularity by usage frequency

How to use precarious in a sentence?

1. Moha Gerehou:

   It has a lot to do with education, because the main bottleneck is in access to universities, leaving low-paid and precarious employment like domestic work or harvesting, where there is rampant exploitation.

2. Simon Tilford:

   So the burden of adjustment... falls squarely on labor, basically on cutting labor costs, that, politically, is a precarious basis for a currency.

3. Donald Trump:

   It'd be a very precarious one for Republicans because he'd be running and the courts may take a long time to make a decision, you don't want to be running and have that kind of thing over your head.

4. Barack Obama:

   The security situation in Afghanistan remains precarious, the Taliban remains a threat. They've gained ground in some places.

5. Mike Donilon:

   The American people understand that the economy we had before the pandemic left far too many people behind, and that more and more families were finding that their grip on a middle class life -- and the security it affords -- was precarious. The American people know we can't afford to simply turn the clock back to where we were.

Images & Illustrations of precarious