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Synonyms for precarious
prɪˈkɛər i əspre·car·i·ous

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English Synonyms and Antonyms3.5 / 4 votes

  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 Antonyms4.0 / 1 vote

  1. precarious

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

    Antonyms:
    assured, certain, systematic, safe, immutable

Princeton's WordNet0.0 / 0 votes

  1. precarious, unstableadjective

    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-goadjective

    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, shakyadjective

    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

Dictionary of English Synonymes2.0 / 1 vote

  1. precariousadjective

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

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words0.0 / 0 votes

  1. precariousadjective

    Synonyms:
    uncertain, insecure, unassured, doubtful

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How to use precarious in a sentence?

  1. The IEA:

    On the face of it, the oil price appears to be stabilizing. What a precarious balance it is, however, behind the façade of stability, the rebalancing triggered by the price collapse has yet to run its course, and it might be overly optimistic to expect it to proceed smoothly.

  2. Mark Lattimer:

    The sheer number of displaced people means the country continues to face a humanitarian crisis... many of them are in a difficult and precarious situation.

  3. Lee Jong-chan:

    They have limited access to medical care (and) no support for their mental health which is important considering their precarious situation.

  4. Mara Aspinall:

    We are at a very, very precarious moment, testing is our only exit strategy out of all of this.

  5. Charlie Winter:

    What this database points to is the fact that use of children is far more normalized, they are not just being used to shock people in execution videos. They are being used for their operational value as well. This is something that sadly we have to expect to increase and accelerate as the situation becomes more precarious for ISIS in the years to come.


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