HIGH-RISK Synonyms
There are 10 hypernyms of the word high-risk. (close relations)
Best Alternatives
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| risky | adjectiveadj | |||||
adjective satellite • involving risk or danger • not financially safe or secure | ||||||
| speculative | adjectiveadj | |||||
adjective satellite • not financially safe or secure • not based on fact or investigation • showing curiosity | ||||||
| adventurous | adjectiveadj | |||||
adjective • willing to undertake or seeking out new and daring enterprises | ||||||
| chancy | adjectiveadj | |||||
adjective satellite • of uncertain outcome; especially fraught with risk • subject to accident or chance or change | ||||||
| dangerous | adjectiveadj | |||||
adjective • involving or causing danger or risk; liable to hurt or harm adjective satellite • causing fear or anxiety by threatening great harm | ||||||
| dicey | adjectiveadj | |||||
adjective satellite • of uncertain outcome; especially fraught with risk | ||||||
| hazardous | adjectiveadj | |||||
adjective satellite • involving risk or danger | ||||||
| insecure | adjectiveadj | |||||
adjective • not firm or firmly fixed; likely to fail or give way • lacking in security or safety • lacking self-confidence or assurance adjective satellite • not safe from attack | ||||||
| perilous | adjectiveadj | |||||
adjective satellite • fraught with danger | ||||||
| precarious | adjectiveadj | |||||
adjective satellite • affording no ease or reassurance • fraught with danger • not secure; beset with difficulties | ||||||
| treacherous | adjectiveadj | |||||
adjective satellite • dangerously unstable and unpredictable • tending to betray; especially having a treacherous character as attributed to the Carthaginians by the Romans | ||||||
| uncertain | adjectiveadj | |||||
adjective • lacking or indicating lack of confidence or assurance • not established beyond doubt; still undecided or unknown • not established or confirmed • not certain to occur; not inevitable adjective satellite • subject to change • not consistent or dependable • ambiguous (especially in the negative) | ||||||
| unprotected | adjectiveadj | |||||
adjective • lacking protection or defense | ||||||
| unreliable | adjectiveadj | |||||
adjective • not worthy of reliance or trust adjective satellite • liable to be erroneous or misleading • dangerously unstable and unpredictable • lacking a sense of responsibility | ||||||
| unsafe | adjectiveadj | |||||
adjective • lacking in security or safety • involving or causing danger or risk; liable to hurt or harm adjective satellite • not safe from attack | ||||||
| vulnerable | adjectiveadj | |||||
adjective • susceptible to attack adjective satellite • susceptible to criticism or persuasion or temptation • capable of being wounded or hurt | ||||||
| bad | adjectiveadj | |||||
adjective • having undesirable or negative qualities • feeling or expressing regret or sorrow or a sense of loss over something done or undone noun • that which is below standard or expectations as of ethics or decency adverb • with great intensity (`bad' is a nonstandard variant for `badly') • very much; strongly adjective satellite • serious or severe • feeling physical discomfort or pain (`tough' is occasionally used colloquially for `bad') • (of foodstuffs) not in an edible or usable condition • not capable of being collected • below average in quality or performance • nonstandard • not financially safe or secure • physically unsound or diseased • capable of harming • characterized by wickedness or immorality • reproduced fraudulently • not working properly | ||||||
