Jeopardize

//ˈd͡ʒɛp.ə.dʌɪz//

Synonyms for "jeopardize" (31 found)

Ranked by relevance and common usage.

Closest matches (7)

endanger venture hazard imperil risk chance

Verb(1 words)

adventure

Strong matches (9)

compromise encounter danger expose gamble gamble with incur danger

Verb(3 words)

endanger hazard imperil

Related words (15)

jeopard jeopardy lay open menace pawn peril put in danger put in jeopardy threaten

Verb(6 words)

jeopardise menace peril stake threaten venture

Related word relations

OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.

6 relation types

More general

5 entries

be exist lay on the line put on the line risk

Synonyms

5 entries

endanger hazard imperil risk venture

derived

3 entries

jeopardization jeopardizer unjeopardized

derived from

1 entries

jeopardy

has context

1 entries

related to

2 entries

jeopardy threaten

Translations

40 translations across 22 languages.

Armenian

2 entries

վտանգել verb (put in jeopardy)
վտանգի ենթարկել verb (put in jeopardy)

Bulgarian

1 entries

излагам на опасност verb (put in jeopardy)

Catalan

2 entries

amenaçar verb (put in jeopardy)
posar en perill verb (put in jeopardy)

Chinese Mandarin

3 entries

使受危險 /使受危险 verb (put in jeopardy)
危及 verb (put in jeopardy)
危害 verb (put in jeopardy)

Dutch

3 entries

bedreigen verb (put in jeopardy)
in gevaar brengen verb (put in jeopardy)
op de helling zetten verb (put in jeopardy)

Estonian

1 entries

ohustama verb (put in jeopardy)

Finnish

2 entries

saattaa vaaraan verb (put in jeopardy)
vaarantaa verb (put in jeopardy)

French

1 entries

mettre en danger verb (put in jeopardy)

Georgian

2 entries

განსაცდელში ჩაგდება verb (put in jeopardy)
საფრთხეში ჩაგდება verb (put in jeopardy)

German

2 entries

gefährden verb (put in jeopardy)
in Gefahr bringen verb (put in jeopardy)

Greek

1 entries

διακυνδινέυω verb (put in jeopardy)

Hungarian

3 entries

kockára tesz verb (put in jeopardy)
kockáztat verb (put in jeopardy)
veszélyeztet verb (put in jeopardy)

Italian

2 entries

mettere a rischio verb (put in jeopardy)
minacciare verb (put in jeopardy)

Japanese

1 entries

危うきにさらす verb (put in jeopardy)

Māori

1 entries

whakamōrea verb (put in jeopardy)

Northern Kurdish

2 entries

xistina metirsiyê verb (put in jeopardy)
xistina talûkê verb (put in jeopardy)

Portuguese

2 entries

comprometer verb (put in jeopardy)
pôr em jogo verb (put in jeopardy)

Russian

2 entries

подве́ргнуть опа́сности verb (put in jeopardy)
подверга́ть опа́сности verb (put in jeopardy)

Serbo-Croatian

2 entries

ugròziti verb (put in jeopardy)
угро̀зити verb (put in jeopardy)

Spanish

2 entries

perjudicar verb (put in jeopardy)
poner en peligro verb (put in jeopardy)

Swedish

2 entries

riskera verb (put in jeopardy)
äventyra verb (put in jeopardy)

Turkish

1 entries

tehlikeye atmak verb (put in jeopardy)

Sample sentences

12 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

If you ignore the past, you jeopardize the future.

Source: tatoeba (1647087)

Will this stuff jeopardize my health?

Source: tatoeba (1872151)

I don't want to do anything to jeopardize my friendship with you.

Source: tatoeba (1970216)

I don't want anything to jeopardize our friendship.

Source: tatoeba (2033981)

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