Only those who risk going too far will know how far one can go.
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Risk
/ɹɪsk/
Synonyms for "risk" (287 found)
Ranked by relevance and common usage.
Closest matches (58)
Noun(19 words)
accidentaccidentalityactuarial calculationadmit ofadventitiousnessadventurebe liablebe subjected tobeardbetbid fair tobravebreakbreakers aheadbreaksbuy inbuy intocalculated riskcardhousecasualness
Adjective(2 words)
advertising funded programdangerous situation
Strong matches (86)
Noun(19 words)
daringendangerendangeringendangermentenvironmental chemical effectexposuresgamblegamblesgamblinggambling verbgenetic susceptibilitygo awryharmhazardiahazardinghazardsimperillingisland ecosystemjeopardize
defydefy dangerdestinydesultorinessemergencyencounterencounter dangerendangerendangermentexposeexposurefaceface up tofatefinancierflierflingflip of a coinflukinessflyer
Show 33 more words
forget the oddsfortuitousnessfortuityfortunegamblegamble ongamble withgaping chasmgathering cloudsgood fortunegood luckhaphappenstancehappy chancehazardheedless haphouse of cardshow they fallimperilimperilmentincur dangerindeterminacyindeterminatenessinfirmityinsecurityinsolidityinstabilityinsubstantialityinvestinvest ininvestmentjeopardjeopardize
Adjective(1 words)
Verb(13 words)
Related words (143)
Noun(31 words)
jeopardizingjeopardyjump intolikelihoodmenacesmine cave-inmore hazardousperilingperilsplaguingpredispositionprobabilityrisk of exposurerisk of infectionriskingsailingsailsspectrestakestakes
jeopardylaw of averageslay openlay out moneyliabilityliablenesslie underlotluckmake an investmentmake bookmeetmenacemoiraopennessopportunitypasspawnperilperilousness
Show 79 more words
pinchpitfallplaceplayplay with fireplightplow back intoplungeprecariousnesspredicamentpredictprime investmentprinciple of indeterminacyprobabilityproblematicnessprognosticateputput in dangerput in jeopardyquicksandrandom samplereinvestrely on fortuneriskinessrocks aheadrun a chancerun of luckrun the chancerun the riskserendipityset at hazardshakinessshiftinessshiftingnesssinksink money inslipperinessspeculatespeculationspeculativenessstakestand a chancestand fair tostand to gainstand to losestatistical probabilitystorm cloudsstraittake a chancetake a fliertake chancestempt fortunetempt providencethe breakstheory of probabilitythin icethreatticklishnesstreacherousnesstreacherytrust to chancetry the chanceunauthenticityunauthoritativenessuncertaintyuncertainty principleundependabilityunfaithworthinessunreliabilityunsolidityunsoundnessunsteadfastnessunsteadinessunsubstantialityunsurenessuntrustworthinessventurewagerwhatever comes
Verb(9 words)
Adjective(4 words)
serious issuesloppy draftingtechnological interdependenceunstructured learning
Choosing the right synonym
- Closest matches in this entry: danger, hazard, peril, accident, accidentality.
- Sentence evidence is available for risk, so synonym choice can be checked against real usage rather than a flat word list.
- Ranking signals come from wordnet, opengloss, moby, derived_reverse, and related lexical sources.
Synonym selection checklist
- Match the part of speech before comparing meanings.
- Check whether the synonym changes intensity, formality, or emotional tone.
- Read the replacement inside the full sentence, not just beside "risk".
- Prefer the clearest word over the most unusual word when writing for speed or comprehension.
When not to replace "risk"
Keep "risk" when the sentence already sounds natural, when a synonym would add unintended emphasis, or when readers need the most familiar wording. A synonym should clarify or sharpen the message, not simply make the sentence look more varied.
If two options seem close, choose the one that best matches the audience and purpose of the sentence.
Replacement workflow
1. Preserve meaning
Choose a synonym only if it keeps the core idea of "risk" intact in the sentence you are editing.
2. Tune tone
Check whether the replacement sounds more formal, casual, emotional, technical, or forceful than the original word.
3. Re-read context
Read the full sentence after the swap. Keep the synonym only when the sentence becomes clearer or more precise.
Review note: Synonym lists are ranked with lexical data and reviewed for practical writing value. Use the comparison notes, sentence evidence, and source labels together; a high-ranking synonym can still be wrong when the audience, register, or grammar changes.
Final fit check
After choosing a replacement for "risk", read the sentence once for meaning and once for rhythm. The best synonym should feel natural in the full sentence, not only accurate in a word list.
If the synonym makes the sentence slower, vaguer, or more dramatic than intended, keep "risk" or choose a simpler alternative from the closest-match group.
Related word relations
OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.
More general
11 entriesMore specific
12 entriesCollocations
10 entriesenvironmental riskexpose to riskfinancial riskhealth riskrisk assessmentrisk factorrisk factorsrisk managementrun the risktake a risk
Inflections
3 entriesDerivations
7 entriesTranslations
197 translations across 80 languages.
Afrikaans
1 entries- risiko noun (possible, usually negative, outcome)
Albanian
1 entries- rrezik noun (possible, usually negative, outcome)
Arabic
3 entries- خَطَر noun (possible, usually negative, outcome)
- مُجَازَفَة noun (possible, usually negative, outcome)
- مُخَاطَرة noun (possible, usually negative, outcome)
Armenian
1 entries- ռիսկ noun (possible, usually negative, outcome)
Asturian
1 entries- riesgu noun (possible, usually negative, outcome)
Azerbaijani
2 entries- risk noun (possible, usually negative, outcome)
- təvəkkül noun (possible, usually negative, outcome)
Belarusian
1 entries- ры́зыка noun (possible, usually negative, outcome)
Bengali
1 entries- ঝুঁকি noun (possible, usually negative, outcome)
Bulgarian
2 entries- риск noun (possible, usually negative, outcome)
- рискувам verb (to incur risk by something)
Burmese
2 entries- စွန့်စားခြင်း noun (possible, usually negative, outcome)
- အန္တရာယ် noun (possible, usually negative, outcome)
Catalan
4 entries- risc noun (possible, usually negative, outcome)
- arriscar verb (to incur risk to something)
- arriscar verb (to incur risk of something)
- arriscar verb (to incur risk by something)
Chinese Cantonese
1 entries- 風險 /风险 noun (possible, usually negative, outcome)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 風險 /风险 noun (possible, usually negative, outcome)
Czech
1 entries- riziko noun (possible, usually negative, outcome)
Danish
4 entries- risiko noun (possible, usually negative, outcome)
- risikere verb (to incur risk to something)
- risikere verb (to incur risk of something)
- risikere verb (to incur risk by something)
Dutch
4 entries- risico noun (possible, usually negative, outcome)
- risico nemen verb (to incur risk to something)
- risico nemen verb (to incur risk of something)
- risico nemen verb (to incur risk by something)
Esperanto
2 entries- risko noun (possible, usually negative, outcome)
- riski verb (to incur risk to something)
Estonian
1 entries- riisiko noun (possible, usually negative, outcome)
Finnish
4 entries- riski noun (possible, usually negative, outcome)
- ottaa riski verb (to incur risk of something)
- ottaa riski verb (to incur risk by something)
- riskeerata verb (to incur risk to something)
French
1 entries- risque noun (possible, usually negative, outcome)
Friulian
1 entries- riscjo noun (possible, usually negative, outcome)
Galician
4 entries- risco noun (possible, usually negative, outcome)
- arriscar verb (to incur risk to something)
- arriscar verb (to incur risk of something)
- arriscar verb (to incur risk by something)
Georgian
1 entries- რისკი noun (possible, usually negative, outcome)
German
4 entries- Risiko noun (possible, usually negative, outcome)
- riskieren verb (to incur risk to something)
- riskieren verb (to incur risk of something)
- riskieren verb (to incur risk by something)
Greek
4 entries- κίνδυνος noun (possible, usually negative, outcome)
- ρίσκο noun (possible, usually negative, outcome)
- διακινδυνεύω verb (to incur risk to something)
- διακινδυνεύω verb (to incur risk of something)
Haitian Creole
1 entries- risk noun (possible, usually negative, outcome)
Hebrew
2 entries- סַכָּנָה noun (possible, usually negative, outcome)
- סיכון \ סִכּוּן noun (possible, usually negative, outcome)
Hindi
2 entries- ख़तरा noun (possible, usually negative, outcome)
- जोखिम noun (possible, usually negative, outcome)
Hungarian
2 entries- kockázat noun (possible, usually negative, outcome)
- rizikó noun (possible, usually negative, outcome)
Icelandic
2 entries- hætta noun (possible, usually negative, outcome)
- áhætta noun (possible, usually negative, outcome)
Ido
1 entries- risko noun (possible, usually negative, outcome)
Indonesian
1 entries- risiko noun (possible, usually negative, outcome)
Iranian Persian
3 entries- خَطَر noun (possible, usually negative, outcome)
- ریسْک noun (possible, usually negative, outcome)
- مُخاطَرِه noun (possible, usually negative, outcome)
Italian
2 entries- rischio noun (possible, usually negative, outcome)
- rischiare verb (to incur risk to something)
Japanese
2 entries- リスク noun (possible, usually negative, outcome)
- 危険 noun (possible, usually negative, outcome)
Kazakh
1 entries- тәуекел noun (possible, usually negative, outcome)
Khmer
1 entries- ចៃដន់ noun (possible, usually negative, outcome)
Korean
2 entries- 리스크 noun (possible, usually negative, outcome)
- 위험 noun (possible, usually negative, outcome)
Kyrgyz
3 entries- риск noun (possible, usually negative, outcome)
- тобокел noun (possible, usually negative, outcome)
- тобокелдик noun (possible, usually negative, outcome)
Lao
1 entries- ຄວາມສ່ຽງ noun (possible, usually negative, outcome)
Latin
4 entries- perīculum noun (possible, usually negative, outcome)
- audeo verb (to incur risk to something)
- audeo verb (to incur risk of something)
- audeo verb (to incur risk by something)
Latvian
1 entries- risks noun (possible, usually negative, outcome)
Lithuanian
1 entries- rizika noun (possible, usually negative, outcome)
Macedonian
1 entries- ризик noun (possible, usually negative, outcome)
Malay
1 entries- risiko noun (possible, usually negative, outcome)
Marathi
2 entries- जोखीम noun (possible, usually negative, outcome)
- धोका noun (possible, usually negative, outcome)
Mongolian
2 entries- эрсдэл noun (possible, usually negative, outcome)
- ᠡᠷᠦᠰᠳᠡᠯ noun (possible, usually negative, outcome)
Māori
3 entries- tūraru noun (possible, usually negative, outcome)
- whakamōrea verb (to incur risk to something)
- whakamōrearea verb (to incur risk to something)
Norman
1 entries- ristchi verb (to incur risk to something)
Northern Kurdish
4 entries- metirsî noun (possible, usually negative, outcome)
- rîsk noun (possible, usually negative, outcome)
- talûke noun (possible, usually negative, outcome)
- xeter noun (possible, usually negative, outcome)
Norwegian Bokmål
3 entries- risiko noun (possible, usually negative, outcome)
- risk noun (possible, usually negative, outcome)
- risikere verb (to incur risk to something)
Norwegian Nynorsk
3 entries- risiko noun (possible, usually negative, outcome)
- risk noun (possible, usually negative, outcome)
- risikere verb (to incur risk to something)
Occitan
1 entries- risc noun (possible, usually negative, outcome)
Old English
1 entries- pleoh noun (possible, usually negative, outcome)
Pashto
1 entries- خطر noun (possible, usually negative, outcome)
Persian
4 entries- به خطر انداختن verb (to incur risk to something)
- خطر کردن verb (to incur risk of something)
- خطر کردن verb (to incur risk by something)
- دل به دریا زدن verb (to incur risk of something)
Plautdietsch
1 entries- Jefoa noun (possible, usually negative, outcome)
Polish
4 entries- ryzyko noun (possible, usually negative, outcome)
- zagrożenie noun (possible, usually negative, outcome)
- ryzykować verb (to incur risk to something)
- ryzykować verb (to incur risk of something)
Portuguese
4 entries- risco noun (possible, usually negative, outcome)
- arriscar verb (to incur risk to something)
- arriscar verb (to incur risk of something)
- arriscar verb (to incur risk by something)
Romanian
4 entries- risc noun (possible, usually negative, outcome)
- risca verb (to incur risk to something)
- risca verb (to incur risk of something)
- risca verb (to incur risk by something)
Russian
3 entries- опа́сность noun (possible, usually negative, outcome)
- риск noun (possible, usually negative, outcome)
- рискова́ть verb (to incur risk by something)
Scottish Gaelic
1 entries- cunnart noun (possible, usually negative, outcome)
Serbo-Croatian
3 entries- rìzik noun (possible, usually negative, outcome)
- рѝзик noun (possible, usually negative, outcome)
- rizikovati verb (to incur risk by something)
Slovak
1 entries- riziko noun (possible, usually negative, outcome)
Slovene
4 entries- tveganje noun (possible, usually negative, outcome)
- tvegati verb (to incur risk to something)
- tvegati verb (to incur risk of something)
- tvegati verb (to incur risk by something)
Spanish
4 entries- discrimen noun (possible, usually negative, outcome)
- riesgo noun (possible, usually negative, outcome)
- risco noun (possible, usually negative, outcome)
- arriesgar verb (to incur risk to something)
Swedish
4 entries- risk noun (possible, usually negative, outcome)
- riskera verb (to incur risk to something)
- riskera verb (to incur risk of something)
- äventyra verb (to incur risk to something)
Tajik
4 entries- мухотара noun (possible, usually negative, outcome)
- мухотира noun (possible, usually negative, outcome)
- хавф noun (possible, usually negative, outcome)
- хатар noun (possible, usually negative, outcome)
Thai
4 entries- การเสี่ยง noun (possible, usually negative, outcome)
- ความเสี่ยง noun (possible, usually negative, outcome)
- ภัย noun (possible, usually negative, outcome)
- เสี่ยง verb (to incur risk to something)
Turkish
3 entries- risk noun (possible, usually negative, outcome)
- riske atmak verb (to incur risk to something)
- tehlikeye atmak verb (to incur risk to something)
Turkmen
2 entries- risk noun (possible, usually negative, outcome)
- töwekgelçilik noun (possible, usually negative, outcome)
Tày
1 entries- ảo màn verb (to incur risk by something)
Ukrainian
1 entries- ри́зик noun (possible, usually negative, outcome)
Urdu
3 entries- جوکِھم noun (possible, usually negative, outcome)
- خَطْرَہ noun (possible, usually negative, outcome)
- مُخاطَرَہ noun (possible, usually negative, outcome)
Uyghur
2 entries- خەتەر noun (possible, usually negative, outcome)
- خەۋپ noun (possible, usually negative, outcome)
Uzbek
4 entries- risk noun (possible, usually negative, outcome)
- tavakkal noun (possible, usually negative, outcome)
- xatar noun (possible, usually negative, outcome)
- xavf noun (possible, usually negative, outcome)
Venetan
2 entries- ris-cio noun (possible, usually negative, outcome)
- rixego noun (possible, usually negative, outcome)
Vietnamese
2 entries- nguy cơ noun (possible, usually negative, outcome)
- rủi ro noun (possible, usually negative, outcome)
Volapük
1 entries- riskod noun (possible, usually negative, outcome)
Walloon
1 entries- risse noun (possible, usually negative, outcome)
Sample sentences
29 total sentences available.
You're running a big risk in trusting him.
Source: tatoeba (15914)
Nothing is without risk.
Source: tatoeba (24442)
Don't risk your health by over drinking.
Source: tatoeba (27128)
Showing 4 of 29 available sentences.
Common questions
What are the closest synonyms for "risk"?
Closest matches include danger, hazard, peril, accident, accidentality.
How should I check whether a synonym fits "risk"?
Compare the replacement against real sentence context. This entry includes sample sentences so you can check tone, grammar, and meaning before swapping words.