Risk

/ɹɪsk/

Synonyms for "risk" (287 found)

Ranked by relevance and common usage.

Closest matches (58)

Noun(19 words)

danger hazard peril adventures adventuring betting bold chancechance ofchances chancing chokehold compromises compromising coquettes courting courts crapshoot dangers

accident accidentalityactuarial calculationadmit ofadventitiousness adventurebe liablebe subjected tobeard betbid fair tobrave breakbreakers aheadbreaksbuy inbuy intocalculated riskcardhouse casualness

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cause for alarmchancechance itcompromise confrontcourt destructioncrisis dangerdangerous grounddare

Verb(7 words)

adventure betcha chance chanced compromised courted dared

Adjective(2 words)

advertising funded programdangerous situation

Strong matches (86)

Noun(19 words)

daring endanger endangering endangermentenvironmental chemical effectexposures gamble gambles gamblinggambling verbgenetic susceptibilitygo awryharm hazardia hazarding hazards imperillingisland ecosystemjeopardize

defydefy dangerdestiny desultoriness emergency encounterencounter dangerendanger endangerment expose exposure faceface up tofate financier flier flingflip of a coinflukiness flyer

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forget the oddsfortuitousness fortuity fortune gamblegamble ongamble withgaping chasmgathering cloudsgood fortunegood luckhap happenstancehappy chancehazardheedless haphouse of cardshow they fallimperil imperilmentincur dangerindeterminacy indeterminateness infirmity insecurity insolidity instability insubstantiality investinvest ininvestment jeopard jeopardize

Adjective(1 words)

endangered

Verb(13 words)

exposed exposes exposing gaged gamble gambled hazardhazard a planhazarded imperiling imperilled imperils jeopardizes

Related words (143)

Noun(31 words)

jeopardizing jeopardyjump intolikelihood menacesmine cave-inmore hazardousperiling perils plaguing predisposition probabilityrisk of exposurerisk of infectionrisking sailing sails spectre stake stakes

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stream cipher algorithmtemptingthreat of collapsethreats venture ventures venturing vulnerability wagering wagersweather condition

jeopardylaw of averageslay openlay out moneyliability liablenesslie underlot luckmake an investmentmake bookmeet menace moira openness opportunity pass pawn peril perilousness

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pinch pitfall place playplay with fireplightplow back intoplunge precariousness predicament predictprime investmentprinciple of indeterminacyprobability problematicness prognosticate putput in dangerput in jeopardyquicksandrandom samplereinvestrely on fortuneriskinessrocks aheadrun a chancerun of luckrun the chancerun the riskserendipityset at hazardshakiness shiftiness shiftingness sinksink money inslipperiness speculate speculation speculativeness stakestand a chancestand fair tostand to gainstand to losestatistical probabilitystorm cloudsstraittake a chancetake a fliertake chancestempt fortunetempt providencethe breakstheory of probabilitythin icethreat ticklishness treacherousness treacherytrust to chancetry the chanceunauthenticity unauthoritativeness uncertaintyuncertainty principleundependability unfaithworthiness unreliability unsolidity unsoundness unsteadfastness unsteadiness unsubstantiality unsureness untrustworthiness venture wagerwhatever comes

Verb(9 words)

lay on the lineperiledput on the linerun a riskstakedtake a chancetake chancesventured wagered

Adjective(4 words)

serious issuesloppy draftingtechnological interdependenceunstructured learning

Related word relations

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

5 relation types

More general

11 entries

assay attempt chance danger essay hazard probability seek try uncertainty venture

More specific

12 entries

credit riskenvironmental riskfinancial riskgamble hazardhealth riskmarket riskoperational riskrisk damagerisk injuryrisk lossventure

Collocations

10 entries

environmental riskexpose to riskfinancial riskhealth riskrisk assessmentrisk factorrisk factorsrisk managementrun the risktake a risk

Inflections

3 entries

risked risking risks

Derivations

7 entries

risk takerrisk takingriskier riskiest riskily riskiness risky

Translations

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.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

Only those who risk going too far will know how far one can go.

Source: tatoeba (2282)

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)

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