Risk

//ɹɪsk//

Synonyms for "risk" (202 found)

Ranked by relevance and common usage.

Closest matches (41)

Noun(3 words)
dangerhazardperil
Verb(3 words)
adventurechancecourt

Strong matches (60)

Related words (101)

liablenesslie underlotluckmake an investmentmake bookmeetmenacemoiraopennessopportunitypasspawnperilperilousnesspinchpitfallplaceplayplay with fire
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plightplow back intoplungeprecariousnesspredicamentpredictprime investmentprinciple of indeterminacyprobabilityproblematicnessprognosticateputput in dangerput in jeopardyput on linequicksandrandom 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

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9 entries

More specific

3 entries

Antonyms

1 entries

Synonyms

2 entries

Related terms

2 entries

dbpedia genre

1 entries

derived

94 entries

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etymologically related_to

1 entries

has context

2 entries

is a

5 entries

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related to

31 entries

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Translations

270 translations across 80 languages.

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Afrikaans

3 entries
  • risiko noun (possible, usually negative, outcome)
  • risiko noun (likelihood of a negative outcome)
  • risiko noun (business etc.: potential (conventionally negative) effect of an event)

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

3 entries
  • ռիսկ noun (possible, usually negative, outcome)
  • ռիսկ noun (likelihood of a negative outcome)
  • ռիսկ noun (business etc.: potential (conventionally negative) effect of an event)

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

3 entries
  • риск noun (possible, usually negative, outcome)
  • риск noun (likelihood of a 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)
  • risc noun (likelihood of a negative outcome)
  • risc noun (business etc.: potential (conventionally negative) effect of an event)
  • arriscar verb (to incur risk to something)

Chinese Cantonese

1 entries
  • 風險 /风险 noun (possible, usually negative, outcome)

Chinese Mandarin

2 entries
  • 風險 /风险 noun (possible, usually negative, outcome)
  • 風險 /风险 noun (business etc.: potential (conventionally negative) effect of an event)

Czech

2 entries
  • riziko noun (possible, usually negative, outcome)
  • riziko noun (likelihood of a negative outcome)

Danish

4 entries
  • risiko noun (possible, usually negative, outcome)
  • risiko noun (likelihood of a negative outcome)
  • risiko noun (business etc.: potential (conventionally negative) effect of an event)
  • risikere verb (to incur risk to something)

Dutch

4 entries
  • risico noun (possible, usually negative, outcome)
  • risico noun (likelihood of a negative outcome)
  • risico noun (business etc.: potential (conventionally negative) effect of an event)
  • risico nemen verb (to incur risk to 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)
  • riski noun (likelihood of a negative outcome)
  • riski noun (business etc.: potential (conventionally negative) effect of an event)
  • ottaa riski verb (to incur risk of something)

French

3 entries
  • risque noun (possible, usually negative, outcome)
  • risque noun (likelihood of a negative outcome)
  • risque noun (business etc.: potential (conventionally negative) effect of an event)

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)
  • Risiko noun (likelihood of a negative outcome)
  • Risiko noun (business etc.: potential (conventionally negative) effect of an event)
  • riskieren verb (to incur risk to something)

Greek

4 entries
  • κίνδυνος noun (possible, usually negative, outcome)
  • κίνδυνος noun (likelihood of a negative outcome)
  • κίνδυνος noun (business etc.: potential (conventionally negative) effect of an event)
  • πιθανότητα noun (likelihood of a negative outcome)

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

3 entries
  • kockázat noun (possible, usually negative, outcome)
  • kockázat noun (likelihood of a negative outcome)
  • rizikó noun (possible, usually negative, outcome)

Icelandic

2 entries
  • hætta noun (possible, usually negative, outcome)
  • áhætta noun (possible, usually negative, outcome)

Ido

2 entries
  • risko noun (possible, usually negative, outcome)
  • risko noun (likelihood of a negative outcome)

Indonesian

1 entries
  • risiko noun (possible, usually negative, outcome)

Iranian Persian

4 entries
  • خَطَر noun (possible, usually negative, outcome)
  • ریسْک noun (possible, usually negative, outcome)
  • ریسْک noun (likelihood of a 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

4 entries
  • リスク noun (possible, usually negative, outcome)
  • リスク noun (likelihood of a negative outcome)
  • リスク noun (business etc.: potential (conventionally negative) effect of an event)
  • 危険 noun (possible, usually negative, outcome)

Kazakh

1 entries
  • тәуекел noun (possible, usually negative, outcome)

Khmer

3 entries
  • គ្រោះថ្នាក់ noun (business etc.: potential (conventionally negative) effect of an event)
  • ចៃដន់ noun (possible, usually negative, outcome)
  • ហានិយភ័យ noun (business etc.: potential (conventionally negative) effect of an event)

Korean

4 entries
  • 리스크 noun (possible, usually negative, outcome)
  • 리스크 noun (likelihood of a negative outcome)
  • 위험 noun (possible, usually negative, outcome)
  • 위험 noun (likelihood of a 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

4 entries
  • tūraru noun (possible, usually negative, outcome)
  • tūraru noun (likelihood of a negative outcome)
  • tūraru noun (business etc.: potential (conventionally negative) effect of an event)
  • whakamōrea 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)
  • metirsî noun (likelihood of a negative outcome)
  • rîsk noun (possible, usually negative, outcome)
  • talûke noun (possible, usually negative, outcome)

Norwegian Bokmål

4 entries
  • risiko noun (possible, usually negative, outcome)
  • risiko noun (likelihood of a negative outcome)
  • risiko noun (business etc.: potential (conventionally negative) effect of an event)
  • risk noun (possible, usually negative, outcome)

Norwegian Nynorsk

4 entries
  • risiko noun (possible, usually negative, outcome)
  • risiko noun (likelihood of a negative outcome)
  • risiko noun (business etc.: potential (conventionally negative) effect of an event)
  • risk noun (possible, usually negative, outcome)

Occitan

1 entries
  • risc noun (possible, usually negative, outcome)

Old English

2 entries
  • pleoh noun (possible, usually negative, outcome)
  • pleoh noun (likelihood of a 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)
  • ryzyko noun (likelihood of a negative outcome)
  • ryzyko noun (business etc.: potential (conventionally negative) effect of an event)
  • zagrożenie noun (possible, usually negative, outcome)

Portuguese

4 entries
  • risco noun (possible, usually negative, outcome)
  • risco noun (likelihood of a negative outcome)
  • risco noun (business etc.: potential (conventionally negative) effect of an event)
  • arriscar verb (to incur risk to something)

Romanian

4 entries
  • risc noun (possible, usually negative, outcome)
  • risc noun (likelihood of a negative outcome)
  • risc noun (business etc.: potential (conventionally negative) effect of an event)
  • risca verb (to incur risk to something)

Russian

4 entries
  • опа́сность noun (possible, usually negative, outcome)
  • опа́сность noun (likelihood of a negative outcome)
  • риск noun (possible, usually negative, outcome)
  • риск noun (likelihood of a negative outcome)

Scottish Gaelic

2 entries
  • cunnart noun (possible, usually negative, outcome)
  • cunnart noun (business etc.: potential (conventionally negative) effect of an event)

Serbo-Croatian

4 entries
  • opasnost noun (business etc.: potential (conventionally negative) effect of an event)
  • opásnōst noun (likelihood of a negative outcome)
  • rìzik noun (possible, usually negative, outcome)
  • rìzik noun (likelihood of a negative outcome)

Slovak

3 entries
  • riziko noun (possible, usually negative, outcome)
  • riziko noun (likelihood of a negative outcome)
  • riziko noun (business etc.: potential (conventionally negative) effect of an event)

Slovene

4 entries
  • tveganje noun (possible, usually negative, outcome)
  • tveganje noun (likelihood of a negative outcome)
  • tveganje noun (business etc.: potential (conventionally negative) effect of an event)
  • tvegati verb (to incur risk to something)

Spanish

4 entries
  • discrimen noun (possible, usually negative, outcome)
  • discrimen noun (likelihood of a negative outcome)
  • riesgo noun (possible, usually negative, outcome)
  • riesgo noun (likelihood of a negative outcome)

Swedish

4 entries
  • risk noun (possible, usually negative, outcome)
  • risk noun (likelihood of a negative outcome)
  • risk noun (business etc.: potential (conventionally negative) effect of an event)
  • riskera 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)
  • ความเสี่ยง noun (likelihood of a negative outcome)
  • ความเสี่ยง noun (business etc.: potential (conventionally negative) effect of an event)

Turkish

4 entries
  • risk noun (possible, usually negative, outcome)
  • risk noun (likelihood of a negative outcome)
  • riziko noun (likelihood of a negative outcome)
  • riske 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

2 entries
  • risse noun (possible, usually negative, outcome)
  • risse noun (likelihood of a negative outcome)

Sample sentences

29 total sentences available.

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

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You're running a big risk in trusting him.

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Nothing is without risk.

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Don't risk your health by over drinking.

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