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All danger synonyms

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noun danger

  • hazard — an unavoidable danger or risk, even though often foreseeable: The job was full of hazards.
  • peril — exposure to injury, loss, or destruction; grave risk; jeopardy; danger: They faced the peril of falling rocks.
  • risk — exposure to the chance of injury or loss; a hazard or dangerous chance: It's not worth the risk.
  • probability — the quality or fact of being probable.
  • insecurity — lack of confidence or assurance; self-doubt: He is plagued by insecurity.
  • jeopardy — hazard or risk of or exposure to loss, harm, death, or injury: For a moment his life was in jeopardy.
  • uncertainty — the state of being uncertain; doubt; hesitancy: His uncertainty gave impetus to his inquiry.
  • possibility — the state or fact of being possible: the possibility of error.
  • threat — a declaration of an intention or determination to inflict punishment, injury, etc., in retaliation for, or conditionally upon, some action or course; menace: He confessed under the threat of imprisonment.
  • vulnerability — capable of or susceptible to being wounded or hurt, as by a weapon: a vulnerable part of the body.
  • instability — the quality or state of being unstable; lack of stability or firmness.
  • menace — something that threatens to cause evil, harm, injury, etc.; a threat: Air pollution is a menace to health.
  • crisis — A crisis is a situation in which something or someone is affected by one or more very serious problems.
  • pitfall — a lightly covered and unnoticeable pit prepared as a trap for people or animals.
  • precariousness — dependent on circumstances beyond one's control; uncertain; unstable; insecure: a precarious livelihood.
  • venture — an undertaking involving uncertainty as to the outcome, especially a risky or dangerous one: a mountain-climbing venture.
  • precipice — a cliff with a vertical, nearly vertical, or overhanging face.
  • storm — Theodore Woldsen [tey-aw-dawr vawlt-suh n] /ˈteɪ ɔˌdɔr ˈvɔlt sən/ (Show IPA), 1817–88, German poet and novelist.
  • clouds — a comedy (423 b.c.) by Aristophanes.
  • slipperier — tending or liable to cause slipping or sliding, as ice, oil, a wet surface, etc.: a slippery road.
  • hot potato — Informal. a situation or issue that is difficult, unpleasant, or risky to deal with.
  • chance — If there is a chance of something happening, it is possible that it will happen.
  • likelihood — the state of being likely or probable; probability.
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