Synonyms for hazard

Most common

chance · luck · accident · casualty · danger · peril · wager

Synonyms by meaning

Noun

Verb

Antonyms

bulwark, haven

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Definitions

1. n. 1

   Chance; accident, unpredictability.

2. n. 2

   Anything that is hazarded or risked, such as a stake in gambling.

3. v. 1

   To expose to chance; to take a risk.

4. v. 2

   To risk (something); to venture, incur, or bring on.

Related words

Word family

hazardous

Phrases

hazard pay race hazard hazard creep hazard light hazard reduction burn losing hazard memetic hazard winning hazard

Forms

Plural

hazards → chances, lucks, accidents, casualties…

Past participle

hazarded
e.g. hazarded → jeopardized, staked, ventured, imperiled…

Choose the right word

Example sentences

• accident The accident was due to the driver's carelessness.
• casualty She works in the hospital's casualty department.
• contingency There is neither contingency nor free will.
• danger At that time no thought of danger crossed my mind.
• peril Many wild animals are in peril of losing their lives.

Popularity over time

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

3 letters

bet¹, lay¹, hap¹

4 letters

risk¹, luck¹, dare¹

5 letters

guess¹, stake¹, peril², wager²

6 letters

chance¹, danger², pledge¹, expose², gamble², menace²

7 letters

suggest², fortune², venture², pretend², imperil³, jeopard

8 letters

accident³, casualty⁴, jeopardy³, endanger³, fortuity

9 letters

adventure³

10 letters

insecurity⁵, jeopardize³, jeopardise

11 letters

contingency⁴

12 letters

endangerment⁴

14 letters

precariousness

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (peril² = 2 syllables).

In other languages

Français

aléa

Italiano

rischio

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riesgo

Deutsch

Risiko

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