Synonyms for hazardous
- adjective
All synonyms
Adjective
1. Dangerous — risky; dangerous; with the nature of a hazard
dangerous, unsafe, risky, perilous, treacherous, adventurous, precarious, uncertain, dicey, wild, insecure, parlous, venturesome formal dated
Other
high-wire
Definitions
- adj. 1
Risky; dangerous; with the nature of a hazard.
Related words
- Word family
- hazardously hazmat hazardousness
- Phrases
- hazardous material
Example sentences
- dangerous You shouldn't have gone to such a dangerous place.
- risky It would probably be risky to do that by yourself.
- unsafe Do you really think it would be unsafe to do that?
- perilous A secret cove was hidden by perilous-looking rocks.
By length
- 4 letters
- wild1
- 5 letters
- risky2, dicey2
- 6 letters
- unsafe2
- 7 letters
- parlous
- 8 letters
- insecure3, perilous3
- 9 letters
- dangerous3, uncertain3
- 10 letters
- precarious4
- 11 letters
- adventurous4, treacherous3, venturesome3
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (risky2 = 2 syllables).