Synonyms for perilous
- adjective
Most common
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Adjective
1. Dangerous — dangerous, full of peril
dangerous, precarious, unsafe, risky, treacherous, parlous, hazardous, slippery, touch-and-go, insecure
Other
Definitions
- adj. 1
Dangerous, full of peril.
Related words
- Other spellings
- per'lous
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?
- precarious Yanni lives a precarious existence in Algiers.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| perilous | rising | |
| dangerous | steady | |
| risky | rising | |
| unsafe | steady | |
| precarious | steady | |
| grievous | steady |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 5 letters
- risky2
- 6 letters
- unsafe2
- 7 letters
- parlous
- 8 letters
- insecure3, slippery3, grievous2
- 9 letters
- dangerous3, hazardous3
- 10 letters
- precarious4
- 11 letters
- treacherous3
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (risky2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- périlleux
- Español
- arriesgado