Synonyms for risky
- adjective
Synonyms by meaning
Adjective
1. Dangerous — dangerous; involving risks
dangerous, unsafe, hazardous, chancy, perilous, dicey, adventurous, treacherous, precarious, touch-and-go, unsound, dodgy informal, insecure, daredevil, parlous, jeopardous, risksome, uncertain, shaky, venturesome formal dated
2. High-risk
Other
Definitions
- adj. 1
Dangerous; involving risks.
Investing in this start-up company could be risky.
From weakest to strongest
From the opposite of risky, on the left, to its strongest synonyms, on the right.
Example sentences
- dangerous You shouldn't have gone to such a dangerous place.
- hazardous Too much drinking may be hazardous to your health.
- unsafe Do you really think it would be unsafe to do that?
- chancy Investing into stocks is a highly chancy endeavor.
- wild When the band took the stage, the crowd went wild.
By length
- 3 letters
- bad1
- 4 letters
- wild1
- 5 letters
- shaky2, dodgy, dicey2
- 6 letters
- unsafe2, chancy2
- 7 letters
- unsound2, parlous
- 8 letters
- insecure3, perilous3, risksome
- 9 letters
- dangerous3, uncertain3, hazardous3, daredevil3
- 10 letters
- precarious4, jeopardous
- 11 letters
- adventurous4, speculative4, treacherous3, venturesome3
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (shaky2 = 2 syllables).