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Synonyms for touch-and-go

  • adjective

Most common

risky precarious perilous parlous touchy

All synonyms

Adjective

1. Precarious — precarious, delicate, risky, sensitive; of uncertain outcome (by analogy with a ship in shallow water)

precarious, risky, perilous, parlous

Other

touchy

Definitions

  1. adj. 1

    Precarious, delicate, risky, sensitive; of uncertain outcome (by analogy with a ship in shallow water).

    I could sense it was touch and go whether I could get the lay.

Related words

Phrases
touch-and-go landing
Other spellings
touch and go

Example sentences

  • risky It would probably be risky to do that by yourself.
  • precarious Yanni lives a precarious existence in Algiers.
  • perilous A secret cove was hidden by perilous-looking rocks.
  • parlous Thou art in a parlous state, shepherd.
  • touchy Sami said marriage was a very touchy subject for him.

By length

5 letters
risky2
6 letters
touchy2
7 letters
parlous
8 letters
perilous3
10 letters
precarious4

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (risky2 = 2 syllables).