Antonyms for hazard
ˈhæz ərdhaz·ard

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1. hazard

   Hazard is the incurring the possibility of loss or harm for the possibility of benefit; danger may have no compensating alternative. In hazard the possibilities of gain or loss are nearly balanced; in risk the possibility of loss is the chief thought; the foolhardy take great risks in mere wantonness; in chance and venture the hope of good predominates; we speak of a merchant's venture, but of an insurance company's risk; one may be driven by circumstances to run a risk; he freely seeks a venture; we speak of the chance of winning, the hazard or risk of losing. Accidents are incalculable; casualties may be to a certain extent anticipated; death and wounds are casualties of battle, certain to happen to some, but uncertain as to whom or how many. A contingency is simply an indeterminable future event, which may or may not be attended with danger or risk. See ACCIDENT; DANGER.

   Antonyms:
   assurance, certainty, necessity, plan, protection, safeguard, safety, security, surety

   Synonyms:
   accident, casualty, chance, contingency, danger, fortuity, jeopardy, peril, risk, venture

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:3.7 / 3 votes

1. hazard

   Antonyms:
   safety, security, protection, warrant, certainty, calculation, law

   Synonyms:
   peril, risk, jeopardy, danger, chance, imperil, dare

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1. • Risk

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1. hazard, jeopardy, peril, risk, endangermentnoun

   a source of danger; a possibility of incurring loss or misfortune

   "drinking alcohol is a health hazard"

   Synonyms:
   luck, jeopardy, chance, risk, peril, fortune, riskiness, risk of infection, risk of exposure, danger, endangerment

2. luck, fortune, chance, hazardnoun

   an unknown and unpredictable phenomenon that causes an event to result one way rather than another

   "bad luck caused his downfall"; "we ran into each other by pure chance"

   Synonyms:
   circumstances, luck, jeopardy, chance, lot, risk, destiny, fortune, prospect, peril, portion, fate, opportunity, probability, endangerment

3. hazardverb

   an obstacle on a golf course

   Synonyms:
   jeopardy, peril, fortune, luck, chance, endangerment, risk

4. guess, venture, pretend, hazardverb

   put forward, of a guess, in spite of possible refutation

   "I am guessing that the price of real estate will rise again"; "I cannot pretend to say that you are wrong"

   Synonyms:
   pretend, guess, run a risk, imagine, infer, opine, adventure, gauge, dissemble, make believe, gamble, sham, chance, reckon, suppose, embark, venture, estimate, affect, think, jeopardize, stake, act, take chances, approximate, profess, judge, take a chance, risk, make, feign

5. venture, hazard, adventure, stake, jeopardizeverb

   put at risk

   "I will stake my good reputation for this"

   Synonyms:
   pretend, impale, guess, run a risk, chance, gamble, back, take chances, gage, endanger, threaten, peril, menace, imperil, embark, venture, jeopardise, jeopardize, stake, adventure, punt, take a chance, post, risk, bet on, game

6. gamble, chance, risk, hazard, take chances, adventure, run a risk, take a chanceverb

   take a risk in the hope of a favorable outcome

   "When you buy these stocks you are gambling"

   Synonyms:
   pretend, encounter, happen, guess, run a risk, chance, gamble, bump, adventure, venture, jeopardize, stake, take chances, find, take a chance, put on the line, lay on the line, risk

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1. hazardnoun

   Antonyms:
   safety, security, assurance, certainty, surety

   Synonyms:
   chance, contingency, casualty, risk, random, jeopardy, danger, peril, venture

2. hazardverb

   Synonyms:
   venture, risk, jeopard, endanger

How to use hazard in a sentence?

1. Jennifer Sass:

   IARC's goal was just to score the cancer hazard, that's it. They've looked at all the data and they have really convincing evidence, what this panel is trying to do is death by a thousand cuts. They're taking a good stack of evidence and starting to hack through it to try to kill it.

2. Nicole Hallett:

   If companies end hazard pay policies now, they may be able to retain workers in the short run because workers have no choice, but once the economy improves, workers may move on because of how they were treated during the pandemic. Turnover is costly for businesses, and workers will remember how they are treated now.

3. Dusty Johnson:

   I think the path forward looks incredibly murky. I wouldn't even try to hazard a guess, what we know is that the ‘Squad,’ these folks are legislative terrorists, they love to take hostages.

4. Trumka Jr.:

   This is a hidden hazard, any option is on the table. Products that can’t be made safe can be banned.

5. Jeffrey Lewis:

   The key piece of evidence is that the facility is operating a' burn pit' to dispose of solid-propellant leftover from the production of ballistic missiles, casting rocket motors results in leftover propellant, which is an explosive hazard. Solid-propellant missile production facilities often have burn pits where leftover propellant can be disposed of by burning. Burn operations are, therefore, a strong signature that the facility is actively casting solid rocket motors.

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