Antonyms for peril
ˈpɛr əlper·il

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1. perilnoun

   Synonyms:
   risk, threat, danger, hazard, jeopardy

2. perilnoun

   To cause to be in danger; to imperil.

   Synonyms:
   risk, danger, threat, jeopardy, hazard

3. perilnoun

   Something that causes, contains, or presents danger.

   The perils of the jungle (animals and insects, weather, etc)

   Synonyms:
   hazard, threat, risk, jeopardy, danger

English Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:3.8 / 4 votes

1. peril

   Danger is exposure to possible evil, which may be either near and probable or remote and doubtful; peril is exposure to imminent and sharply threatening evil, especially to such as results from violence. An invalid may be in danger of consumption; a disarmed soldier is in peril of death. Jeopardy is nearly the same as peril, but involves, like risk, more of the element of chance or uncertainty; a man tried upon a capital charge is said to be put in jeopardy of life. Insecurity is a feeble word, but exceedingly broad, applying to the placing of a dish, or the possibilities of a life, a fortune, or a government. Compare HAZARD.

   Antonyms:
   defense, immunity, protection, safeguard, safety, security, shelter

   Synonyms:
   danger, hazard, insecurity, jeopardy, risk

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1. peril

   Antonyms:
   security, safety, certainty

   Synonyms:
   danger, risk, hazard, jeopardy, insecurity, uncertainty, unsafety, venture

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1. • Danger

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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, fortune, riskiness, risk of infection, risk of exposure, hazard, danger, endangerment

2. riskiness, perilnoun

   a state of danger involving risk

   Synonyms:
   riskiness, jeopardy, hazard, danger, endangerment, risk

3. risk, peril, dangerverb

   a venture undertaken without regard to possible loss or injury

   "he saw the rewards but not the risks of crime"; "there was a danger he would do the wrong thing"

   Synonyms:
   jeopardy, risk of infection, risk, riskiness, risk of exposure, hazard, danger, endangerment

4. endanger, jeopardize, jeopardise, menace, threaten, imperil, perilverb

   pose a threat to; present a danger to

   "The pollution is endangering the crops"

   Synonyms:
   imperil, stake, threaten, venture, jeopardise, endanger, menace, hazard, jeopardize, scupper, expose, adventure

5. queer, expose, scupper, endanger, perilverb

   put in a dangerous, disadvantageous, or difficult position

   Synonyms:
   scotch, bushwhack, let on, frustrate, bring out, unwrap, exhibit, disclose, endanger, foil, lurk, jeopardise, expose, waylay, reveal, debunk, thwart, imperil, threaten, give away, break, baffle, divulge, spoil, lie in wait, ambush, menace, jeopardize, scupper, cross, uncover, ambuscade, bilk, display, discover, let out

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1. perilnoun

   Synonyms:
   danger

How to use peril in a sentence?

1. David Horovitz:

   I think that he feels fated that he is leading the Jewish people when it potentially faces a genocidal threat, that is the Netanyahu mindset -- that people are in peril, and he needs to stand firm and say what he wants to say and if necessary take the step that needs to be taken.

2. Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.:

   Life is action and passion; therefore, it is required of a man that he should share the passion and action of the time, at peril of being judged not to have lived.

3. Jerome Schlichter:

   This is fraught with peril both for employees and companies that choose to do this, there's a reason private equity investments have been limited to wealthy, sophisticated investors. This is grafting a product that wasn't designed to be in the retirement plan of an average investor into those retirement plans.

4. Jerry Brown:

   I find that conditions of extreme peril to the safety of persons and property exists in Siskiyou County.

5. Brad Sherman:

   Let's face it, this mission was fraught with peril, because there's no way to flee without causing a stampede, and there's no way to have a stampede that's orderly and meritorious.

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