Synonyms for RISKY
ˈrɪs kirisky

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1. riskyadjective

   Synonyms:
   dangerous, hazardous, perilous

   Antonyms:
   safe, riskless

2. riskyadjective

   Dangerous, involving risks.

   Investing in this start-up company could be risky.

   Synonyms:
   hazardous, dangerous, perilous

   Antonyms:
   safe, riskless

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1. risky

   Uncertain is applied to things that human knowledge can not certainly determine or that human power can not certainly control; precarious originally meant dependent on the will of another, and now, by extension of meaning, dependent on chance or hazard, with manifest unfavorable possibility verging toward probability; as, one holds office by a precarious tenure, or land by a precarious title; the strong man's hold on life is uncertain, the invalid's is precarious.

   Synonyms:
   doubtful, dubious, equivocal, hazardous, insecure, perilous, precarious, unassured, uncertain, unsettled, unstable, unsteady

   Antonyms:
   actual, assured, certain, firm, immutable, incontestable, infallible, real, settled, stable, steady, strong, sure, undeniable, undoubted, unquestionable

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1. hazardous, risky, wildadjective

   involving risk or danger

   "skydiving is a hazardous sport"; "extremely risky going out in the tide and fog"; "a wild financial scheme"

   Synonyms:
   furious, waste, wild, dotty, savage, risky, barbarian, bad, speculative, baseless, violent, untamed, idle, hazardous, uncivilised, fantastic, raving mad, raging, groundless, angry, barbaric, crazy, godforsaken, unfounded, high-risk, tempestuous, uncivilized, gaga, unwarranted

   Antonyms:
   safe, sound

2. bad, risky, high-risk, speculativeadjective

   not financially safe or secure

   "a bad investment"; "high risk investments"; "anything that promises to pay too much can't help being risky"; "speculative business enterprises"

   Synonyms:
   big, spoiled, uncollectible, risky, questioning, bad, speculative, regretful, hazardous, forged, defective, inquisitive, sorry, tough, spoilt, unsound, wondering(a), high-risk, unfit, wild, notional

   Antonyms:
   safe, sound

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1. riskyadjective

   Synonyms:
   [colloquial, U. S.] dangerous, hazardous, perilous, unsafe, full of risk

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1. riskyadjective

   Synonyms:
   hazardous, unsafe, perilous, jeopardous, dangerous, precarious

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1. List of paraphrases for "risky":

   dangerous, dicey, hazardous, high-risk, perilous, at-risk, unsafe, risk

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1. Malcolm Reeder:

   To be honest, I'm rethinking taking my kids to the beach. this year, it's too risky, a couple of years ago they got surf boards for Christmas. Maybe this year it'll be hiking boots.

2. Christian Stracke:

   We wanted to explain how complicated and potentially risky this could be. A rushed and poorly planned move to break up the banks under a new administration next year could be very destabilizing for the economy.

3. Mark Eiglarsh:

   I think this is one of those rare cases where he might have to take the witness stand. He's an actor, so he has an advantage over almost anyone who is going to take the witness stand. He knows how to portray characters, so he'd be playing the role potentially of a person who has been victimized by the prosecution repeatedly, and someone who has suffered a vicious attack, if he wasn't a good actor, I'd say it might be too risky, but he's an excellent actor. That's what he does for a living.

4. Hillary Clinton:

   Yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, first of all, under Dodd-Frank, that is what will happen because we now have stress tests and I'm going to impose a risk fee on the big bank if they engage in risky behavior but they have to know, their shareholders have to know that yes, they will fail and if they're too big to fail. Then under my plan and others that have been proposed, they may have to be broken up.

5. Markus Schranner:

   German statistics say that companies started by women are mostly companies in less risky areas, not with a goal to grow huge, we just hope we can accelerate change.