1. (noun)hazard, jeopardy, peril, risk, endangerment a source of danger; a possibility of incurring loss or misfortune Synonyms: luck, jeopardy, chance, risk, peril, fortune, riskiness, risk of infection, risk of exposure, hazard, danger, endangerment
2. (noun)riskiness, peril a state of danger involving risk Synonyms: riskiness, jeopardy, peril, hazard, danger, endangerment, risk
3. (verb)risk, peril, danger a venture undertaken without regard to possible loss or injury Synonyms: jeopardy, risk of infection, risk, peril, riskiness, risk of exposure, hazard, danger, endangerment
4. (verb)endanger, jeopardize, jeopardise, menace, threaten, imperil, peril pose a threat to; present a danger to Synonyms: imperil, stake, threaten, venture, peril, jeopardise, endanger, menace, hazard, jeopardize, scupper, expose, adventure
5. (verb)queer, expose, scupper, endanger, peril 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, peril, 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
Synonyms, Thesaurus & Antonyms of 'peril'
English Synonyms and Antonyms
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 v Synonyms: danger, hazard, insecurity, jeopardy, peril, risk Antonyms: defense, immunity, protection, safeguard, safety, security, shelter
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