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

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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. Dawa Steven Sherpa:

   It is a health hazard and the issue needs to be addressed.

2. Brian Czarnecki:

   That push resulted in about two days of trail openings before it melted and we had to close, the safety hazard was bigger than the return.

3. Wendy Stovall:

   It's a huge hazard.

4. Matt Nakajima:

   The casino had no safety policies in place for floor inspection or fall prevention and had no criticism of the employees failure to pick up the trip hazard even though its own internal documents found her at fault, the casinos callous disregard for their customers safety was on full display throughout the trial.

5. Yoshinagi Higuchi:

   I checked the flood hazard map but it didn't have my area as being at risk, i heard there was a flood once before the war, but we just weren't expecting the water to come over the levee despite all the warnings.

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