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Synonyms for danger
ˈdeɪn dʒərdan·ger
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English Synonyms and Antonyms
danger
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.
Synonyms:
hazard, insecurity, jeopardy, peril, riskAntonyms:
defense, immunity, protection, safeguard, safety, security, shelter
Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms
danger
Synonyms:
peril, hazard, risk, jeopardy, insecurity, ventureAntonyms:
security, custody, defense, safety, premunition, precaution
Princeton's WordNet
dangernoun
the condition of being susceptible to harm or injury
"you are in no danger"; "there was widespread danger of disease"
Antonyms:
safetyrisk, peril, dangernoun
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, peril, riskiness, risk of exposure, hazard, endangermentAntonyms:
safetydangernoun
a cause of pain or injury or loss
"he feared the dangers of traveling by air"
Antonyms:
safetydangernoun
a dangerous place
"He moved out of danger"
Antonyms:
safety
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Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
dangernoun
Synonyms:
jeopardy, hazard, peril, insecurity, risk, exposure, imminence, impedimentAntonyms:
safety, immunity, security, shelter, safeguard, protection
Nicknames
List of known nicknames for "Danger":
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Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#876 | risk | |
#3124 | trouble | |
#3786 | risks | |
#3891 | threat | |
#4178 | dangerous | |
#4513 | venture | |
#5013 | danger | |
#5700 | hazardous | |
#7304 | hazard | |
#7895 | threatened | |
#8140 | hazards | |
#9992 | stake | |
#11061 | dangers | |
#12669 | distress | |
#19164 | menace | |
#20776 | jeopardy | |
#22996 | peril | |
#23132 | insecurity | |
#71910 | endangerment | |
#124843 | riskiness |
How to use danger in a sentence?
I think, politically, for the House Democrats, we face that same danger here, whether currently indictable or not, it is clear that the President has, at a minimum, engaged in highly unethical and unscrupulous behavior which does not bring honor to the office he holds.
The immediate priority is to avert the danger of war, we hope there will be no point of no return.
Imposing mandatory drug testing of students when Philippine police are committing rampant summary killings of alleged drug users puts countless children in danger for failing a drug test.
I’d had a birth control failure, and I was coached by Planned Parenthood on how to do this, i had to see two psychiatrists and one doctor and tell them I was not able to go through with the pregnancy because it would a danger to both my physical and mental health.
This is a question of providing assistance to a person in grave danger, we know that Theo used WhatsApp the night he disappeared.
Translations for danger
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- gevaarAfrikaans
- خَطَر, خطرArabic
- təhlükəAzerbaijani
- небяспекаBelarusian
- опасност, заплахаBulgarian
- বিপদBengali
- perillCatalan, Valencian
- nebezpečíCzech
- peryglWelsh
- fareDanish
- Bedrohung, Gefahr, Risiko, AchtungGerman
- κίνδυνοςGreek
- danĝeroEsperanto
- peligroSpanish
- oht, hädaohtEstonian
- خطرPersian
- uhka, vaaraFinnish
- vandiFaroese
- dangerFrench
- dainséar, contúirtIrish
- cunnartScottish Gaelic
- perigoGalician
- סכנהHebrew
- जोखिम, ख़तराHindi
- danjeHaitian Creole
- veszélyHungarian
- վտանգ, սպառնալիքArmenian
- bahayaIndonesian
- hættaIcelandic
- pericoloItalian
- סכנהHebrew
- 危険Japanese
- საფრთხეGeorgian
- қауіп, қатер, қауіптілікKazakh
- គ្រោះថ្នាក់Khmer
- ಕುತ್ತ, ಅಪಾಯKannada
- 위험, 危險Korean
- پهرێشانKurdish
- коркунучKyrgyz
- periculumLatin
- ອັນຕະຣາຽLao
- pavojusLithuanian
- briesmas, bīstamībaLatvian
- опасностMacedonian
- ആപത്ത്Malayalam
- зэтгэр, аюулMongolian
- bahayaMalay
- perikluMaltese
- ဘယာ, ဘေးBurmese
- gevaar, bedreigingDutch
- fareNorwegian
- perilhOccitan
- niebezpieczeństwo, zagrożeniePolish
- perigoPortuguese
- privel, prighel, prievelRomansh
- primejdie, pericolRomanian
- угроза, опасностьRussian
- perígulu, pirígulu, perículuSardinian
- opasnost, опасностSerbo-Croatian
- අන්ත්රාවSinhala, Sinhalese
- nebezpečieSlovak
- nevarnostSlovene
- rrezikAlbanian
- faraSwedish
- hatariSwahili
- அபாயம், ஆபத்துTamil
- ప్రమాదము, ప్రమాదంTelugu
- хавф, хатарTajik
- อันตรายThai
- howp, hovpTurkmen
- tehlikeTurkish
- загро́за, небезпека, небезпе́каUkrainian
- جوکھم, خطرہUrdu
- xatar, xavflilikUzbek
- nguy hiểm, 危險Vietnamese
- dandjîWalloon
- געפאַרYiddish
- 危险Chinese
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