What is another word for double-edged sword?
Synonyms for double-edged sword
dou·ble-edged sword
This thesaurus page includes all potential synonyms, words with the same meaning and similar terms for the word double-edged sword.
Wiktionary
double-edged swordnoun
Synonyms:
two-edged sworddouble-edged swordnoun
A benefit that is also a liability, or that carries some significant but non-obvious cost or risk.
Synonyms:
two-edged sword
How to use double-edged sword in a sentence?
. But that perceived guarantee is a double-edged sword for regulators, given than many investors are just holding on long enough to cut their losses. People like Shao Qinglong, a public service worker who has already lost over a quarter of Shao Qinglong capital investing in stocks, told Reuters all Shao Qinglong is waiting for is for the market to recover enough for Shao Qinglong to break even. : I didn't sell at the peak because people all say the market will rise beyond 6,000 points, i'm now waiting for the market to rebound so that I can get out.
Testing is a double-edged sword, weve tested now 25 million people. Its probably 20 million people more than anybody else ... Heres the bad part: When you do testing to that extent, youre going to find more people, youre going to find more cases. So I said to my people, slow the testing down -- please.
If you look at it rationally, none of the two main parties would want to win the next election, it is more than a double-edged sword.
I mean, who wouldn’t? i think she had to maintain the stardom she achieved. It was a double-edged sword… [But] she could have been anything she wanted to be.
Your self-esteem is a double-edged sword. It all depends on the 'self' of self-esteem whether it'll pull you up from the nadir or push you down from the pinnacle.
Translations for double-edged sword
From our Multilingual Translation Dictionary
Get even more translations for double-edged sword »
Translation
Find a translation for the double-edged sword synonym in other languages:
Select another language:
- - Select -
- 简体中文 (Chinese - Simplified)
- 繁體中文 (Chinese - Traditional)
- Español (Spanish)
- Esperanto (Esperanto)
- 日本語 (Japanese)
- Português (Portuguese)
- Deutsch (German)
- العربية (Arabic)
- Français (French)
- Русский (Russian)
- ಕನ್ನಡ (Kannada)
- 한국어 (Korean)
- עברית (Hebrew)
- Gaeilge (Irish)
- Українська (Ukrainian)
- اردو (Urdu)
- Magyar (Hungarian)
- मानक हिन्दी (Hindi)
- Indonesia (Indonesian)
- Italiano (Italian)
- தமிழ் (Tamil)
- Türkçe (Turkish)
- తెలుగు (Telugu)
- ภาษาไทย (Thai)
- Tiếng Việt (Vietnamese)
- Čeština (Czech)
- Polski (Polish)
- Bahasa Indonesia (Indonesian)
- Românește (Romanian)
- Nederlands (Dutch)
- Ελληνικά (Greek)
- Latinum (Latin)
- Svenska (Swedish)
- Dansk (Danish)
- Suomi (Finnish)
- فارسی (Persian)
- ייִדיש (Yiddish)
- հայերեն (Armenian)
- Norsk (Norwegian)
- English (English)
Citation
Use the citation below to add these synonyms to your bibliography:
Style:MLAChicagoAPA
"double-edged sword." Synonyms.com. STANDS4 LLC, 2024. Web. 30 Apr. 2024. <https://www.synonyms.com/synonym/double-edged+sword>.
Discuss these double-edged sword synonyms with the community:
Report Comment
We're doing our best to make sure our content is useful, accurate and safe.
If by any chance you spot an inappropriate comment while navigating through our website please use this form to let us know, and we'll take care of it shortly.
Attachment
You need to be logged in to favorite.
Log In