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Synonyms for danger
noun hazard, troublesome situation

peril
risk
probability
exposure
insecurity
jeopardy
uncertainty

emergency
possibility
threat
vulnerability
instability
menace
crisis

pitfall
precariousness
venture
exigency
precipice
endangerment
storm

clouds
dynamite
slipperiness
double trouble
hot potato
risky business
thin ice

Antonyms for dangers

safety
calm
preservation
security

certainty
sureness
unlikelihood
peace

care
carefulness
guard

Concept Thesaurus for word dangers
2. Subservience to ends; contingent subservience
Synonyms – noun

danger
risk
slipperiness
vulnerable point
road to ruin
source of danger
clouds in the horizon
[Sense of danger] apprehension [more]

peril
hazard
instability
heel of Achilles
faciles descensus Averni [Vergil]
[Approach of danger] rock ahead
clouds gathering

insecurity
venture
defenselessness, exposure (liability)
forlorn hope (hopelessness)
hairbreadth escape.
breakers ahead
warning

jeopardy
precariousness
vulnerability
[Dangerous course] leap in the dark (rashness) [more]
cause for alarm
storm brewing
alarm

Synonyms – verbs

be in danger
encounter danger
trust to a broken reed
have the odds against one
hang by a thread
sit on a barrel of gunpowder
put in danger
expose to danger
compromise
hazard
run the gauntlet (dare)
lay a trap for (deceive)

be exposed to danger
run a risk
feel the ground sliding from under one
face long odds
totter
live in a glass house.
place in jeopardy
imperil
sail too near the wind (rash)
venture
engage in a forlorn hope.

run into danger
lay oneself open to (liability)
have to run for it
be in deep trouble
sleep on a volcano
bring in danger
put in jeopardy
jeopard
adventure
stake
threaten danger

incur danger
lean on a broken reed
have the chances against one
be between a rock and a hard place.
stand on a volcano
place in danger
endanger
jeopardize
risk
set at hazard
run one hard

Synonyms – adjectives

in danger
hazardous
unsafe
untrustworthy
defenseless
unshielded
open to (liable)
on a lee shore
precarious
slippy
between Scylla and Charybdis
on the edge of a precipice
in the lion’s den

endangered
perilous
unprotected (safe
built upon.sand
fenceless
vulnerable
aux abois
on the rocks.
critical
hanging by a thread
between a rock and a hard place
on the brink of a precipice
on slippery ground

fraught with danger
parlous
protect [more]
on a sandy basis
guardless
expugnable
at bay
at stake
ticklish
with a halter round one’s neck
between the devil and the deep blue sea
on the verge of a precipice
under fire

dangerous
periculous
insecure
wildcat.
harborless
exposed
on the wrong side of the wall
in question
slippery
between the hammer and the anvil
between two fires
on the edge of a volcano
not out of the wood(s).

Synonyms – phrases
incidit in Scyllam qui vult vitare Charybdim; nam tua res agitur paries dum proximus ardet.
Antonyms

safety

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