DANGEROUS Synonyms
There are 10 hypernyms of the word dangerous. (close relations)
Best Alternative Words for DANGEROUS
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unsafe | adjectiveadj | |||||||
adjective • lacking in security or safety • involving or causing danger or risk; liable to hurt or harm adjective satellite • not safe from attack | ||||||||
grave | noun, adjectiven, adj | |||||||
noun • death of a person • a place for the burial of a corpse (especially beneath the ground and marked by a tombstone) • a mark (`) placed above a vowel to indicate pronunciation adjective satellite • dignified and somber in manner or character and committed to keeping promises • causing fear or anxiety by threatening great harm • of great gravity or crucial import; requiring serious thought verb • shape (a material like stone or wood) by whittling away at it • carve, cut, or etch into a material or surface | ||||||||
hazardous | adjectiveadj | |||||||
adjective satellite • involving risk or danger | ||||||||
life-threatening | adjectiveadj | |||||||
adjective satellite • causing fear or anxiety by threatening great harm | ||||||||
perilous | adjectiveadj | |||||||
adjective satellite • fraught with danger | ||||||||
risky | adjectiveadj | |||||||
adjective satellite • involving risk or danger • not financially safe or secure | ||||||||
serious | adjectiveadj | |||||||
adjective • concerned with work or important matters rather than play or trivialities • completely lacking in playfulness adjective satellite • of great consequence • causing fear or anxiety by threatening great harm • appealing to the mind • requiring effort or concentration; complex and not easy to answer or solve | ||||||||
alarming | adjectiveadj | |||||||
adjective • frightening because of an awareness of danger | ||||||||
chancy | adjectiveadj | |||||||
adjective satellite • of uncertain outcome; especially fraught with risk • subject to accident or chance or change | ||||||||
critical | adjectiveadj | |||||||
adjective • marked by a tendency to find and call attention to errors and flaws • at or of a point at which a property or phenomenon suffers an abrupt change especially having enough mass to sustain a chain reaction • characterized by careful evaluation and judgment • being in or verging on a state of crisis or emergency • of or involving or characteristic of critics or criticism adjective satellite • urgently needed; absolutely necessary • forming or having the nature of a turning point or crisis | ||||||||
daredevil | nounn | |||||||
noun • a reckless impetuous irresponsible person adjective satellite • presumptuously daring | ||||||||
deadly | adjectiveadj | |||||||
adverb • as if dead • (used as intensives) excessively adjective satellite • causing or capable of causing death • of an instrument of certain death • extremely poisonous or injurious; producing venom • involving loss of divine grace or spiritual death • exceedingly harmful • (of a disease) having a rapid course and violent effect | ||||||||
dicey | adjectiveadj | |||||||
adjective satellite • of uncertain outcome; especially fraught with risk | ||||||||
disastrous | adjectiveadj | |||||||
adjective satellite • (of events) having extremely unfortunate or dire consequences; bringing ruin | ||||||||
formidable | adjectiveadj | |||||||
adjective satellite • extremely impressive in strength or excellence • inspiring fear | ||||||||
fraught | adjectiveadj | |||||||
adjective satellite • marked by distress • filled with or attended with | ||||||||
harmful | adjectiveadj | |||||||
adjective • causing or capable of causing harm | ||||||||
high-risk | adjectiveadj | |||||||
adjective satellite • not financially safe or secure | ||||||||
iffy | adjectiveadj | |||||||
adjective satellite • subject to accident or chance or change | ||||||||
impending | adjectiveadj | |||||||
adjective satellite • close in time; about to occur | ||||||||