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DANGEROUS Synonyms

There are 37 synonyms of the word dangerous. (exact relations)
There are 10 hypernyms of the word dangerous. (close relations)
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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

Best Hypernyms For DANGEROUS

Here is a list of related hypernyms for dangerous, these are close relations that fall within the same topic. Most relevant words are highlighted and in order.
Words (10)
hazardous insecure life-threatening menacing perilous precarious risky threatening treacherous unsafe

Alternatives for UNSAFE

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