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HIGH-RISK Synonyms

There are 17 synonyms of the word high-risk. (exact relations)
There are 10 hypernyms of the word high-risk. (close relations)

Best Alternative Words for HIGH-RISK

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risky
adjectiveadj
adjective satellite

• involving risk or danger

• not financially safe or secure

speculative
adjectiveadj
adjective satellite

• not financially safe or secure

• not based on fact or investigation

• showing curiosity

adventurous
adjectiveadj
adjective

• willing to undertake or seeking out new and daring enterprises

chancy
adjectiveadj
adjective satellite

• of uncertain outcome; especially fraught with risk

• subject to accident or chance or change

dangerous
adjectiveadj
adjective

• involving or causing danger or risk; liable to hurt or harm

adjective satellite

• causing fear or anxiety by threatening great harm

dicey
adjectiveadj
adjective satellite

• of uncertain outcome; especially fraught with risk

hazardous
adjectiveadj
adjective satellite

• involving risk or danger

insecure
adjectiveadj
adjective

• not firm or firmly fixed; likely to fail or give way

• lacking in security or safety

• lacking self-confidence or assurance

adjective satellite

• not safe from attack

perilous
adjectiveadj
adjective satellite

• fraught with danger

precarious
adjectiveadj
adjective satellite

• affording no ease or reassurance

• fraught with danger

• not secure; beset with difficulties

treacherous
adjectiveadj
adjective satellite

• dangerously unstable and unpredictable

• tending to betray; especially having a treacherous character as attributed to the Carthaginians by the Romans

uncertain
adjectiveadj
adjective

• lacking or indicating lack of confidence or assurance

• not established beyond doubt; still undecided or unknown

• not established or confirmed

• not certain to occur; not inevitable

adjective satellite

• subject to change

• not consistent or dependable

• ambiguous (especially in the negative)

unprotected
adjectiveadj
adjective

• lacking protection or defense

unreliable
adjectiveadj
adjective

• not worthy of reliance or trust

adjective satellite

• liable to be erroneous or misleading

• dangerously unstable and unpredictable

• lacking a sense of responsibility

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

vulnerable
adjectiveadj
adjective

• susceptible to attack

adjective satellite

• susceptible to criticism or persuasion or temptation

• capable of being wounded or hurt

bad
adjectiveadj
adjective

• having undesirable or negative qualities

• feeling or expressing regret or sorrow or a sense of loss over something done or undone

noun

• that which is below standard or expectations as of ethics or decency

adverb

• with great intensity (`bad' is a nonstandard variant for `badly')

• very much; strongly

adjective satellite

• serious or severe

• feeling physical discomfort or pain (`tough' is occasionally used colloquially for `bad')

• (of foodstuffs) not in an edible or usable condition

• not capable of being collected

• below average in quality or performance

• nonstandard

• not financially safe or secure

• physically unsound or diseased

• capable of harming

• characterized by wickedness or immorality

• reproduced fraudulently

• not working properly

Best Hypernyms For HIGH-RISK

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

Alternatives for RISKY

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