Synonyms for risky


Grammar : Adj
Spell : ris-kee
Phonetic Transcription : ˈrɪs ki

Top 10 synonyms for risky Other synonyms for the word risky

Définition of risky

Origin :
  • 1825, from risk (n.) + -y (2). Riskful in same sense is from 1793. Related: Riskiness.
  • adj dangerous
Example sentences :
  • Lieut. Rodgers was convinced that this method was too risky and that some other must be devised.
  • Extract from : « Flying Machines » by W.J. Jackman and Thos. H. Russell
  • That, if you will excuse my saying so, seems to me rather too risky a venture.
  • Extract from : « Casanova's Homecoming » by Arthur Schnitzler
  • "Too risky to scale that," Frank mused, as he noted the sharp-pointed palings.
  • Extract from : « Frank Roscoe's Secret » by Allen Chapman
  • "That was a risky thing you did just then," he whispered to Betty.
  • Extract from : « Sure Pop and the Safety Scouts » by Roy Rutherford Bailey
  • It pleased her much to anticipate an end to a risky situation.
  • Extract from : « A Singer from the Sea » by Amelia Edith Huddleston Barr
  • The attack was risky, a sort of forlorn hope—but he would take the risk.
  • Extract from : « Fair Harbor » by Joseph Crosby Lincoln
  • And then I had a plan—a risky chance, but a chance, just the same.
  • Extract from : « Cape Cod Stories » by Joseph C. Lincoln
  • Mining in these parts isn't the risky kind of business it used to be.
  • Extract from : « Two Arrows » by William O. Stoddard
  • But it will be seen that it is a risky thing to reckon without one's host.
  • Extract from : « The Memoires of Casanova, Complete » by Jacques Casanova de Seingalt
  • That will be a risky thing, if you like, under the circumstances.
  • Extract from : « Molly Bawn » by Margaret Wolfe Hamilton

Antonyms for risky

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