| Main Entry: | endanger |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | put in jeopardy |
Synonyms: |
be careless, chance, chance it, expose, hazard, imperil, lay on the line, lay open, leave defenseless, leave in the middle, make liable, menace, peril, play into one's hands, put at risk, put in danger, put on the spot, risk, stick one's neck out, subject to loss, threaten, venture |
Antonyms: |
aid, assist, comfort, help, save, take care |
| Main Entry: | compromise |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | put in jeopardy |
Synonyms: |
blight, cop out, discredit, dishonor, embarrass, endanger, explode, expose, give in, hazard, imperil, implicate, jeopardize, mar, menace, peril, prejudice, put under suspicion, risk, ruin, sell out, spoil, weaken |
Antonyms: |
guard, protect, save |
| Main Entry: | dare |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | take a risk; be courageous |
Synonyms: |
adventure, attempt, be bold, brave, endanger, endeavor, gamble, go ahead, hazard, make bold, pluck up, presume, risk, run the risk, speculate, stake, take a chance, take heart, try, try one's hand, undertake, venture |
Antonyms: |
be careful, hold back, refrain |
| Main Entry: | expose |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | subject to danger |
Synonyms: |
endanger, hazard, imperil, jeopardize, lay open, leave open, make liable, make vulnerable, peril, put in harm's way, risk |
Antonyms: |
guard, protect, save, shield |
| Main Entry: | gamble |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | take a chance on winning |
Synonyms: |
back, bet, brave, buck the odds, cast lots, challenge, cut the cards, dare, defy, endanger, face, flip the coin, game, go for broke, hazard, imperil, jeopardize, lay money on, lot, make a bet, play, plunge, put, put faith in, put trust in, risk, set, shoot the moon, shoot the works, speculate, stake, stick one's neck out, take a flyer, tempt fortune, trust to luck, try one's luck, venture, wager |
| Notes: | a gamble (noun) is a risky act, venture, bet, or wager - to gamble (verb) is to take a risk in the hope of a favorable outcome; a gambol (noun) a skipping or leaping about in frolic - to gambol (verb) is to dance and skip about in play or to frolic |
Antonyms: |
be careful, design, ensure, guard, insure, plan, safeguard |
| Main Entry: | hazard |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | take a chance; risk |
Synonyms: |
adventure, conjecture, dare, endanger, gamble, go for broke, go out on limb, guess, imperil, jeopardize, presume, proffer, skate on thin ice, speculate, stake, submit, suppose, take a plunge, throw out, try, venture, volunteer, wager |
| Main Entry: | imperil |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | cause to be in danger |
Synonyms: |
chance it, compromise, endanger, expose, hazard, jeopard, jeopardize, jeopardy, menace, peril, risk |
Antonyms: |
guard, protect, save |
| Main Entry: | menace |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | bother, frighten |
Synonyms: |
alarm, bad-eye, browbeat, bully, chill, compromise, endanger, hazard, impend, imperil, intimidate, jeopardize, lean on, loom, lower, overhang, peril, portend, push around, put heat on, risk, scare, scare hell out of, spook, terrorize, threaten, torment, whip around |
Antonyms: |
aid, assist, help |
| Main Entry: | overhang |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | bulge, hang over |
Synonyms: |
be imminent, be suspended, beetle, cast a shadow, command, dangle over, droop over, endanger, extend, flap over, impend, jut, loom, menace, overtop, poke, portend, pouch, project, protrude, rise above, stand out, stick out, swing over, threaten, tower above |
| Main Entry: | risk |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | take a chance |
Synonyms: |
adventure, be caught short, beard, brave, chance, compromise, confront, dare, defy, defy danger, encounter, endanger, expose to danger, face, gamble, go out of one's depth, hang by a thread, hazard, imperil, jeopardize, jeopardy, leap before looking, leave to luck, meet, menace, peril, play with fire, plunge, put in jeopardy, run the chance, run the risk, skate on thin ice, speculate, tackle, take a flyer, take a header, take a plunge, take on*, take the liberty, venture, wager |
Antonyms: |
be certain |