| 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: | 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: | 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: | 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: | jeopardize |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | endanger |
Synonyms: |
be careless, chance, chance it, gamble, hazard, imperil, lay on the line, peril, put at risk, put in danger, put in jeopardy, risk, stake, subject to, tempt fate, threaten |
| 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: | 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 |
| Main Entry: | menace |
| Part of Speech: | noun, verb |
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