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| Main Entry: | risk |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | chance taken |
| Synonyms: | accident, contingency, danger, exposure, flyer*, fortune, gamble, hazard, jeopardy, liability, luck, opportunity, peril, plunge, possibility, prospect, shot in the dark*, speculation, stab*, uncertainty, venture, wager, exposedness, fortuity, header, liableness, openness |
| Antonyms: | certainty, safety, surety, sureness |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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 |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | awkwardness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | difficulty |
| Synonyms: | danger, inconvenience, peril, risk, bulkiness, chanciness, cumbersomeness, hazardousness, perilousness, troublesomeness, uncomfortableness, unhandiness, unmanageability, unwieldiness |
| Antonyms: | convenience, ease, easiness, straightforwardness |
| Main Entry: | bet |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | game of chance; money gambled |
| Synonyms: | action, ante, chance, hazard, long shot, lot, lottery, odds, parlay, play, pledge, plunge, pot, raffle, risk, shot, shot in the dark*, speculation, stake, uncertainty, venture, wager, betting, down on, odds on, random shot, sweepstakes |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | bet |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | gamble |
| Synonyms: | ante, chance, dice, game, hazard, pledge, put, risk, set, speculate, trust, venture, wager, buy in on, lay down, lay odds, play against, play for, play the ponies, pony up, put money on, tempt fortune, toss up |
| Main Entry: | bite |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | take a chance |
| Synonyms: | nibble, risk, volunteer, be victim, get hooked |
| Antonyms: | be careful |
| Main Entry: | brave |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | endure bad situation |
| Synonyms: | bear, beard, challenge, confront, court, dare, defy, face, go through, risk, suffer, support, take on, venture, withstand, face off, fly in the face of, outdare, stand up to |
| Antonyms: | capitulate, complain, dodge, fear, hide, skip, break down, give up, run away |
| Main Entry: | chance |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | fate, luck |
| Synonyms: | accident, advantage, adventure, bad luck, break, cast, casualty, coincidence, contingency, destination, destiny, doom, fluke, fortune, future, gamble, good luck, haphazard, happening, hazard, hit*, kismet, lot, lottery, lucky break, misfortune, occurrence, odds, outcome, peril, providence, risk, stroke of luck*, toss-up, wheel of fortune*, even chance, fortuity, hap, heads or tails, in the cards, luck out, peradventure, throw of the dice, turn of the cards, way the cookie crumbles |
| Antonyms: | aim, design, plan, scheme |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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, risk, ruin, sell out, spoil, weaken, put under suspicion |
| Antonyms: | guard, protect, save |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | crapshoot |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | big chance |
| Synonyms: | risk, shot in the dark*, iffy proposition, risky business, spin of the roulette wheel |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | danger |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | hazard, troublesome situation |
| Synonyms: | crisis, dynamite, emergency, exigency, exposure, insecurity, instability, jeopardy, menace, peril, pitfall, possibility, precipice, probability, risk, storm, threat, uncertainty, venture, clouds, double trouble, endangerment, hot potato, precariousness, risky business, slipperiness, thin ice, vulnerability |
| Antonyms: | care, guard, preservation, safety, security, carefulness |
| 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: | 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 |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | endeavor |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | attempt to achieve something |
| Synonyms: | address, aim, apply, aspire, assay, bid for, buck, determine, dig, do one's best, drive at, essay, go for broke, go for*, grind, hammer away, hassle, have a crack, have a shot at, have a swing at, hump*, hustle, intend, labor, make a run at, make an effort, offer, peg away, plug, pour it on, purpose, push, risk, scratch, seek, strain, strive, struggle, sweat, take on, take pains, try, undertake, venture |
| Notes: | an endeavor is a purposeful or industrious undertaking that requires effort; try is an attempt or effort |
| Antonyms: | be idle, ignore, laze, procrastinate, put off |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | enterprise |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | adventure, undertaking |
| Synonyms: | action, activity, affair, attempt, baby*, bag*, bit*, business, campaign, cause, company, concern, crusade, deal, deed, do*, effort, endeavor, engagement, essay, establishment, firm, flier*, follow through*, game*, happening, hazard, house, move, operation, outfit, performance, plan, plunge*, program, project, proposition, purpose, pursuit, risk, scheme, speculation, stake, striving, stunt, task, thing*, trade, try, venture, work, ballgame, big idea, biggie, pet project |
| Antonyms: | idleness, inactivity, unemployment |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | expense |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | cost, payment |
| Synonyms: | amount, assessment, bite*, bottom line*, budget, charge, consumption, debit, debt, deprivation, disbursement, duty, expenditure, forfeit, forfeiture, insurance, investment, liability, loan, loss, mortgage, obligation, outdo*, outlay, output, overhead, price, price tag, rate, responsibility, risk, sacrifice, sum, surcharge, tariff, toll, upkeep, use, value, worth, decrement, out of pocket, payroll, spending |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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 |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | exposure |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | uncovering; putting in view or danger |
| Synonyms: | acknowledgment, betrayal, confession, denunciation, disclosure, display, exhibition, exposé, hazard, introduction, jeopardy, liability, manifestation, nakedness, peril, presentation, publicity, revelation, risk, showing, susceptibility, airing, baring, defenselessness, denudation, divulgence, divulging, giveaway, laying open, openness, susceptiveness, susceptivity, unfolding, unmasking, unveiling, vulnerability, vulnerableness |
| Antonyms: | concealment, covering, hiding |
| Main Entry: | face |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | come up against a situation |
| Synonyms: | abide, accost, affront, allow, bear, beard, brace, brave, brook, challenge, confront, contend, countenance, court, cross, dare, defy, encounter, endure, experience, fight, meet, oppose, resist, risk, stand, stomach*, submit, suffer, sustain, swallow*, take, take it, take on, tell off*, tolerate, venture, withstand, be confronted by, bit the bullet, cope with, deal with, eyeball, fly in face of, go up against, grapple with, make a stand, run into, square off, take the bull by the horns |
| Antonyms: | hide, retreat, run, withdraw |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | gamble |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | chance, speculation |
| Synonyms: | action, bet, fling, leap*, long shot*, lottery, raffle, risk, shot in the dark*, stab*, uncertainty, venture, wager, outside chance, spec, throw of the dice, toss up |
| Antonyms: | design, guard, insurance, plan, protection, safeguard |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
Copyright © 2009 by the Philip Lief Group.
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Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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