risky

risky

adj \ˈris-kē\

risk·i·errisk·i·est

Definition of RISKY

: attended with risk or danger : hazardous

— risk·i·ness noun

Examples of RISKY

1. Her plan is too risky.

First Known Use of RISKY

1827

Related to RISKY

Synonyms: grave, grievous, hazardous, jeopardizing, menacing, parlous, perilous, dangerous, serious, threatening, unhealthy, unsafe, venturesome

Antonyms: harmless, innocent, innocuous, nonhazardous, nonthreatening, safe, unthreatening

Related Words: dicey, insecure, precarious, treacherous, uncertain; ultrahazardous; chance, haphazard, random; distressing, sickening, unpleasant; ugly, wicked; adverse, bad, baleful, baneful, deleterious, detrimental, evil, harmful, hurtful, ill, inimical, injurious, malignant, nasty, noxious, pernicious, pestilent; deadly, deathly, destructive, dire, fatal, fateful, fell, killer, lethal, mortal, murderous

Near Antonyms: advantageous, beneficial, good; ultrasafe

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Rhymes with RISKY

frisky, pliskie, whiskey