risk

I

(New American Roget's College Thesaurus)

v. t. chance, venture, hazard, gamble, jeopardize; invest. See danger, rashness.

II

(Roget's IV) n.

1. [Danger]

Syn. hazard, peril, jeopardy; see danger .

2. [The basis of a chance]

Syn. chance, gamble, venture, good risk, fortuity, contingency, opportunity, prospect; see also chance 1 , uncertainty 3 .

See Synonym Study at danger .

• run a risk,

Syn. take a chance, gamble, venture; see chance 2 , risk .

v.

Syn. chance, gamble, gamble on, venture, hazard, imperil, endanger, jeopardize, run the risk, take a chance, trust to chance, do at one's own peril, expose oneself to, lay oneself open to, stick one's neck out, take the liberty, defy danger, speculate, make an investment, hang by a thread, play with fire, carry too much sail, go out of one's depth, beard the lion in his den, bell the cat, double the blind, sit on a barrel of gunpowder, go through fire and water, leap before one looks, take a leap in the dark, throw caution to the wind, fish in troubled waters, skate on thin ice, sleep on a volcano, live in a glass house, go to sea in a sieve, sail too near the wind, buck the tiger; see also chance 2 .

III

(Roget's 3 Superthesaurus)

I

n.

danger, hazard, threat, peril, jeopardy, uncertainty, *thin ice, vulnerability, exposure, gamble, chance, insecurity.

ANT.: safety, assurance, security

II

v.

endanger, hazard, face a threat, imperil, put oneself in jeopardy, face uncertainty, expose oneself, leave oneself vulnerable, gamble, chance it, *take a shot in the dark, *roll the dice.

IV

(Roget's Thesaurus II) I noun 1. A possibility of danger or harm: chance, gamble, hazard. See SAFETY. 2. Exposure to possible harm, loss, or injury: danger, endan-germent, hazard, impenlment, jeopardy, peril. See SAFETY. 3. A venture depending on chance: bet, gamble, speculation, wager. See GAMBLING. II verb 1. To expose to possible loss or damage: adventure, compromise, hazard, venture. See SAFETY. 2. To subject to danger or destruction: endanger, imperil, jeopardize, menace, peril, threaten. See SAFETY. 3. To put up as a stake in a game or speculation: bet, gamble, lay1 (down), post2, put, stake, venture, wager. Informal: go. See GAMBLING. 4. To run the risk of: adventure, chance, hazard, venture. See SAFETY.