hazard — OAT · Shobdo

hazard

noun

1 the hazards of high-energy radiation:

danger, risk, peril, threat, menace;

difficulty, problem, pitfall;

jeopardy, perilousness, endangerment, imperilment.

2 we can form no calculation concerning the laws of hazard:

chance, probability, fortuity, luck, fate, destiny, fortune, providence, serendipity, accident;

North American happenstance.

verb

1 he hazarded a guess:

venture, put forward, proffer, advance, volunteer;

conjecture, speculate, surmise;

formal opine.

2 the cargo business is too risky to hazard money on:

risk, put at risk, jeopardize, chance, gamble, stake, bet, take a chance with;

endanger, imperil, expose to danger, put in jeopardy.

▷antonyms keep safe.

choose the right word	hazard, danger, peril, risk
See danger.