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synonyms for jeopardy

  • peril
  • accident
  • chance
  • endangerment
  • exposure
  • hazard
  • insecurity
  • liability
  • precariousness
  • risk
  • venture
  • vulnerability
  • double trouble
  • on the line
  • on the spot
  • out on a limb
See also synonyms for: jeopardies

antonyms for jeopardy

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  • assurance
  • certainty
  • safety
  • surety
  • protection
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How to use jeopardy in a sentence

Meanwhile, fears persist with Ginsburg gone that LGBTQ victories previously won at the Supreme Court will be in jeopardy.
GINSBURG’S DEATH LEAVES LGBTQ RIGHTS ON SUPREME COURT VULNERABLE TO RELIGIOUS CLAIMSCHRIS JOHNSONSEPTEMBER 23, 2020WASHINGTON BLADE
Newark Beth Israel’s one-year survival rate for heart transplants had dipped, and if Young were to die too soon, the program’s standing and even its own survival might be in jeopardy.
PROPUBLICA INVESTIGATION ON NEWARK HOSPITAL TRANSPLANT TEAM WINS DEADLINE CLUB AWARDBY PROPUBLICASEPTEMBER 15, 2020PROPUBLICA
She’d had a hard year, charged by troopers with damaging a vehicle in a case that was later dismissed but that had placed her law enforcement career in jeopardy.
THE WOMAN PROPOSITIONED BY ALASKA’S FORMER LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR TELLS HER STORY FOR THE FIRST TIMEBY KYLE HOPKINS AND MICHELLE THERIAULT BOOTS, ANCHORAGE DAILY NEWSSEPTEMBER 10, 2020PROPUBLICA
The Public Advocates Office suspects if SDG&E doesn’t submit justification, it could put approval of its safety certificate in jeopardy.
WATCHDOG WARNS: SDG&E’S TREE-TRIMMING PLAN COULD WORSEN WILDFIRESMACKENZIE ELMERAUGUST 24, 2020VOICE OF SAN DIEGO
Dominguez-Bello’s research collections have been in jeopardy many times, from political unrest when her lab was based in Venezuela to Hurricane Sandy after she’d moved her lab to New York University.
SCIENTISTS WANT TO BUILD A NOAH’S ARK FOR THE HUMAN MICROBIOMECAROLYN BEANSJUNE 11, 2020SCIENCE NEWS
I am not fool enough to put my precious Naps in jeopardy, just when I am so deucedly in want of them, too.
BLACKWOOD'S EDINBURGH MAGAZINE, VOLUME 60, NO. 372, OCTOBER 1846VARIOUS
How fervent their prayers for their companions in tribulation, when they themselves stood in jeopardy every hour!
THE CATACOMBS OF ROMEWILLIAM HENRY WITHROW
In the former case man's most valued possession, his life, is in jeopardy, and his utmost powers are exerted for its preservation.
MAN AND HIS ANCESTORCHARLES MORRIS
Um longed to return for her straw sandals, but this freedom of the night was already far too precious for jeopardy.
THE DRAGON PAINTERMARY MCNEIL FENOLLOSA
To try and compel them to pay was tantamount to placing liberty and even life in jeopardy.
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WORDS RELATED TO JEOPARDY

  • chance
  • contingency
  • emprise
  • endangerment
  • enterprise
  • experience
  • exploit
  • feat
  • happening
  • hazard
  • incident
  • jeopardy
  • occurrence
  • peril
  • scene
  • speculation
  • trip
  • undertaking
  • venture
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.