Definitions

risky

[ris-kee] / ˈrɪs ki /

ADJECTIVE

dangerous

Synonyms

STRONGEST

delicate dicey hazardous perilous precarious sensitive speculative treacherous tricky uncertain unhealthy unsafe unsound

WEAK

chancy endangered fraught with danger going for broke hairy hanging by a thread iffy insecure jeopardous long shot not a prayer off the deep end on slippery ground on thin ice on-the-spot out on a limb playing with fire rocky ticklish touch-and-go touchy venturesome wicked wide-open

Antonyms

STRONGEST

certain definite harmless healthy honest insensitive protected safe secure stable strong sure well

WEAK

assured

Example Sentences

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Investing in gold is risky — but especially so without any reliable guide to why it does what it does.

From MarketWatch

Wall Street is opening its coffers again for risky drug developers.

From The Wall Street Journal

A crackdown on illicit oil trading is risky, even with a global glut of crude.

From The Wall Street Journal

The warning comes as the Health Services Safety Investigations Body has warned that risky corridor care is becoming normalised in hospitals across the country.

From BBC

It would be risky for private companies to invest in Venezuela “unless there’s some massive carrot” from the government, he added.

From Barron's

risky

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