jeopardy
noun
1 jeopardy
A source of danger; a possibility of incurring loss or misfortune.
synonyms: endangerment, hazard, peril, risk.
Roget 665:
danger,
peril,
insecurity,
jeopardy,
risk,
hazard,
venture,
precariousness,
slipperiness;
instability
etc.
149;
defenselessness
etc.
adj.,
exposure
etc.
(liability)
177;
vulnerability;
vulnerable point,
heel of Achilles†;
forlorn hope
etc.
(hopelessness)
859.
[Dangerous course]
leap in the dark
etc.
(rashness)
863;
road to ruin,
faciles descensus Averni [Lat.]
[Vergil],
hairbreadth escape.
cause for alarm;
source of danger
etc.
667.
rock ahead
[Approach of danger],
breakers ahead;
storm brewing;
clouds in the horizon,
clouds gathering;
warning
etc.
668;
alarm
etc.
669.
[Sense of danger]
apprehension
etc.
860.
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Dutch: gevaar
Moby thesaurus: accident, breakers ahead, cardhouse, cause for alarm, chance, compromise, crisis, danger, dangerous ground, emergency, endangerment, exposure, gaping chasm, gathering clouds, hap, hazard, house of cards, imperil, imperilment, jeopard, jeopardize, liability, menace, openness, pass, peril, pinch, plight, predicament, quicksand, risk, rocks ahead, sensitiveness, storm clouds, strait, susceptibility, thin ice, threat, uncertainty, vulnerability ... show more.
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