Definition: a venture undertaken without regard to possible loss or injury
Usage: he saw the rewards but not the risks of crime; there was a danger he would do the wrong thing
Similar words: venture
Definition: any venturesome undertaking especially one with an uncertain outcome
Synonyms: hazard, jeopardy, risk, peril, endangerment
Definition: a source of danger; a possibility of incurring loss or misfortune
Usage: drinking alcohol is a health hazard
Similar words: danger
Definition: a cause of pain or injury or loss
Usage: he feared the dangers of traveling by air
Definition: a state of danger involving risk
Similar words: danger
Definition: the condition of being susceptible to harm or injury
Usage: you are in no danger; there was widespread danger of disease
Synonyms: expose, endanger, scupper, peril, queer
Definition: put in a dangerous, disadvantageous, or difficult position
Similar words: touch, touch on, impact, affect, bear on, bear upon
Definition: have an effect upon
Usage: Will the new rules affect me?
Synonyms: menace, jeopardise, jeopardize, imperil, peril, threaten, endanger
Definition: pose a threat to; present a danger to
Usage: The pollution is endangering the crops