Defenceless, chancy, and dangerous are all synonyms for risky. Safe and cautious are antonyms of risky. And here are 24 another word for risky.
The noun "risky" has a variety of synonyms that differ in length: 3 synonyms with 5 letters, 5 synonyms with 6 letters, 1 synonym with 7 letters, 3 synonyms with 8 letters, 3 synonyms with 9 letters, 2 synonyms with 10 letters, 3 synonyms with 11 letters, 1 synonym with 13 letters, and 1 synonym with 17 letters, for a total of 22 synonyms.
Climbing the mountain without proper gear is risky.
Starting a new business can be a risky endeavor.
It’s risky to invest in unstable markets.
His risky behavior on the road worried his friends.
The doctor warned that the surgery might be risky.
| Word | Opposites | Synonyms |
|---|---|---|
| Sky | Ground, earth | The atmosphere, the stratosphere |
| Brisk | Sluggish, slow, quiet | Quick, rapid |
| Crisis | Stability, resolution | Catastrophe, calamity |
| Comparison | Difference, contrast, isolation | Contrast, juxtaposition |
| Rise | Fall, decline | Stand up, get/rise to one's feet |
| Risk | Safety, impossibility | Possibility, chance |
| Characteristic | Anomaly, irregularity | Attribute, feature |
| Surprise | Unsurprising, predictable | Shock, bolt from/out of the blue |