Word forms: comparative riskier, superlative riskiest
adjective
If an activity or action is risky, it is dangerous or likely to fail.
Investing in airlines is a very risky business.
It's risky to assume that we know what voters will be thinking in a year's time.
Synonyms: dangerous, hazardous, unsafe, perilous More Synonyms of risky
risky in British English
(ˈrɪskɪ)
adjectiveWord forms: riskier or riskiest
involving danger; perilous
Derived forms
riskily (ˈriskily)
adverb
riskiness (ˈriskiness)
noun
risky in American English
(ˈrɪski)
adjectiveWord forms: ˈriskier or ˈriskiest
involving risk; hazardous; dangerous
Derived forms
riskily (ˈriskily)
adverb
riskiness (ˈriskiness)
noun
Examples of 'risky' in a sentence
risky
Losses force bankers to abandon excessively risky investments.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
Being an ambassador for an animal rescue home can be a risky business.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
Not a risky choice, but surely the right one.
Times, Sunday Times (2017)
As investors bought up riskier assets they moved out of gold, weakening proxies for the metal.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
People who are remortgaging also have equity, which makes them less risky borrowers.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
First, investors have moved back into equities from their previously cautious positions in less risky bonds.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
What about more risky investments?
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
Peer-to-peer lending can be a risky business, but if you're determined to invest in this growing sector there are ways of lowering the risks.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
Those funds could be used to help launch a less risky venture.
Kiam, Victor Going For It!: How to Succeed As an Entrepreneur (1986)
The writer also pointed out that the procedure was risky and dangerous.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
Was she too risky a choice in the first place?
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
Investing in a single asset class is risky.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
More volatile investments tend to become less risky over time.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
Shareholders may receive large dividends from banks and savings and loans before these risky investments fail.
Miller, Roger LeRoy & Fishe, Raymond P. H. Microeconomics: Price Theory in Practice (1995)
Hiding in the loo is a risky business.
The Sun (2012)
The primary reason is that equity release deals are less risky for the lender.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
It was a dangerous and risky thing to do.
The Times Literary Supplement (2013)
It was a risky choice of career in other ways.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
In these tumultuous times it is risky to make forecasts.
The Sun (2016)
Do staff nearing retirement have their contributions put into less risky investments?
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
Funds provide a less risky way in.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
And that at a time when risky banks are getting punished ferociously.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
For the perception that trade is a risky business ensures that it still offers fat profit margins for financiers.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
He looks to take the initiative and encourages what the old guard would have considered dangerous or risky strokeplay.
The Sun (2016)
But you should also be aware that these investments are potentially risky and are suitable only for experienced investors.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
It will instead focus on less risky activities such as helping businesses to borrow money as well as providing payment services.
The Sun (2012)
Future investment would be cut, as the activity would be riskier and the expected returns lower.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
When fear stalks, riskier assets suffer the most.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
Like other riskier assets, banks were back in demand.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
The final message is clear: growing up is a risky business.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
One of them was that miners were paid more when they increased production, and this tempted them to save time by making risky choices.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
In other languages
risky
British English: risky /ˈrɪskɪ/ ADJECTIVE
If an activity or action is risky, it is dangerous or could fail.
This strategy is risky.
American English: risky
Arabic: مَحْفُوفٌ بالـمَخَاطِر
Brazilian Portuguese: arriscado
Chinese: 危险的
Croatian: rizičan
Czech: riskantní
Danish: risikabel
Dutch: gewaagd
European Spanish: arriesgado
Finnish: vaarallinen
French: risqué
German: riskant
Greek: ριψοκίνδυνος
Italian: rischioso
Japanese: 危険な
Korean: 위험한
Norwegian: risikabel
Polish: ryzykowny
European Portuguese: arriscado
Romanian: riscant
Russian: рискованный
Latin American Spanish: arriesgado
Swedish: riskabel
Thai: ที่เสี่ยง
Turkish: riskli
Ukrainian: ризикований
Vietnamese: mạo hiểm
All related terms of 'risky'
risky assets
The assets of a company or a person are all the things that they own.
risky venture
A venture is a project or activity which is new, exciting , and difficult because it involves the risk of failure.
risky behaviour
People's or animals' behaviour is the way that they behave . You can refer to a typical and repeated way of behaving as a behaviour .
risky strategy
A strategy is a general plan or set of plans intended to achieve something, especially over a long period.
risky activities
An activity is something that you spend time doing.
risky proposition
If you describe something such as a task or an activity as, for example, a difficult proposition or an attractive proposition , you mean that it is difficult or pleasant to do.
Chinese translation of 'risky'
risky
(ˈrɪskɪ)
adj
有风(風)险(險)的 (yǒu fēngxiǎn de)
(adjective)
It is a very risky business.
Synonyms
dangerous
a dangerous undertaking
hazardous
Below decks was hazardous in very heavy weather.
unsafe
Critics claim the trucks are unsafe.
perilous
a perilous journey across the war-zone
uncertain
Students all over the country are facing an uncertain future.
tricky
This could be a very tricky problem.
dodgy (British, Australian, New Zealand, informal)
Predicting voting trends is a dodgy business.
precarious
Our financial situation had become precarious.
touch-and-go
dicey (informal, mainly British)
a dicey moment during a risky climb up the cliff
fraught with danger
chancy (informal)
Investment is becoming a chancy business.
shonky (Australian, New Zealand, informal)
Opposites
sure
,
certain
,
safe
,
secure
,
stable
,
reliable
Additional synonyms
in the sense of chancy
Definition
uncertain or risky
Investment is becoming a chancy business.
Synonyms
risky,
dangerous,
uncertain,
dodgy (British, Australian, New Zealand, slang),
hazardous,
speculative,
perilous,
problematical,
dicey (informal, British),
shonky (Australian, New Zealand, informal)
in the sense of dicey
Definition
dangerous or tricky
a dicey moment during a risky climb up the cliff
Synonyms
dangerous,
difficult,
tricky,
risky,
hairy (slang),
ticklish,
chancy (informal)
in the sense of dodgy
Definition
dangerous, risky, or unreliable
Predicting voting trends is a dodgy business.
Synonyms
risky,
difficult,
tricky,
dangerous,
delicate,
uncertain,
problematic(al),
unreliable,
dicky (British, informal),
dicey (informal, British),
ticklish,
chancy (informal),
shonky (Australian, New Zealand, informal)
Synonyms of 'risky'
risky
Explore 'risky' in the dictionary
Additional synonyms
in the sense of hazardous
Definition
involving great risk
Below decks was hazardous in very heavy weather.
Synonyms
dangerous,
risky,
difficult,
uncertain,
unpredictable,
insecure,
hairy (slang),
unsafe,
precarious,
perilous,
parlous (archaic, humorous),
dicey (informal, British),
fraught with danger,
chancy (informal)
in the sense of perilous
a perilous journey across the war-zone
Synonyms
dangerous,
threatening,
exposed,
vulnerable,
risky,
unsure,
hazardous,
hairy (slang),
unsafe,
precarious,
parlous (archaic),
fraught with danger,
chancy (informal)
in the sense of precarious
Definition
(of a position or situation) dangerous or insecure
Our financial situation had become precarious.
Synonyms
insecure,
dangerous,
uncertain,
tricky,
risky,
doubtful,
dubious,
unsettled,
dodgy (British, Australian, New Zealand, informal),
unstable,
unsure,
hazardous,
shaky,
hairy (slang),
perilous,
touch and go,
dicey (informal, British),
chancy (informal),
built on sand,
shonky (Australian, New Zealand, informal)
in the sense of tricky
Definition
needing careful handling
This could be a very tricky problem.
Synonyms
difficult,
sensitive,
complicated,
delicate,
risky,
sticky (informal),
hairy (informal),
problematic,
thorny,
touch-and-go,
knotty,
dicey (informal),
ticklish
in the sense of uncertain
Definition
not to be depended upon
Students all over the country are facing an uncertain future.