risky
/ˈrɪski
/adjective (riskier, riskiest)
1Full of the possibility of danger, failure, or loss: it was much too risky to try to disarm him...
- It is only a matter of how long the risky lending and losses are allowed to accumulate.
- Participating artists discuss the concept of risk, and what makes art risky business.
- Putting your money in the stock market is a risky business.
Synonyms
dangerous, fraught with danger, high-risk, hazardous, perilous, unsafe, insecure, exposed, defenceless, precarious, touch-and-go, tricky, treacherous;
uncertain, unpredictable, speculative
informal chancy, dicey, sticky, hairy
British informal dodgy
North American informal gnarly
archaic or humorous parlous
2Risqué: their risky patter made the guests laugh
Derivatives
riskily
/ adverb ...- I think that the closer you are to your object the better you see details and you broadcast it accurately, but riskily.
riskiness
/ noun ...- But today, lenders can adjust the interest rates they charge borrowers according to the riskiness of the loan, so that they can make a profit by lending in the inner city.
- She said the sheet of questions may serve to remind teenagers of the riskiness of some of their choices, although that's not its purpose.
- Although the criteria for the different classifications are not strictly bound, it is important for investors to understand these terms, which are not only ubiquitous but also useful for gauging a company's size and riskiness.
Rhymes
- betrothal
- betrothed
- betrothment
- Bettelheim, Bruno
- Bettendorf
- better
- betterance
- better dead than red (or better red than dead)
- betterer
- better half
- better-heeled
- bettering house
- betterish
- better late than never
- betterment
- bettermost
- betterness
- better off
- better-paid
- better safe than sorry
- better than
- better the devil you know than the devil you don't know
- better-to-do
- Betterton, Thomas
- bet the farm