high-riskadjective [ before noun ]
uk/ˌhaɪˈrɪsk/us/ˌhaɪˈrɪsk/involving a greater than usual amount of risk:
Only people who can afford to lose their money should make high-risk investments.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Dangers and threats
- baneful
- black spot
- brinkmanship
- calculated risk
- chance
- darkly
- desperately
- dodgy
- gamble
- hazard
- hazardous
- hazmat
- hostage
- hostage to fortune idiom
- poisoned chalice
- precarious
- pull
- pull a gun, knife, etc. on sb idiom
- risk
- treacherous
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