HAZARD
Definition:
- [noun] a source of danger; a possibility of incurring loss or misfortune; "drinking alcohol is a health hazard"
Synonyms: jeopardy, peril, risk
- [noun] an unknown and unpredictable phenomenon that causes an event to result one way rather than another; "bad luck caused his downfall"; "we ran into each other by pure chance"
Synonyms: luck, fortune, chance
- [noun] an obstacle on a golf course
- [verb] put forward, of a guess, in spite of possible refutation; "I am guessing that the price of real estate will rise again"; "I cannot pretend to say that you are wrong"
Synonyms: guess, venture, pretend
- [verb] put at risk; "I will stake my good reputation for this"
Synonyms: venture, adventure, stake, jeopardize
- [verb] take a risk in the hope of a favorable outcome; "When you buy these stocks you are gambling"
Synonyms: gamble, chance, risk, take chances, adventure, run a risk, take a chance
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Related Words:
- predict, foretell, prognosticate, call, forebode, anticipate, promise
- suspect, surmise
- go for broke
- luck it, luck through
- occupational hazard
- health hazard
- sword of Damocles
- bad luck, mischance, mishap
- tossup, toss-up, even chance
- bunker, sand trap, trap
- water hazard
