Chancy

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • adj. Uncertain as to outcome; risky; hazardous.
  • adj. Random; haphazard.
  • adj. Scots Lucky; propitious.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adj. uncertain, risky, hazardous
  • adj. subject to chance; random
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adj. depending on chance.
  • adj. subject to accident or chance or change.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Uncertain; changeful.
  • Fortunate; lucky; propitious; foreboding good: applied to either persons or things, and generally used with a negative in the sense of uncanny: thus, persons suspected of possessing magical arts are regarded as not (or no) chancy.
  • Favorable; safe: as, a chancy wind: generally used with a negative: as, not chancy (that is, dangerous).
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adj. subject to accident or chance or change
  • adj. of uncertain outcome; especially fraught with risk
  • Equivalent
    uncertain    dangerous    unsafe   
    Variant
    chancier    chanciest   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    chanceful    dicey    dodgy    hazardous    risky    fluky    flukey    iffy   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Nancy    clancy    dancey    dancy    fancy    fiancee    nancy   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts