Danger

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. Exposure or vulnerability to harm or risk.
  • n. A source or an instance of risk or peril.
  • n. Obsolete Power, especially power to harm.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. Ability to harm; someone's dominion or power to harm or penalise. See In one's danger, below.
  • n. Liability.
  • n. Difficulty; sparingness.
  • n. Coyness; disdainful behavior.
  • n. A place where one is in the hands of the enemy.
  • n. Exposure to liable harm.
  • n. An instance or cause of liable harm.
  • n. Mischief.
  • v. To claim liability.
  • v. To imperil; to endanger.
  • v. To run the risk.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. Authority; jurisdiction; control.
  • n. Power to harm; subjection or liability to penalty.
  • n. Exposure to injury, loss, pain, or other evil; peril; risk; insecurity.
  • n. Difficulty; sparingness.
  • n. Coyness; disdainful behavior.
  • v. To endanger.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. Power; jurisdiction; domain; hence, ability to mulct or injure: as, to come within his danger.
  • n. Peril; risk; hazard; exposure to injury, loss, pain, or other evil: as, there is no danger.
  • n. Reserve; doubt; hesitation; difficulty; resistance.
  • n. Chariness; sparingness; stint.
  • n. Injury; harm; damage.
  • n. In old forest-law, a duty paid by a tenant to a lord for leave to plow and sow in the time of pannage or mast-feeding. Also leave-silver.
  • n. Synonyms Danger, Peril, Jeopardy, insecurity. Danger is the generic word, and is freely used for exposure of all degrees of seriousness: as, to be in danger of catching cold or of being killed. Peril represents a serious matter, a great and imminent danger. Jeopardy is less common; it has essentially the same meaning as peril. See risk, n.
  • To put in hazard; expose to loss or injury; endanger.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. a venture undertaken without regard to possible loss or injury
  • n. the condition of being susceptible to harm or injury
  • n. a dangerous place
  • n. a cause of pain or injury or loss
  • Antonym
    safety   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    area    country   
    Cross Reference
    Form
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    risk    jeopardy    hazard    peril    authority    jurisdiction    control    insecurity    difficulty    sparingness   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Granger    arranger    changer    endanger    exchanger    granger    manger    ranger    stranger   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    fear    consequence    peril    difficulty    risk    result    advantage    violence    loss    evil