100 Best Synonyms for “Precarious”

100 Best Synonyms for

No. Item Definition
1. at risk in danger of harm
2. bankrupt financially ruined or unable to pay
3. borderline close to failure or danger
4. chancy dependent on luck; risky
5. changeable likely to change often
6. close-run narrowly avoiding failure
7. collapsing falling apart or caving in
8. conditional depending on something else
9. contingent dependent on uncertain events
10. critical dangerously uncertain or serious
11. crumbling breaking down and unstable
12. dangerous likely to cause harm
13. defenseless unable to resist harm
14. delicate easily upset or damaged
15. dicey risky or uncertain
16. dodgy risky, unreliable, or suspicious
17. doubtful uncertain or not dependable
18. dubious doubtful or unreliable
19. embryonic at an early fragile stage
20. endangered seriously at risk
21. erratic unpredictable and inconsistent
22. experimental still being tested; uncertain
23. exposed left open to danger
24. failing weakening toward collapse
25. faltering losing strength or stability
26. fickle likely to change suddenly
27. fitful irregular and uncertain
28. fledgling new and not yet secure
29. fluid not fixed or stable
30. foundering failing or collapsing badly
31. fragile easily damaged or broken
32. hairy dangerous or difficult
33. hand-to-mouth with barely enough to survive
34. hanging by a thread barely secure or likely lost
35. hanging in the balance uncertain and unresolved
36. hazardous full of risk or danger
37. iffy uncertain or doubtful
38. ill-secured not safely fastened or protected
39. immature not fully developed or stable
40. in jeopardy in danger of loss
41. in the balance not yet decided or secure
42. incipient beginning to develop; not secure
43. insecure not safe or firmly established
44. insubstantial lacking strength or solidity
45. jury-rigged crudely assembled and unreliable
46. knife-edge dangerously balanced and uncertain
47. labile readily changing; unstable
48. makeshift temporary and not sturdy
49. marginal barely adequate or secure
50. mercurial quickly changing and unpredictable
51. narrow barely sufficient or safe
52. nascent just beginning and fragile
53. near breaking point close to failure
54. near collapse close to falling apart
55. on a knife edge in a highly risky state
56. on shaky ground in an insecure position
57. on the brink close to disaster or failure
58. on the edge close to danger or collapse
59. on the ropes close to defeat or collapse
60. on thin ice in a risky position
61. patchy uneven and unreliable
62. pending awaiting decision or outcome
63. perilous full of serious danger
64. provisional temporary and not certain
65. questionable open to doubt or risk
66. ramshackle badly made and unstable
67. rickety shaky and likely to collapse
68. risky involving possible danger or loss
69. rocky unstable and troubled
70. shaky unsteady or unreliable
71. shoestring operating with very little money
72. sinking going downward toward failure
73. sliding declining toward trouble
74. speculative based on uncertain outcomes
75. spotty irregular and inconsistent
76. stopgap meant only for the short term
77. strained under pressure and unstable
78. teetering unsteadily close to failure
79. tenuous weak, slight, or uncertain
80. threatened in danger of harm
81. tight allowing little margin for error
82. tottering about to fall or collapse
83. tottery unsteady and near collapse
84. touch-and-go uncertain and risky
85. treacherous dangerous in a hidden way
86. uncertain not assured or dependable
87. undependable not consistently reliable
88. unreliable not dependable or trustworthy
89. unsafe not safe from harm
90. unsettled not stable or resolved
91. unsound not solid or reliable
92. unstable not firmly fixed or secure
93. unsteady not stable or balanced
94. up in the air still uncertain or unsettled
95. volatile likely to change suddenly
96. vulnerable open to harm or attack
97. wavering unsteady or uncertain
98. weakening becoming less strong or secure
99. wobbly unsteady and likely to fail
100. yielding giving way under pressure