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100 Best Synonyms for “Risky”

June 7, 2026

100 Best Synonyms for

No. Item Definition
1. accident-prone likely to have accidents
2. adventurous willing to try dangerous things
3. audacious boldly willing to take risks
4. bold showing willingness to face danger
5. bootleg made or sold illegally
6. brash overconfident and rash
7. capricious changing suddenly and unpredictably
8. chancy depending on uncertain luck
9. combustible able to catch fire easily
10. contagious spreadable from person to person
11. contraband illegal to possess or trade
12. costly likely to cause loss
13. criminal involving crime or illegality
14. critical dangerously important or unstable
15. damaging causing harm or loss
16. dangerous likely to cause harm
17. deadly able to cause death
18. delicate requiring great care
19. destructive causing great damage
20. dicey somewhat dangerous or uncertain
21. do-or-die requiring extreme effort or stakes
22. dodgy possibly unsafe or unreliable
23. dubious not reliable or safe
24. enterprising willing to take bold chances
25. erratic not regular or dependable
26. explosive likely to burst violently
27. exposed left unprotected from danger
28. failure-prone likely to fail
29. fatal causing death
30. fitful irregular and uncertain
31. flammable easily set on fire
32. foolhardy rashly ignoring obvious danger
33. forbidden not allowed or permitted
34. fraught filled with danger or trouble
35. gambling taking chances for gain
36. gamy boldly adventurous or risky
37. hair-raising causing fear because dangerous
38. harmful causing damage or injury
39. hazard-prone likely to involve hazards
40. hazardous involving danger or harm
41. headlong done with reckless speed
42. heedless ignoring possible danger
43. high-risk involving a strong chance of harm
44. high-stakes involving serious possible loss
45. iffy uncertain and possibly unsafe
46. ill-advised not wise under the circumstances
47. illicit forbidden by law or rules
48. imprudent not showing careful judgment
49. inadvisable not recommended because unsafe
50. incautious not careful enough
51. infectious able to spread disease
52. injurious causing harm or damage
53. knife-edge balanced dangerously between outcomes
54. lawless not controlled by law
55. lethal capable of causing death
56. life-threatening likely to cause death
57. long-shot unlikely to succeed
58. make-or-break having crucial possible consequences
59. mortal causing death or fatal harm
60. murky unclear and suspicious
61. nerve-racking causing intense anxious tension
62. off-limits not allowed to enter or use
63. on thin ice in a dangerous position
64. perilous full of serious danger
65. playing with fire taking obvious dangerous chances
66. poisonous capable of causing poisoning
67. precarious dangerously unstable or uncertain
68. precipitate done too suddenly or rashly
69. problematic likely to cause trouble
70. questionable doubtful or possibly unsafe
71. radioactive highly controversial or dangerous
72. rash acting without enough caution
73. reckless carelessly taking serious risks
74. rocky unstable and difficult
75. ruinous likely to cause ruin
76. shaky weak, unstable, or uncertain
77. slippery hard to handle safely
78. smuggled brought in illegally
79. speculative based on uncertain outcomes
80. stormy full of trouble or danger
81. suspect not trustworthy or safe
82. temerarious recklessly bold
83. ticklish difficult and potentially troublesome
84. touch-and-go very uncertain or dangerous
85. toxic poisonous or harmful
86. treacherous dangerous in a deceptive way
87. tricky difficult and potentially problematic
88. uncalculated not carefully planned or weighed
89. uncertain not reliably safe or sure
90. unpredictable not able to be predicted
91. unsafe not safe to do
92. unsound not safe or reliable
93. unstable not steady or secure
94. unsure not certain or reliable
95. unwise showing poor judgment
96. venturesome willing to take dangerous chances
97. volatile likely to change dangerously fast
98. vulnerable open to harm or attack
99. wild lacking control or caution
100. wobbly unsteady and likely to fail

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