Синонимы hazard

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1. hazard

   Hazard is the incurring the possibility of loss or harm for the possibility of benefit; danger may have no compensating alternative. In hazard the possibilities of gain or loss are nearly balanced; in risk the possibility of loss is the chief thought; the foolhardy take great risks in mere wantonness; in chance and venture the hope of good predominates; we speak of a merchant’s venture, but of an insurance company’s risk; one may be driven by circumstances to run a risk; he freely seeks a venture; we speak of the chance of winning, the hazard or risk of losing. Accidents are incalculable; casualties may be to a certain extent anticipated; death and wounds are casualties of battle, certain to happen to some, but uncertain as to whom or how many. A contingency is simply an indeterminable future event, which may or may not be attended with danger or risk. See ACCIDENT; DANGER.

   Synonyms:
   accident, casualty, chance, contingency, danger, fortuity, jeopardy, peril, risk, venture

   Antonyms:
   assurance, certainty, necessity, plan, protection, safeguard, safety, security, surety

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1. hazard

   Synonyms:
   peril, risk, jeopardy, danger, chance, imperil, dare

   Antonyms:
   safety, security, protection, warrant, certainty, calculation, law

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1. hazard, jeopardy, peril, risk, endangermentnoun

   a source of danger; a possibility of incurring loss or misfortune

   «drinking alcohol is a health hazard»

   Synonyms:
   luck, jeopardy, chance, risk, peril, fortune, riskiness, risk of infection, risk of exposure, hazard, danger, endangerment

2. luck, fortune, chance, hazardnoun

   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:
   circumstances, luck, jeopardy, chance, lot, risk, destiny, fortune, prospect, hazard, peril, portion, fate, opportunity, probability, endangerment

3. hazardverb

   an obstacle on a golf course

   Synonyms:
   jeopardy, peril, fortune, luck, chance, endangerment, risk

4. guess, venture, pretend, hazardverb

   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:
   pretend, guess, run a risk, imagine, infer, opine, adventure, gauge, dissemble, make believe, gamble, sham, chance, reckon, suppose, embark, venture, estimate, affect, hazard, think, jeopardize, stake, act, take chances, approximate, profess, judge, take a chance, risk, make, feign

5. venture, hazard, adventure, stake, jeopardizeverb

   put at risk

   «I will stake my good reputation for this»

   Synonyms:
   pretend, impale, guess, run a risk, chance, gamble, back, take chances, gage, endanger, threaten, peril, menace, imperil, embark, venture, hazard, jeopardise, jeopardize, stake, adventure, punt, take a chance, post, risk, bet on, game

6. gamble, chance, risk, hazard, take chances, adventure, run a risk, take a chanceverb

   take a risk in the hope of a favorable outcome

   «When you buy these stocks you are gambling»

   Synonyms:
   pretend, encounter, happen, guess, run a risk, chance, gamble, bump, adventure, venture, hazard, jeopardize, stake, take chances, find, take a chance, put on the line, lay on the line, risk

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1. hazardnoun

   Synonyms:
   chance, casualty, accident, fortuitous event

2. hazardnoun

   Synonyms:
   danger, peril, risk, jeopardy

3. hazardverb

   Synonyms:
   venture, adventure, risk, jeopard, peril, imperil, endanger, put in danger, put at hazard

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1. hazardnoun

   Synonyms:
   chance, contingency, casualty, risk, random, jeopardy, danger, peril, venture

   Antonyms:
   safety, security, assurance, certainty, surety

2. hazardverb

   Synonyms:
   venture, risk, jeopard, endanger

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1. List of paraphrases for «hazard»:

   danger, risk, hazards, dangers, risks, dangerous, jeopardy, threat, gambling, peril, likelihood

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How to use Hazard in a sentence?

1. Yoshinagi Higuchi:

   I checked the flood hazard map but it didn’t have my area as being at risk, i heard there was a flood once before the war, but we just weren’t expecting the water to come over the levee despite all the warnings.

2. Jessica Bowman:

   There was significant damage to the building. A large area of the roof was blown out and interior walls were knocked down, as well as exterior damage. There’s pieces of the roof and insulation on the ground, there is no life hazard. Crews are on the scene stabilizing the building.

3. Stanley Renshon:

   Narcissism is an occupational hazard for political leaders, you have to have an outsized ambition and an outsized ego to run for office.

4. Mariana Fulger:

   Reason – Nature’s attempt to organize hazard.

5. John Miller:

   It’s all over, it’s a couple of household items and a framed picture, no hazard.

• خطرArabic
• nebezpečí, překážka, rizikoCzech
• Zufall, GefahrGerman
• τύχη, εμπόδιο, κίνδυνος, τολμώ, διακινδυνεύω, ρίσκοGreek
• peligrar, peligro, arriesgar, riesgoSpanish
• خطرPersian
• vaaraFinnish
• danger, tenter, hasarder, hasardFrench
• cunnartScottish Gaelic
• վտանգArmenian
• hazardoIdo
• 危険, ハザード, リスクJapanese
• toeval, gevaarDutch
• ryzyko, niebezpieczeństwoPolish
• azar, riscoPortuguese
• hazard, întâmplareRomanian
• риск, помеха, опасность, случай, шансRussian
• విపత్తులనుTelugu

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