danger

Plural: dangers

Noun

• the condition of being susceptible to harm or injury
  • "you are in no danger"
  • "there was widespread danger of disease"
• a venture undertaken without regard to possible loss or injury
  • "there was a danger he would do the wrong thing"
• a cause of pain or injury or loss
  • "he feared the dangers of traveling by air"
• a dangerous place
  • "He moved out of danger"
• Exposure to likely harm; peril.
• An instance or cause of likely harm.
• Mischief.
• The stop indication of a signal (usually in the phrase "at danger").
• Ability to harm; someone's dominion or power to harm or penalise. See in one's danger, below.
• Liability.
• Difficulty; sparingness; hesitation.
• A contemptible person, especially one seen as perverted or mentally ill.

Verb

Verb Forms: dangered, dangering, dangers

• To put into peril or expose to risk; to endanger.
• To claim liability.
• To imperil; to endanger.
• To run the risk.

Examples

• Playing DANGER might DANGER his lead if challenged, but he took the risk.
• The north signal was at danger because of the rockslide.
• There's plenty of danger in the desert.

Synonyms

peril, risk, adventure, danger, distress, harm's way, hazard, jeopardy, menace, plight, threat

Antonyms

safety, security

Related Words

SPAD, at danger, dame, dangerous, domain, dungeon, endanger