hazardous, risky, wild
(adjective) involving risk or danger; “skydiving is a hazardous sport”; “extremely risky going out in the tide and fog”; “a wild financial scheme”
bad, risky, high-risk, speculative
(adjective) not financially safe or secure; “a bad investment”; “high risk investments”; “anything that promises to pay too much can’t help being risky”; “speculative business enterprises”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
risky (comparative riskier, superlative riskiest)
Dangerous, involving risks.
• hazardous, dangerous, perilous
• riskless, safe, secure
• yirks
Source: Wiktionary
Risk"y, a.
Definition: Attended with risk or danger; hazardous. "A risky matter." W. Collins. Generalization are always risky. Lowell.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
23 January 2025
(adjective) being or located on or directed toward the side of the body to the west when facing north; “my left hand”; “left center field”; “the left bank of a river is bank on your left side when you are facing downstream”
The word “coffee” entered the English language in 1582 via the Dutch “koffie,” borrowed from the Ottoman Turkish “kahve,” borrowed in turn from the Arabic “qahwah.” The Arabic word qahwah was traditionally held to refer to a type of wine.
