dangerous
adjective
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
- Line style
- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
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Senses
Sense 1 adjective
involving or causing danger or risk; liable to hurt or harm
a dangerous criminal
Related & opposite
- unsafe also see
- vulnerable also see
- safe antonym
- dangerousness derivation
- danger derivation
- danger derivation
- breakneck similar to
- dodgy similar to
- desperate similar to
- hazardous similar to
- insidious similar to
- mordacious similar to
- on the hookp similar to
- parlous similar to
- self-destructive similar to
- treacherous similar to
Sense 2 adjective
causing fear or anxiety by threatening great harm
a dangerous operation
Related & opposite
- dangerousness derivation
- severity derivation
- distressfulness derivation
- critical similar to
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | also see | Related & opposite | unsafe |
| 1 | also see | Related & opposite | vulnerable |
| 1 | antonym | Related & opposite | safe |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | dangerousness |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | danger |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | danger |
| 1 | similar to | Related & opposite | breakneck |
| 1 | similar to | Related & opposite | dodgy |
| 1 | similar to | Related & opposite | desperate |
| 1 | similar to | Related & opposite | hazardous |
| 1 | similar to | Related & opposite | insidious |
| 1 | similar to | Related & opposite | mordacious |
| 1 | similar to | Related & opposite | on the hookp |
| 1 | similar to | Related & opposite | parlous |
| 1 | similar to | Related & opposite | self-destructive |
| 1 | similar to | Related & opposite | treacherous |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | dangerousness |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | severity |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | distressfulness |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | critical |