peril
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
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- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
a source of danger; a possibility of incurring loss or misfortune
drinking alcohol is a health hazard
Types & categories
- danger hypernym
- health hazard hyponym
- moral hazard hyponym
- occupational hazard hyponym
- sword of Damocles hyponym
Related & opposite
Sense 2 verb
pose a threat to; present a danger to
The pollution is endangering the crops
Types & categories
- exist hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 3 noun
a state of danger involving risk
Types & categories
- danger hypernym
- speculativeness hyponym
Related & opposite
- peril derivation
- peril derivation
- hazardous derivation
- parlous derivation
- speculative derivation
Sense 4 verb
put in a dangerous, disadvantageous, or difficult position
Types & categories
- affect hypernym
- compromise hyponym
Related & opposite
- risk derivation
- risk derivation
- riskiness derivation
- vulnerability derivation
Sense 5 noun
a venture undertaken without regard to possible loss or injury
he saw the rewards but not the risks of crime
Types & categories
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Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | peril |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | adventure |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | stake |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | risk |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | peril |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | hazardous |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | parlous |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | danger |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | health hazard |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | moral hazard |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | occupational hazard |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | sword of Damocles |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | risk |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | threat |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | riskiness |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | exist |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | peril |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | peril |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | hazardous |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | parlous |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | speculative |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | danger |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | speculativeness |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | risk |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | risk |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | riskiness |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | vulnerability |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | affect |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | compromise |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | peril |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | adventure |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | risk |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | hazardous |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | parlous |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | speculative |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | venture |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | chance |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | crapshoot |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | gamble |