risk
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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- instance, member or derived
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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
expose to a chance of loss or damage
We risked losing a lot of money in this venture
Types & categories
- attempt hypernym
- stake hyponym
- bell the cat hyponym
Related & opposite
Sense 3 noun
a venture undertaken without regard to possible loss or injury
he saw the rewards but not the risks of crime
Types & categories
Related & opposite
Sense 4 verb
take a risk in the hope of a favorable outcome
When you buy these stocks you are gambling
Types & categories
- attempt hypernym
- go for broke hyponym
- luck it hyponym
Related & opposite
- escapade derivation
- risk derivation
- chance derivation
- gamble derivation
- adventurer derivation
- explorer derivation
- risk taker derivation
- risk derivation
Sense 5 noun
the probability of becoming infected given that exposure to an infectious agent has occurred
Types & categories
- probability hypernym
Sense 6 noun
the probability of being exposed to an infectious agent
Types & categories
- probability hypernym
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 | risk |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | attempt |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | stake |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | bell the cat |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | peril |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | adventure |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | risk |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | hazardous |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | parlous |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | speculative |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | venture |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | chance |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | crapshoot |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | gamble |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | escapade |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | risk |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | chance |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | gamble |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | adventurer |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | explorer |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | risk taker |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | risk |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | attempt |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | go for broke |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | luck it |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | probability |
| 6 | hypernym | Types & categories | probability |