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Synonyms of hazard in English:

hazard


See US English definition of hazard

See UK English definition of hazard

See Spanish definition of peligro

noun

1‘the hazards of high-energy radiation’

SYNONYMS
danger, risk, peril, threat, menace
difficulty, problem, pitfall
jeopardy, perilousness, endangerment, imperilment

2‘we can form no calculation concerning the laws of hazard’

SYNONYMS
chance, probability, fortuity, luck, fate, destiny, fortune, providence, serendipity, accident
North American happenstance

verb

1‘he hazarded a guess’

SYNONYMS
venture, put forward, proffer, advance, volunteer
conjecture, speculate, surmise
formal opine

2‘the cargo business is too risky to hazard money on’

SYNONYMS
risk, put at risk, jeopardize, chance, gamble, stake, bet, take a chance with
endanger, imperil, expose to danger, put in jeopardy
ANTONYMS

keep safe