What is another word for perilous?
407 synonyms found
Pronunciation:
[ pˈɛɹɪləs], [ pˈɛɹɪləs], [ p_ˈɛ_ɹ_ɪ_l_ə_s]
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Similar words for perilous:
- adverse (adjective)
- awkward (adjective)
- critical (adjective)
- dangerous (adjective)
- difficult (adjective)
- explosive (adjective)
- grave (adjective)
- hairy (adjective)
- insecure (adjective)
- insidious (adjective)
- mischievous (adjective)
- ominous (adjective)
- other relevant words (adjective)
- precarious (adjective)
- risky (adjective)
- slippery (adjective)
- tight (adjective)
- tottering (adjective)
- tottery (adjective)
- treacherous (adjective)
- unsafe (adjective)
- unsettled (adjective)
- out on a limb (adverb)
- other relevant words (adverb)
- other relevant words (verb)
- other synonyms
Synonyms for Perilous:
adj.
• adverse (adjective)- calamitous,
- difficult,
- antipathetic,
- tragic,
- detrimental,
- unfriendly,
- miserable,
- distressful,
- adverse,
- hard,
- inauspicious,
- opposing,
- troublesome,
- untoward,
- woeful,
- catastrophic,
- grievous,
- burdensome,
- unfavorable,
- disastrous,
- unfortunate,
- unlucky,
- unpropitious.
- dis-commodious,
- unhandier,
- un handy,
- un-handiest,
- un comfortable,
- un-comfortable,
- more discommodious,
- un wieldier,
- inconvenient,
- un-handy,
- dis commodious,
- un wieldiest,
- in commodious,
- un-manageable,
- un wieldy,
- in-convenient,
- un-wieldier,
- un-handier,
- un manageable,
- dis agreeable,
- unhandiest,
- dis-agreeable,
- in convenient,
- in-commodious,
- most discommodious,
- un-wieldiest,
- un-wieldy,
- un handiest,
- un handier.
- exposed,
- risky,
- delicate,
- threatening,
- dynamite,
- on collision course,
- unstable,
- portentous,
- Russian Roulette,
- unsafe,
- vulnerable,
- loaded,
- dicey,
- touchy,
- unsteady,
- touch and go,
- rugged,
- wicked,
- unsure,
- ticklish,
- menacing,
- uncertain,
- parlous,
- dangersome,
- shaky,
- treacherous,
- Jeopardous.
- ex plosive,
- more fulminating,
- raging,
- more fulminant,
- most fulminating,
- most detonative,
- most eruptive,
- un controllable,
- more detonative,
- at boiling point,
- ex-plosive,
- more detonating,
- most detonating,
- more convulsive,
- more eruptive,
- un-controllable,
- most convulsive,
- most fulminant.
- in securer,
- un steadier,
- in-securest,
- in secure,
- un-guarded,
- unprotected,
- more rootless,
- unguarded,
- un-shielded,
- most rootless,
- in-substantial,
- un shielded,
- un steady,
- more unshielded,
- more fluctuant,
- open attack,
- most unshielded,
- un steadiest,
- un-protected,
- un-steadier,
- in substantial,
- most fluctuant,
- rickety,
- in-securer,
- in securest,
- in-secure,
- un-steadiest,
- un guarded,
- un protected,
- un-reliable,
- un reliable.
- ex asperating,
- mis-behaving,
- teasing,
- illbehaved,
- ex-asperating,
- more exasperating,
- most illbehaved,
- most misbehaving,
- more misbehaving,
- most rascally,
- ill behaved,
- most ill-behaved,
- holy terror,
- more vexing,
- more ill-behaved,
- most dickens,
- more rascally,
- more ill behaved,
- more rascal,
- impish,
- more illbehaved,
- most rascal,
- most vexing,
- more dickens,
- mischievous,
- most exasperating,
- most ill behaved,
- mis behaving.
- in auspicious,
- un-promising,
- Ill-boding,
- most presaging,
- most premonitory,
- un lucky,
- in hospitable,
- most doomful,
- un friendliest,
- un-friendliest,
- more unpromising,
- illfated,
- un friendlier,
- more presaging,
- more precursive,
- pre monitory,
- most malificent,
- un-friendlier,
- most precursive,
- pre-cursive,
- un luckiest,
- un-luckiest,
- ill fated,
- in-auspicious,
- more premonitory,
- pre cursive,
- more doomful,
- un promising,
- illboding,
- un propitious,
- un-friendly,
- un luckier,
- un-lucky,
- ill boding,
- in-hospitable,
- more malificent,
- most malefic,
- most unpromising,
- un-luckier,
- pre-monitory,
- more malefic.
- eruptive,
- ominous,
- convulsive,
- hanging by thread,
- premonitory,
- life and death,
- slippery,
- awkward,
- glace,
- malificent,
- off deep end,
- at the boiling point,
- critical,
- tight,
- insecure,
- open to attack,
- on a limb,
- Discommodious,
- over-wrought,
- not a prayer,
- precarious,
- tottering,
- fulminant,
- unpeaceful,
- in firm,
- hazardous,
- fraught with danger,
- unshielded,
- grave,
- explosive,
- unpromising,
- Unhandy,
- on thin ice,
- ill-behaved,
- dangerous,
- Fluctuant,
- unrestful,
- wide open,
- on slippery ground,
- rascally,
- going for broke,
- detonative,
- insidious,
- changeful,
- touch-and-go,
- dickens,
- playing with fire,
- rootless,
- hard to use,
- of great consequence,
- hard use,
- unhealthy,
- on the spot,
- Doomful,
- Precursive,
- unsettled,
- malefic.
- hanging by a thread,
- touch go,
- in-decisive,
- pre-carious,
- most impugnable,
- un sure,
- more impugnable,
- in decisive,
- pre carious,
- impugnable,
- un-sure.
- more changeful,
- un-easiest,
- un easier,
- un restful,
- mutable,
- un quieter,
- most unpeaceful,
- un-settled,
- dis orderly,
- un-restful,
- un-quietest,
- most rattled,
- un quiet,
- un quietest,
- un-balanced,
- most unnerved,
- un easy,
- un-predictable,
- un easiest,
- un nerved,
- un settled,
- most shifting,
- in-constant,
- un peaceful,
- dis-orderly,
- un-nerved,
- most unrestful,
- more unpeaceful,
- un predictable,
- more unnerved,
- unnerved,
- un-quiet,
- un-peaceful,
- most changeful,
- un-quieter,
- un-easier,
- more unrestful,
- more rattled.
adv.
• out on a limb (adverb)adv
• Other relevant words: (adverb)n.
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- venturesome,
- adventurous,
- safety,
- hairy.
v.
• Other relevant words: (verb)Other synonyms:
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- dangerously,
- prejudicial,
- malign,
- harmful,
- ruinous,
- cataclysmic,
- perilously,
- sketchy,
- destructive,
- pernicious,
- lunatic,
- deleterious,
- suicidal,
- undesirable,
- wanton,
- mortally,
- inimical,
- lethal,
- damaging,
- marauding,
- combustible,
- injurious,
- overactive,
- noxious,
- kamikaze.
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- deadly,
- sticky,
- ferocious,
- poisonous,
- hostile,
- unsound,
- glowering,
- devastating,
- ill,
- chancy,
- venturous.
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- nasty.
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- negative.
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- hot.
How to use "Perilous" in context?
The word "perilous" is typically used to describe something that is dangerous, especially if it is out of the ordinary. For example, jumping off a bridge into a river below is perilous because the water below is often very fast and turbulent. It can be dangerous to venture into a dangerous area, even if you are fully prepared for the danger.
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Equivalence
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Adjective
hazardous, precarious, risky, unsafe.
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Proper noun, singular
hazardous.
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Adjective
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Independent
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Adjective
challenging, critical, daring, difficult, fragile, grave, high-risk, insecure, parlous, pernicious, serious, severe, slippery, tenuous, threatening, vicious, life-threatening.
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Adjective
treacherous.
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Adjective
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