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Jeopardize

To expose to loss or injury; to risk; to jeopard.

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Broader term 3

Be 76% connected

To exist actually, or in the world of fact; to have ex/stence.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

Open English WordNet identifies the related term as a broader lexical category for at least one sense.

Exist 76% connected

To be as a fact and not as a mode; to have an actual or real being, whether material or spiritual.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

Open English WordNet identifies the related term as a broader lexical category for at least one sense.

Risk 76% connected

Hazard; danger; peril; exposure to loss, injury, or destruction.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Venture 74% connected

An undertaking of chance or danger; the risking of something upon an event which can not be foreseen with certainty; a hazard; a risk; a speculation.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

Open English WordNet records a derivational relationship between these word forms.

Venture 74% connected

An undertaking of chance or danger; the risking of something upon an event which can not be foreseen with certainty; a hazard; a risk; a speculation.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

Open English WordNet records a derivational relationship between these word forms.

Venturer 74% connected

One who ventures, or puts to hazard; an adventurer.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Venturer 74% connected

One who ventures, or puts to hazard; an adventurer.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Synonym 9

Adventure 92% connected

That which happens without design; chance; hazard; hap; hence, chance of danger or loss.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Endanger 92% connected

To put to hazard; to bring into danger or peril; to expose to loss or injury; as, to endanger life or peace.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Hazard 92% connected

A game of chance played with dice.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Imperil 92% connected

To bring into peril; to endanger.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Menace 92% connected

The show of an intention to inflict evil; a threat or threatening; indication of a probable evil or catastrophe to come.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Peril 92% connected

Danger; risk; hazard; jeopardy; exposure of person or property to injury, loss, or destruction.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Stake 92% connected

A piece of wood, usually long and slender, pointed at one end so as to be easily driven into the ground as a support or stay; as, a stake to support…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Threaten 92% connected

To utter threats against; to menace; to inspire with apprehension; to alarm, or attempt to alarm, as with the promise of something evil or disagreeab…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Venture 92% connected

An undertaking of chance or danger; the risking of something upon an event which can not be foreseen with certainty; a hazard; a risk; a speculation.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

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