risk

risk is a 4-letter English word with 10 senses as noun and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Hazard; danger; peril; exposure to loss, injury, or destruction. Face value is 8 in Scrabble and 8 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

4 letters · Scrabble 8 · Words With Friends 8 · 10 senses

Definitions

1. noun. Hazard; danger; peril; exposure to loss, injury, or destruction.
2. noun. Hazard of loss; liabillity to loss in property.
3. noun. To expose to risk, hazard, or peril; to venture; as, to risk goods on board of a ship; to risk one's person in battle; to risk one's fame by a publication.
4. noun. To incur the risk or danger of; as, to risk a battle.
5. noun. a venture undertaken without regard to possible loss or injury

   "he saw the rewards but not the risks of crime"

   "there was a danger he would do the wrong thing"

   Synonyms: danger, peril

6. noun. the probability of being exposed to an infectious agent
7. noun. the probability of becoming infected given that exposure to an infectious agent has occurred
8. noun. a source of danger; a possibility of incurring loss or misfortune

   "drinking alcohol is a health hazard"

   Synonyms: endangerment, hazard, jeopardy, peril

9. verb. take a risk in the hope of a favorable outcome

   "When you buy these stocks you are gambling"

   Synonyms: adventure, chance, gamble, hazard

10. verb. expose to a chance of loss or damage

    "We risked losing a lot of money in this venture"

    "Why risk your life?"

Synonyms

danger, peril, endangerment, hazard, jeopardy, adventure, chance, gamble

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in risk:

irks, kirs, kris

Common word forms

risks, risked, risker, riskful, risking, riskless

Words from these letters

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