danger

“you are in no danger”

“there was widespread danger of disease”

Antonyms:: safety
the state of being certain that adverse effects will not be caused by some agent under defined conditions

Types:: show 7 types...; hide 7 types...; clear and present danger
a standard for judging when freedom of speech can be abridged; hazardousness, perilousness
the state of being dangerous; insecurity
the state of being subject to danger or injury; peril, riskiness
a state of danger involving risk; exposure, vulnerability
the state of being vulnerable or exposed; speculativeness
financial risk; insecureness
the state of being exposed to risk or anxiety

“he feared the dangers of traveling by air”

Types:: show 8 types...; hide 8 types...; endangerment, hazard, jeopardy, peril, risk
a source of danger; a possibility of incurring loss or misfortune; powder keg
a potentially explosive state; menace, threat
something that is a source of danger; health hazard
hazard to the health of those exposed to it; moral hazard
(economics) the lack of any incentive to guard against a risk when you are protected against it (as by insurance); occupational hazard
any condition of a job that can result in illness or injury; sword of Damocles
a constant and imminent peril; yellow peril
the threat to Western civilization said to arise from the power of Asiatic peoples

Type of:: causal agency, causal agent, cause
any entity that produces an effect or is responsible for events or results

“there was a danger he would do the wrong thing”

Types:: show 5 types...; hide 5 types...; chance
a risk involving danger; crapshoot
a risky and uncertain venture; gamble
a risky act or venture; long shot
a venture that involves great risk but promises great rewards; raise
increasing the size of a bet (as in poker)

Type of:: venture
any venturesome undertaking especially one with an uncertain outcome

“He moved out of danger”

Type of:: area, country
a particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography)

DEFINITIONS OF: danger