'Danger' definitions:

Definition of 'danger'

From: WordNet
noun
The condition of being susceptible to harm or injury; "you are in no danger"; "there was widespread danger of disease" [ant: safety]
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" [syn: risk, peril, danger]
noun
A cause of pain or injury or loss; "he feared the dangers of traveling by air"
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A dangerous place; "He moved out of danger"

Definition of 'Danger'

From: GCIDE
  • Danger \Dan"ger\, v. t. To endanger. [Obs.] --Shak. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Danger'

From: GCIDE
  • Danger \Dan"ger\, n. [OE. danger, daunger, power, arrogance, refusal, difficulty, fr. OF. dagier, dongier (with same meaning), F. danger danger, fr. an assumed LL. dominiarium power, authority, from L. dominium power, property. See Dungeon, Domain, Dame.]
  • 1. Authority; jurisdiction; control. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
  • In dangerhad he . . . the young girls. --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. Power to harm; subjection or liability to penalty. [Obs.] See In one's danger, below. [1913 Webster]
  • You stand within his danger, do you not? --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • Covetousness of gains hath brought [them] in dangerof this statute. --Robynson (More's Utopia). [1913 Webster]
  • 3. Exposure to injury, loss, pain, or other evil; peril; risk; insecurity. [1913 Webster]
  • 4. Difficulty; sparingness. [Obs.] --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]
  • 5. Coyness; disdainful behavior. [Obs.] --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]
  • In one's danger, in one's power; liable to a penalty to be inflicted by him. [Obs.] This sense is retained in the proverb, "Out of debt out of danger." [1913 Webster]
  • Those rich man in whose debt and danger they be not. --Robynson (More's Utopia).
  • To do danger, to cause danger. [Obs.] --Shak.
  • Syn: Peril; hazard; risk; jeopardy.
  • Usage: Danger, Peril, Hazard, Risk, Jeopardy. Danger is the generic term, and implies some contingent evil in prospect. Peril is instant or impending danger; as, in peril of one's life. Hazard arises from something fortuitous or beyond our control; as, the hazard of the seas. Risk is doubtful or uncertain danger, often incurred voluntarily; as, to risk an engagement. Jeopardy is extreme danger. Danger of a contagious disease; the perils of shipwreck; the hazards of speculation; the risk of daring enterprises; a life brought into jeopardy. [1913 Webster]

Synonyms of 'danger'

From: Moby Thesaurus

Words containing 'Danger'