'Risk' definitions:
Definition of 'risk'
From: WordNet
noun
A source of danger; a possibility of incurring loss or misfortune; "drinking alcohol is a health hazard" [syn: hazard, jeopardy, peril, risk, endangerment]
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
The probability of becoming infected given that exposure to an infectious agent has occurred [syn: risk, risk of infection]
noun
The probability of being exposed to an infectious agent [syn: risk, risk of exposure]
verb
Expose to a chance of loss or damage; "We risked losing a lot of money in this venture"; "Why risk your life?"; "She laid her job on the line when she told the boss that he was wrong" [syn: risk, put on the line, lay on the line]
verb
Take a risk in the hope of a favorable outcome; "When you buy these stocks you are gambling" [syn: gamble, chance, risk, hazard, take chances, adventure, run a risk, take a chance]
Definition of 'Risk'
From: GCIDE
- Risk \Risk\, n. [F. risque; cf. It. risco, risico, rischio, Pg. risco, Sp. riesgo, and also Sp. risco a steep rock; all probably fr. L. resceare to cut off; pref. re- re- + secare to cut; -- the word having been probably first used among sailors. See Section.]
- 1. Hazard; danger; peril; exposure to loss, injury, or destruction. [1913 Webster]
- The imminent and constant risk of assassination, a risk which has shaken very strong nerves. --Macaulay. [1913 Webster]
- 2. (Com.) Hazard of loss; liabillity to loss in property. [1913 Webster]
- To run a risk, to incur hazard; to encounter danger. [1913 Webster]
- Syn: Danger; hazard; peril; jeopardy; exposure. See Danger. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Risk'
From: GCIDE
- Risk \Risk\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Risked; p. pr. & vb. n. Risking.] [CF. F. risquer. See Risk, n.]
- 1. 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. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To incur the risk or danger of; as, to risk a battle. [1913 Webster]
- Syn: To hazard; peril; endanger; jeopard. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'risk'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- accident,
- accidentality,
- actuarial calculation,
- admit of,
- adventitiousness,
- adventure,
- be liable,
- be subjected to,
- beard,
- bet,
- bid fair to,
- brave,
- break,
- breakers ahead,
- buy in,
- buy into,
- calculated risk,
- cardhouse,
- casualness,
- cause for alarm,
- chance,
- chance it,
- compromise,
- confront,
- court destruction,
- crisis,
- danger,
- dangerous ground,
- dare,
- defy,
- defy danger,
- destiny,
- desultoriness,
- emergency,
- encounter,
- encounter danger,
- endanger,
- endangerment,
- expose,
- exposure,
- face,
- face up to,
- fate,
- financier,
- flier,
- flukiness,
- forget the odds,
- fortuitousness,
- fortuity,
- fortune,
- gamble,
- gamble on,
- gamble with,
- gaping chasm,
- gathering clouds,
- good fortune,
- good luck,
- hap,
- happenstance,
- happy chance,
- hazard,
- heedless hap,
- house of cards,
- how they fall,
- imperil,
- imperilment,
- incur danger,
- indeterminacy,
- indeterminateness,
- infirmity,
- insecurity,
- insolidity,
- instability,
- insubstantiality,
- invest,
- invest in,
- investment,
- jeopard,
- jeopardize,
- jeopardy,
- law of averages,
- lay open,
- lay out money,
- liability,
- liableness,
- lie under,
- lot,
- luck,
- make an investment,
- make book,
- meet,
- menace,
- moira,
- openness,
- opportunity,
- pass,
- peril,
- perilousness,
- pinch,
- place,
- play,
- play with fire,
- plight,
- plow back into,
- plunge,
- precariousness,
- predicament,
- predict,
- prime investment,
- principle of indeterminacy,
- probability,
- problematicness,
- prognosticate,
- put,
- put in danger,
- put in jeopardy,
- quicksand,
- random sample,
- reinvest,
- rely on fortune,
- riskiness,
- rocks ahead,
- run a chance,
- run of luck,
- run the chance,
- run the risk,
- serendipity,
- set at hazard,
- shakiness,
- shiftiness,
- shiftingness,
- sink,
- sink money in,
- slipperiness,
- speculate,
- speculation,
- speculativeness,
- stand a chance,
- stand fair to,
- stand to gain,
- stand to lose,
- statistical probability,
- storm clouds,
- strait,
- take a chance,
- take a flier,
- take chances,
- tempt fortune,
- tempt Providence,
- the breaks,
- theory of probability,
- thin ice,
- threat,
- ticklishness,
- treacherousness,
- treachery,
- trust to chance,
- try the chance,
- unauthenticity,
- unauthoritativeness,
- uncertainty,
- uncertainty principle,
- undependability,
- unfaithworthiness,
- unreliability,
- unsolidity,
- unsoundness,
- unsteadfastness,
- unsteadiness,
- unsubstantiality,
- unsureness,
- untrustworthiness,
- venture,
- wager,
- whatever comes