'Risky' definitions:
Definition of 'risky'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Involving risk or danger; "skydiving is a hazardous sport"; "extremely risky going out in the tide and fog"; "a wild financial scheme" [syn: hazardous, risky, wild]
adjective
Not financially safe or secure; "a bad investment"; "high risk investments"; "anything that promises to pay too much can't help being risky"; "speculative business enterprises" [syn: bad, risky, high-risk, speculative]
Definition of 'Risky'
From: GCIDE
- Risky \Risk"y\, a. Attended with risk or danger; hazardous. "A risky matter." --W. Collins. [1913 Webster]
- Generalization are always risky. --Lowell. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'risky'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- accidental,
- adventitious,
- adventurous,
- aleatory,
- blue,
- broad,
- casual,
- causeless,
- chance,
- chancy,
- contingent,
- dangerous,
- delicate,
- destinal,
- desultory,
- dicey,
- fatal,
- fatidic,
- fluky,
- fortuitous,
- full of risk,
- hairy,
- hazardous,
- iffy,
- incidental,
- indeterminate,
- infirm,
- insecure,
- insubstantial,
- jeopardous,
- off-color,
- on thin ice,
- perilous,
- precarious,
- provisional,
- racy,
- riskful,
- risque,
- salty,
- scabrous,
- sensitive,
- shady,
- shaky,
- shifting,
- shifty,
- slippery,
- speculative,
- spicy,
- suggestive,
- temporary,
- tentative,
- ticklish,
- touch-and-go,
- touchy,
- treacherous,
- uncaused,
- uncertain,
- undependable,
- undetermined,
- unexpected,
- unfaithworthy,
- unforeseeable,
- unforeseen,
- unhealthy,
- unlooked-for,
- unpredictable,
- unreliable,
- unsolid,
- unsound,
- unstable,
- unsteadfast,
- unsteady,
- unsubstantial,
- unsure,
- untrustworthy,
- venturesome,
- venturous,
- wicked,
- wildcat