danger
[ deyn-jer ]
/ ˈdeɪn dʒər /
noun
liability or exposure to harm or injury; risk; peril.
an instance or cause of peril; menace.
Obsolete.
power; jurisdiction; domain.
Origin of danger
synonym study for danger
1.
Danger,
hazard,
peril,
jeopardy imply harm that one may encounter.
Danger is the general word for liability to all kinds of injury or evil consequences, either near at hand and certain, or remote and doubtful:
to be in danger of being killed.
Hazard suggests a danger that one can foresee but cannot avoid:
A mountain climber is exposed to many hazards.
Peril usually denotes great and imminent danger:
The passengers on the disabled ship were in great peril.
Jeopardy, a less common word, has essentially the same meaning as
peril, but emphasizes exposure to the chances of a situation:
To save his friend he put his life in jeopardy.
OTHER WORDS FROM danger
dan·ger·less, adjective su·per·dan·ger, nounWords nearby danger
danegeld,
danelaw,
danewort,
dang,
danged,
danger,
danger angle,
danger cave,
danger man,
danger money,
dangerous
Definition for danger (2 of 2)
dang
[ dang ]
/ dæŋ /
verb (used with object), adjective, noun
damn (used euphemistically).
Origin of dang
First recorded in 1780–90
Example sentences from the Web for danger
British Dictionary definitions for danger (1 of 2)
danger
/ (ˈdeɪndʒə) /
noun
the state of being vulnerable to injury, loss, or evil; risk
a person or thing that may cause injury, pain, etc
obsolete
power
in danger of
liable to
on the danger list
critically ill in hospital
Derived forms of danger
dangerless, adjectiveWord Origin for danger
C13:
daunger power, hence power to inflict injury, from Old French
dongier (from Latin
dominium ownership) blended with Old French
dam injury, from Latin
damnum
British Dictionary definitions for danger (2 of 2)
dang
/ (dæŋ) /
interjection, adverb, adjective
a euphemistic word for damn (def. 1), damn (def. 2), damn (def. 3), damn (def. 4)