HAZARDOUS: Synonyms and Related Words. What is Another Word for HAZARDOUS?

Need another word that means the same as “hazardous”? Find 16 synonyms and 30 related words for “hazardous” in this overview.

The synonyms of “Hazardous” are: risky, wild, dangerous, unsafe, perilous, precarious, insecure, tricky, unpredictable, uncertain, high-risk, touch-and-go, fraught with danger, chancy, undependable, speculative

Hazardous as an Adjective

Definitions of "Hazardous" as an adjective

According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “hazardous” as an adjective can have the following definitions:

• Involving risk or danger.
• Risky; dangerous.

Synonyms of "Hazardous" as an adjective (16 Words)

chancy	Involving risks and uncertainty. A chancy appeal at best.
dangerous	Able or likely to cause harm or injury. Insecticides which are dangerous to the environment.
fraught with danger	Filled with or attended with.
high-risk	Not financially safe or secure.
insecure	Not firm or firmly fixed; likely to fail or give way. The hinge is insecure.
perilous	Full of danger or risk. A perilous voyage across the Atlantic in a small boat.
precarious	Not securely held or in position; dangerously likely to fall or collapse. A precarious ladder.
risky	Full of the possibility of danger, failure, or loss. Extremely risky going out in the tide and fog.
speculative	Not financially safe or secure. Speculative knowledge.
touch-and-go	Functioning correctly and ready for action.
tricky	Deceitful or crafty. Applying eyeliner can be a tricky business.
uncertain	Not established beyond doubt; still undecided or unknown. An uncertain future.
undependable	Not worthy of reliance or trust. Evidence is scarce and often undependable.
unpredictable	Not occurring at a regular rate or fixed intervals. An unpredictable or indeterminable future.
unsafe	Not safe; dangerous. Drinking water in some areas may be unsafe.
wild	Produced from wild animals or plants without cultivation. Wild parties were never her scene.

Usage Examples of "Hazardous" as an adjective

• We work in hazardous conditions.
• It is hazardous to personal safety.
• Skydiving is a hazardous sport.

Associations of "Hazardous" (30 Words)

burn	Burn sear or freeze tissue using a hot iron or electric current or a caustic agent. Burned wood.
burning	The act of burning something. The burning midday sun.
combustible	A combustible substance. A combustible gas.
crisis	A time when a difficult or important decision must be made. The current economic crisis.
danger	A dangerous place. The dangers of smoking.
dangerous	Likely to cause problems or to have adverse consequences. Insecticides which are dangerous to the environment.
deadly	Causing or capable of causing death. A deadly enemy.
dicey	Of uncertain outcome; especially fraught with risk. Democracy is a dicey business.
emission	The occurrence of a flow of water (as from a pipe. Cuts in carbon dioxide emissions.
flammability	The quality of being easily ignited and burning rapidly.
hazard	The pocketing of the object ball. We can form no calculation concerning the laws of hazard.
incinerate	Destroy (something, especially waste material) by burning. The paper incinerated quickly.
insecure	Not sufficiently protected; easily broken into. An insecure computer system.
irradiate	Expose (food) to gamma rays to kill microorganisms. Irradiate food.
neurotoxin	A poison which acts on the nervous system.
parlous	Greatly or excessively. The General s position was parlous.
perilous	Exposed to imminent risk of disaster or ruin. The economy is in a perilous state.
poison	Kill by its poison. The poison of fascism.
poisonous	Having the qualities or effects of a poison. A poisonous snake.
pollutant	A substance that pollutes something, especially water or the atmosphere. Chemical pollutants.
precarious	Not secure; beset with difficulties. A precarious truce.
radiation	The energy transmitted by radiation. He was suffering from radiation.
radium	An intensely radioactive metallic element that occurs in minute amounts in uranium ores.
risky	Full of the possibility of danger, failure, or loss. It was much too risky to try to disarm him.
threatened	Likely in the near future to become endangered. The spotted owl is a threatened species not yet an endangered one.
toxicity	The degree to which something is poisonous. That was how I protected my partner from my family s toxicity.
toxin	A poisonous substance produced during the metabolism and growth of certain microorganisms and some higher plant and animal species.
uneasy	(of a situation or relationship) not settled; liable to change. Uneasy lies the head that wears the crown.
unsafe	Lacking in security or safety. Because the confession was unreliable the verdict was unsafe and unsatisfactory.
volatility	The property of changing readily from a solid or liquid to a vapor. A week of historic stock market volatility.