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

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

The synonyms of “Perilous” are: parlous, precarious, touch-and-go, dangerous, fraught with danger, hazardous, risky, unsafe, treacherous, life-threatening, high-risk, insecure, unsound, vulnerable, exposed, defenceless

Perilous as an Adjective

Definitions of "Perilous" as an adjective

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

• Exposed to imminent risk of disaster or ruin.
• Full of danger or risk.
• Fraught with danger.

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

dangerous	Involving or causing danger or risk; liable to hurt or harm. A dangerous animal.
defenceless	Without defence or protection; totally vulnerable. Attacks on defenceless civilians.
exposed	With no protection or shield. The venue featured beautiful hardwood floors and exposed brick walls.
fraught with danger	Marked by distress.
hazardous	Involving risk or danger. It is hazardous to personal safety.
high-risk	Not financially safe or secure.
insecure	(of a person) uncertain or anxious about oneself; not confident. An insecure computer system.
life-threatening	Causing fear or anxiety by threatening great harm.
parlous	Full of danger or uncertainty; precarious. The General s position was parlous.
precarious	Not secure; beset with difficulties. The precarious life of an undersea diver.
risky	Involving risk or danger. Extremely risky going out in the tide and fog.
touch-and-go	Functioning correctly and ready for action.
treacherous	Tending to betray especially having a treacherous character as attributed to the Carthaginians by the Romans. The fiercest and most treacherous of foes.
unsafe	Not safe; dangerous. Drinking water in some areas may be unsafe.
unsound	Physically unsound or diseased. Activities deemed to be environmentally unsound.
vulnerable	(of a partnership) liable to higher penalties, either by convention or through having won one game towards a rubber. Vulnerable to bribery.

Usage Examples of "Perilous" as an adjective

• A perilous voyage across the Atlantic in a small boat.
• The economy is in a perilous state.
• A perilous journey south.

Associations of "Perilous" (30 Words)

crisis	A crucial stage or turning point in the course of something. They went bankrupt during the economic crisis.
danger	A dangerous place. He feared the dangers of traveling by air.
dangerous	Causing fear or anxiety by threatening great harm. A dangerous operation.
deadly	Extremely. Deadly dull.
dicey	Of uncertain outcome; especially fraught with risk- New Yorker. Democracy is a dicey business.
hazardous	Risky; dangerous. We work in hazardous conditions.
incinerate	Cause to undergo combustion. Waste packaging is to be incinerated rather than buried in landfills.
insecure	Not firm or firmly fixed; likely to fail or give way. An insecure footbridge.
insidious	Beguiling but harmful. Insidious pleasures.
irradiate	Expose (someone or something) to radiation. Irradiate food.
neurotoxin	A poison which acts on the nervous system.
parlous	Full of danger or uncertainty; precarious. She is parlous handsome.
peril	The dangers or difficulties that arise from a particular situation or activity. The movement is in peril of dying.
perilously	In a dangerous manner. Houses perched perilously on craggy outposts.
pitfall	An unforeseen or unexpected or surprising difficulty. The pitfalls of buying goods at public auctions.
precarious	Not securely held or in position; dangerously likely to fall or collapse. A precarious ladder.
radioactivity	The spontaneous emission of a stream of particles or electromagnetic rays in nuclear decay. An escape of radioactivity.
radium	The chemical element of atomic number 88, a rare radioactive metal of the alkaline earth series. It was formerly used as a source of radiation for radiotherapy.
risk	Take a risk in the hope of a favorable outcome. All risks insurance for professional photographers.
risky	Full of the possibility of danger, failure, or loss. It was much too risky to try to disarm him.
shaky	Not secure; beset with difficulties. After a shaky start the Scottish team made superb efforts.
shivering	A sensation of cold that often marks the start of an infection and the development of a fever. Sparkling light from the shivering crystals of the chandelier.
spineless	Lacking thorns. Spineless forms of prickly pear have been selected.
stunt	Perform a stunt or stunts. Some weeds produce chemicals that stunt the plant s growth.
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.
unsafe	Not safe from attack. Drinking water in some areas may be unsafe.
volatility	Liability to change rapidly and unpredictably, especially for the worse. A week of historic stock market volatility.
vulnerable	Susceptible to attack. A vulnerable bridge.
weakly	Sickly; not robust. If the lambs were weakly we had to feed them by hand.