dangers

The word “dangers” has 2 syllables: dan-gers

It's pronounced as /ˈdeɪnʤərz/


What is synonym and antonym for dangers?

In the thesaurus, “dangers” has 39 synonyms and 22 antonyms.

Here are synonyms and antonyms for dangers along with examples of usage in sentences.


Synonyms for dangers

  • booby traps
  • clouds
  • crisis
  • double trouble
  • dynamite
  • emergency
  • endangerment
  • exigency
  • exposure
  • hazards
  • hot potato
  • imminences
  • insecurity
  • instability
  • jeopardy
  • menace
  • menaces
  • peril
  • perils
  • pitfall
  • pitfalls
  • possibility
  • precariousness
  • precipice
  • probability
  • risk
  • risks
  • risky business
  • slipperiness
  • snares
  • storm
  • thin ice
  • threat
  • threats
  • traps
  • troubles
  • uncertainty
  • venture
  • vulnerability

Antonyms for dangers

  • asylums
  • calm
  • care
  • carefulness
  • certainty
  • guard
  • guards
  • harbors
  • havens
  • peace
  • preservation
  • protections
  • refuges
  • retreats
  • safeguards
  • safety
  • security
  • shelters
  • shields
  • sureness
  • unlikelihood
  • wards

Meanings of dangers

  • noun
    1. Exposure to likely harm; peril.
    2. An instance or cause of likely harm.
    3. Mischief.
    4. (mainly outside US) The stop indication of a signal (usually in the phrase "at danger").
    5. Ability to harm; someone's dominion or power to harm or penalise. See in one's danger, below.
    6. Liability.
    7. Difficulty; sparingness.
    8. Coyness; disdainful behavior.
  • verb
    1. To claim liability.
    2. To imperil; to endanger.
    3. To run the risk.

Example Sentences

  • Dangers lurk in the unexplored depths of the forest, reminding hikers to stay cautious.
  • Parents often warn their children about the dangers of playing near busy streets.
  • The manual outlines the potential dangers associated with operating heavy machinery.
  • Ignoring the dangers of smoking can lead to serious health problems later in life.
  • Environmentalists advocate for awareness of the dangers of plastic pollution in our oceans and waterways.

On this page you'll find 61 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to dangers, such as: asylums, booby traps, calm, care, carefulness, certainty, clouds.

Make sure to choose synonyms and antonyms that are appropriate for the context of the sentence.

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racks

  • Murphy beds
  • aches
  • afflictions
  • afflicts
  • aggravates
  • agitates
  • agonies
  • agonizes
  • anguishes
  • annoys
  • asperities
  • assails
  • attacks
  • badgers
  • bassinets
  • batters
  • bedevils
  • beds
  • bedsteads
  • besets
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  • bugs
  • bunk beds
  • bunks
  • carry-cots
  • chafes
  • cots
  • couches
  • cradles
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  • cripples
  • crosses
  • crucibles
  • crushes
  • curses
  • damages
  • dangers
  • daybeds
  • difficulties
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  • discomposes
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  • disturbs
  • dogs
  • dosses
  • emergencies
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  • excruciates
  • excruciations
  • feather beds
  • flusters
  • four-posters
  • frays
  • futon
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  • galls
  • gets
  • grates
  • grieves
  • gripes
  • hagrides
  • hammocks
  • harasses
  • hardships
  • harms
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  • harrows
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  • heartaches
  • heartbreaks
  • hounds
  • hurts
  • impairs
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  • jeopardies
  • kips
  • lairs
  • lames
  • mangles
  • martyrs
  • mattresses
  • miseries
  • molests
  • mutilates
  • nettles
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  • pads
  • pains
  • pallets
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  • peeves
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  • piques
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  • rides
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  • sacks
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  • sleigh beds
  • smarts
  • smites
  • sofa beds
  • sofas
  • sorrows
  • stabs
  • stings
  • stitches
  • strains
  • straits
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  • studio couches
  • taxes
  • tears
  • throes
  • torments
  • tortures
  • travails
  • trials
  • tribulations
  • tries
  • troubles
  • trundle beds
  • twinges
  • tyrannizes
  • upsets
  • vexes
  • victimizes
  • water beds
  • weakens
  • woes
  • worries
  • wounds
  • wrenches
  • wrings

obstacles

  • adversities
  • arrests
  • balks
  • bar
  • barriers
  • bars
  • bits
  • block
  • blockades
  • blockages
  • blocks
  • booby trap
  • brakes
  • brick walls
  • burdens
  • catch
  • catch-22
  • catches
  • chains
  • check
  • checks
  • clog
  • clogs
  • constraints
  • cramps
  • crimp
  • crimps
  • cumbers
  • curbs
  • dangers
  • delays
  • deterrents
  • difficulties
  • difficulty
  • disadvantages
  • disincentive
  • drags
  • drawbacks
  • embargoes
  • embarrassments
  • encumbrance
  • encumbrances
  • fetters
  • hamper
  • handicaps
  • hang-up
  • hardship
  • hardships
  • hazards
  • hindrance
  • hindrances
  • hitch
  • hitches
  • hobbles
  • holdbacks
  • holdups
  • hurdle
  • hurdles
  • impediments
  • inhibitions
  • interference
  • interferences
  • interruption
  • joker
  • lets
  • loads
  • manacles
  • monkey wrench
  • mountain
  • obstruction
  • obstructions
  • perils
  • reefs
  • reins
  • restraints
  • restriction
  • rub
  • rubs
  • shackles
  • snag
  • snags
  • stalls
  • stone walls
  • stoppages
  • stops
  • stumbling block
  • stumbling blocks
  • trammels
  • traverse
  • vicissitude

obstructions

  • adversities
  • arrests
  • balks
  • barriers
  • bars
  • bits
  • blockades
  • blockages
  • blocks
  • brakes
  • brick walls
  • burdens
  • catches
  • chains
  • checks
  • clogs
  • constraints
  • cramps
  • crimps
  • cumbers
  • curbs
  • dangers
  • delays
  • deterrents
  • difficulties
  • disadvantages
  • drags
  • drawbacks
  • embargoes
  • embarrassments
  • encumbrances
  • fetters
  • handicaps
  • hardships
  • hazards
  • hindrances
  • hitches
  • hobbles
  • holdbacks
  • holdups
  • hurdles
  • impediments
  • inhibitions
  • interferences
  • lets
  • loads
  • manacles
  • obstacles
  • perils
  • reefs
  • reins
  • restraints
  • rubs
  • shackles
  • snags
  • stalls
  • stone walls
  • stoppages
  • stops
  • stumbling blocks
  • trammels

balks

  • adversities
  • arrests
  • averts
  • baffles
  • barriers
  • bars
  • beats
  • bits
  • blockades
  • blockages
  • blocks
  • brakes
  • brick walls
  • burdens
  • catches
  • chains
  • checkmates
  • checks
  • clogs
  • conquers
  • constraints
  • counteracts
  • cramps
  • crimps
  • cumbers
  • curbs
  • dangers
  • defeats
  • delays
  • deterrents
  • difficulties
  • disadvantages
  • discomfits
  • drags
  • drawbacks
  • embargoes
  • embarrassments
  • encumbers
  • encumbrances
  • fetters
  • foils
  • forestalls
  • frustrates
  • halts
  • hampers
  • handicaps
  • hardships
  • hazards
  • hinders
  • hindrances
  • hitches
  • hobbles
  • holdbacks
  • holds back
  • holdups
  • hurdles
  • impedes
  • impediments
  • inhibitions
  • inhibits
  • interferences
  • lets
  • loads
  • manacles
  • negates
  • neutralizes
  • nullifies
  • obstacles
  • obstructions
  • obstructs
  • obviates
  • offsets
  • overcomes
  • perils
  • precludes
  • prevents
  • reefs
  • reins
  • restraints
  • rubs
  • sets back
  • shackles
  • short-circuits
  • snags
  • stalls
  • stone walls
  • stoppages
  • stops
  • stumbling blocks
  • thwarts
  • ties up
  • trammels

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