hazards

The word “hazards” has 2 syllables: haz-ards

It's pronounced as /ˈhæzərdz/

What is synonym and antonym for hazards?

In the thesaurus, “hazards” has 52 synonyms and 22 antonyms.

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

Synonyms for hazards

accidents
adventures
beards
booby traps
braves
brazens
breasts
casualties
challenges
chances
circumstances
compromises
confronts
dangers
dares
defies
destinies
dooms
endangers
exposes
faces
fates
flukes
fortuities
fortunes
haphazardries
happenchances
happenstances
haps
imminences
imperils
intimidates
jeopardizes
jeopards
lots
luck
menaces
outbraves
perils
pitfalls
risks
runs the risk of
snares
subjects
tempts
threatens
threats
traps
troubles
uncertainties
ventures
wagers

Antonyms for hazards

asylums
designs
guards
harbors
havens
intentions
intents
outlines
plans
preserves
protections
protects
purposes
refuges
resumes
retreats
safeguards
saves
schemes
shelters
shields
wards

Meanings of hazards

noun
1. The chance of suffering harm; danger, peril, risk of loss.
2. An obstacle or other feature which causes risk or danger; originally in sports, and now applied more generally.
3. (in driving a vehicle) An obstacle or other feature that presents a risk or danger that justifies the driver in taking action to avoid it.
4. A sand or water obstacle on a golf course.
5. The act of potting a ball, whether the object ball (winning hazard) or the player's ball (losing hazard).
6. A game of chance played with dice, usually for monetary stakes; popular mainly from 14th c. to 19th c.
7. Chance.
8. Anything that is hazarded or risked, such as a stake in gambling.
9. The side of the court into which the ball is served.
10. A problem with the instruction pipeline in CPU microarchitectures when the next instruction cannot execute in the following clock cycle, potentially leading to incorrect results.
verb
1. To expose to chance; to take a risk.
2. To risk (something); to venture, to incur, or bring on.

Example Sentences

The guide warned us about the potential hazards on the hiking trail.
Smoking and drinking are well-known health hazards.
Construction workers face many hazards on the job every day.
The report outlined environmental hazards in the area.
Drivers must be aware of road hazards, especially in bad weather.

On this page you'll find 74 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to hazards, such as: accidents, adventures, asylums, beards, booby traps, braves, brazens.

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