Synonyms & related words for hazardous

Find synonyms, related words, and the definition of hazardous — including risky, dangerous, jeopardous, perilous, unsafe, dicey. Dendril is a free visual thesaurus that shows them on an interactive map where stronger matches sit closer to the center — no signup, no ads.

Words related to hazardous

Explore words related to hazardous — words associated with it, words that go with it, and its nearest matches in meaning. Related words include nonhazardous, hazardously, hazards, unsafeness, dangerously, unsafely, chanciness, danger. Click any word to make it the center of the map and keep exploring the web of connections.

Synonyms for hazardous

Common synonyms for hazardous include risky, dangerous, jeopardous, perilous, unsafe, dicey, parlous, precarious — words that share a close meaning. Hover or tap any word on the map for its definition and part of speech.

Where does hazardous come from?

The word hazardous breaks down into 2 roots of Arabic and Latin origin: hazard, from Arabic az-zahr (“the die (dice game)”); and -ous, from Latin -osus (“full of”). Explore each root to see other English words built from the same source.