Synonyms & related words for jeopardy

Find synonyms, related words, and the definition of jeopardy — including peril, hazard, risk, endangerment, danger, imperilment. 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 jeopardy

Explore words related to jeopardy — words associated with it, words that go with it, and its nearest matches in meaning. Related words include jeopardous, endanger, riskiness, dangerousness, perilous, chanciness, risky, hazardous. Click any word to make it the center of the map and keep exploring the web of connections.

Synonyms for jeopardy

Common synonyms for jeopardy include peril, hazard, risk, endangerment, danger, imperilment, imperil, jeopardize — words that share a close meaning. Hover or tap any word on the map for its definition and part of speech.

Where does jeopardy come from?

The word jeopardy breaks down into one root of Latin origin: the root jeopard-, from Latin partiri (“divide, game”). Explore each root to see other English words built from the same source.