Meaning

2 senses
  1. Dangerous; involving risks.

    Near-synonyms: hazardous, dangerous, perilous, unsafe, daredevil

    Investing in this start-up company could be risky.

    riskant, gefährlich, gewagt

    риско́ванныйriskóvannyj

    involving risk or danger

  2. (obsolete)Risqué.

Examples

168 sentences
  1. It would've been risky to do that.

    Було б дуже ризиковано це зробити. — deniko

  2. It's probably going to be risky for you to do that.

    Імовірно, для вас буде ризиковано це робити. — Ahha

  3. That seems risky to me.

    Мені це здається ризикованим. — deniko

    ruМне это кажется рискованным. — marafon

  4. Doing that is too risky.

    Робити це буде ризиковано. — deniko

  5. That's quite a risky job.

    Це доволі ризикована робота. — deniko

    ruЭто довольно рискованная работа. — marafon

    deDas ist ein ziemlich riskanter Beruf. — al_ex_an_der

Translations

8 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
dangerous, involving risks:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
dangerous, involving risks:

Forms

riskier, riskiest
Comparativeriskier Lesson
Superlativeriskiest Lesson

regular

Synonyms

14 synonyms
Close in meaning

Antonyms

7 antonyms

Word family

6 related words

Collocations

12 patterns
  • risky to do
  • be too risky
  • would be risky
  • a tad risky
  • tad risky to
  • be risky to
  • tad risky
  • a little risky
  • little risky to
  • risky thing to
  • too risky to
  • risky thing

See also

neighbours in the dictionary

Dictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.

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