PERIL
Dictionary entry overview: What does peril mean?
• PERIL (noun)
The noun PERIL has 3 senses:
1. a source of danger; a possibility of incurring loss or misfortune
2. a state of danger involving risk
3. a venture undertaken without regard to possible loss or injury
Familiarity information: PERIL used as a noun is uncommon.
• PERIL (verb)
The verb PERIL has 2 senses:
1. pose a threat to; present a danger to
2. put in a dangerous, disadvantageous, or difficult position
Familiarity information: PERIL used as a verb is rare.
Dictionary entry details
• PERIL (noun)
Meaning:
A source of danger; a possibility of incurring loss or misfortune
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Synonyms:
risk; peril; jeopardy; hazard; endangerment
Context example:
drinking alcohol is a health hazard
Hypernyms ("peril" is a kind of...):
danger (a cause of pain or injury or loss)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "peril"):
health hazard (hazard to the health of those exposed to it)
moral hazard ((economics) the lack of any incentive to guard against a risk when you are protected against it (as by insurance))
occupational hazard (any condition of a job that can result in illness or injury)
sword of Damocles (a constant and imminent peril)
Meaning:
A state of danger involving risk
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Synonyms:
riskiness; peril
Hypernyms ("peril" is a kind of...):
danger (the condition of being susceptible to harm or injury)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "peril"):
speculativeness (financial risk)
Meaning:
A venture undertaken without regard to possible loss or injury
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Synonyms:
danger; risk; peril
Context examples:
he saw the rewards but not the risks of crime / there was a danger he would do the wrong thing
Hypernyms ("peril" is a kind of...):
venture (any venturesome undertaking especially one with an uncertain outcome)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "peril"):
chance (a risk involving danger)
crapshoot (a risky and uncertain venture)
gamble (a risky act or venture)
• PERIL (verb)
Meaning:
Pose a threat to; present a danger to
Classified under:
Verbs of being, having, spatial relations
Synonyms:
endanger; imperil; jeopardise; jeopardize; menace; peril; threaten
Context example:
The pollution is endangering the crops
Hypernyms (to "peril" is one way to...):
be; exist (have an existence, be extant)
Sentence frames:
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something
Sentence example:
Sam cannot peril Sue
Meaning:
Put in a dangerous, disadvantageous, or difficult position
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Synonyms:
endanger; scupper; peril; queer; expose
Hypernyms (to "peril" is one way to...):
affect; bear on; bear upon; impact; touch; touch on (have an effect upon)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "peril"):
compromise (expose or make liable to danger, suspicion, or disrepute)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something
