PRECARIOUS
Dictionary entry overview: What does precarious mean?
• PRECARIOUS (adjective)
The adjective PRECARIOUS has 4 senses:
1. affording no ease or reassurance
2. fraught with danger
3. dangerously insecure
4. not secure; beset with difficulties
Familiarity information: PRECARIOUS used as an adjective is uncommon.
Dictionary entry details
• PRECARIOUS (adjective)
Meaning:
Affording no ease or reassurance
Synonyms:
precarious; unstable
Context example:
a precarious truce
Similar:
uneasy (lacking a sense of security or affording no ease or reassurance)
Meaning:
Fraught with danger
Synonyms:
parlous; perilous; touch-and-go; precarious
Context examples:
dangerous waters / a parlous journey on stormy seas / a perilous voyage across the Atlantic in a small boat / the precarious life of an undersea diver / dangerous surgery followed by a touch-and-go recovery
Similar:
dangerous; unsafe (involving or causing danger or risk; liable to hurt or harm)
Meaning:
Dangerously insecure
Context example:
a precarious footing on the ladder
Similar:
insecure (not firm or firmly fixed; likely to fail or give way)
Meaning:
Not secure; beset with difficulties
Synonyms:
shaky; precarious
Context example:
a shaky marriage
Similar:
insecure; unsafe (lacking in security or safety)
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