danger
noun
Origin of danger
Synonym study
dang
verb (used with object), adjective, noun
Origin of dang
Related Words for danger
peril, risk, probability, exposure, insecurity, jeopardy, uncertainty, emergency, possibility, threat, vulnerability, instability, menace, crisis, pitfall, precariousness, venture, exigency, precipice, endangermentExamples from the Web for danger
Contemporary Examples of danger
Kickstarter is one start-up platform that seems to have realized the danger.
He remained as hopeful as ever that he would himself join the NYPD, whatever the danger.
They work in a world filled with a sense—real or imagined—of danger lurking around each corner and every hallway.
The actions of North Korea this week should also send a clear message about the danger of this regime.
Hornbuckle, on the other hand, says the policy will not put Native American nations in danger.
Historical Examples of danger
But the Lacedæmonians make it a rule never to speak of danger from their slaves.
PhilotheaLydia Maria Child
When you get back, if you get a chance to see him privately, you may tell him there is no danger of that.
Brave and BoldHoratio Alger
Dost think I can let thee go into a danger I do not partake?
The Armourer's PrenticesCharlotte M. Yonge
They are barren, till the imagination has tenanted them with possibilities of danger and dismay.
MalboneThomas Wentworth Higginson
She evidently preferred facing any danger to parting with her child.
Explorations in AustraliaJohn Forrest