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Synonyms for precarious
prɪˈkɛər i əspre·car·i·ous
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English Synonyms and Antonyms
precarious
Uncertain is applied to things that human knowledge can not certainly determine or that human power can not certainly control; precarious originally meant dependent on the will of another, and now, by extension of meaning, dependent on chance or hazard, with manifest unfavorable possibility verging toward probability; as, one holds office by a precarious tenure, or land by a precarious title; the strong man's hold on life is uncertain, the invalid's is precarious.
Synonyms:
doubtful, dubious, equivocal, hazardous, insecure, perilous, risky, unassured, uncertain, unsettled, unstable, unsteadyAntonyms:
actual, assured, certain, firm, immutable, incontestable, infallible, real, settled, stable, steady, strong, sure, undeniable, undoubted, unquestionable
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Princeton's WordNet
precarious, unstableadjective
affording no ease or reassurance
"a precarious truce"
Synonyms:
mentally ill, perilous, parlous, shaky, unstable, touch-and-go, unsound, fluidparlous, perilous, precarious, touch-and-goadjective
fraught with danger
"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"
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parlous, perilous, touch-and-go, unstable, shakyprecarious, shakyadjective
not secure; beset with difficulties
"a shaky marriage"
Synonyms:
shivering, wobbly, trembling, perilous, parlous, rickety, shaky, wonky, unstable, touch-and-go
Dictionary of English Synonymes
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
Words popularity by usage frequency
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#1711 | poor | |
#4178 | dangerous | |
#4981 | weak | |
#5086 | fluid | |
#5700 | hazardous | |
#10488 | unstable | |
#11658 | delicate | |
#11666 | uncertain | |
#12828 | volatile | |
#14236 | fragile | |
#15665 | risky | |
#16845 | unsafe | |
#20066 | doubtful | |
#20069 | insecure | |
#22996 | peril | |
#23071 | dubious | |
#27144 | trembling | |
#27699 | uneasy | |
#30673 | shaky | |
#31895 | ous | |
#37328 | precarious | |
#38072 | substandard | |
#38566 | perilous | |
#40835 | unsettled | |
#44082 | shivering | |
#47843 | tenuous | |
#49479 | unsteady | |
#50319 | wobbly | |
#53805 | unsound | |
#70807 | equivocal | |
#81924 | rickety | |
#87233 | wonky | |
#243836 | parlous |
How to use precarious in a sentence?
They have limited access to medical care (and) no support for their mental health which is important considering their precarious situation.
It has never been so precarious.
The rains are exacerbating an already-precarious hygiene situation, while immediate measures are now being put in place to address the cholera outbreak, it is crucial also that proper investment is made on a longer term basis to improve living conditions for refugees and prevent future epidemics.
We’re at a precarious moment for the virus and the economy. Without decisive action, we risk falling into a very serious economic hole, even more serious than the crisis we find ourselves in.
Republicans are going to have to ask themselves the question: 'Do we want a candidate who could be tied up in court for two years?' That'd be a big problem, it'd be a very precarious one for Republicans because he'd be running and the courts may take a long time to make a decision. You don't want to be running and have that kind of thing over your head.
Translations for precarious
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- несигуренBulgarian
- precariCatalan, Valencian
- prekärGerman
- precarioSpanish
- متزلزلPersian
- vaarallinenFinnish
- précaireFrench
- अनिHindi
- precarioItalian
- מְסוּכָּןHebrew
- 不安定なJapanese
- precairDutch
- precárioPortuguese
- precarRomanian
- шаткий, ненадёжный, опасный, рискованныйRussian
- krhak, nesiguranSerbo-Croatian
- prekärSwedish
- ஆபத்தானTamil
- אומזיכערYiddish
- 危險的Chinese
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