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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
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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?
It has a lot to do with education, because the main bottleneck is in access to universities, leaving low-paid and precarious employment like domestic work or harvesting, where there is rampant exploitation.
We are at a very, very precarious moment, testing is our only exit strategy out of all of this.
Given the discontent and grumbling within the conservative party, the position of (Prime Minister Theresa) May is becoming precarious.
book/radiology journal- 53 years strong in 2021-shift change- one of the most precarious times for any patient to be in a hospital. over the years I have documented in the most detailed way- of things which can, and will go wrong-yet so many may be unaware or choose to ignore the dangers. consult with me and I will tell you why. my independent research is ongoing.its x-ray exposure of a different kind.
All progress is precarious, and the solution of one problem brings us face to face with another problem.
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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