ENDANGERED Synonyms: 52 Similar and Opposite Words

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adjective

in-ˈdān-jərd

Definition of endangered

as in vulnerable

being in a situation where one is likely to meet with harm a daring attempt to rescue the endangered passengers from the burning boat

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verb

past tense of endanger

as in threatened

to place in danger a reckless use of fireworks that endangered the lives of many people

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Recent Examples of endangered

Adjective

But the film is something of an endangered species since studios have more or less stopped making theatrical comedies. — Brent Lang, IndieWire, 25 Sep. 2026 Ponya and Pilot were paired through the SSP as part of a nationwide effort to support the future of the endangered species, the Beardsley Zoo said. — Stephen Underwood, Hartford Courant, 25 Sep. 2026

Verb

Violence, abuse and intimidation not only endangered individuals and their families, but threaten our democracy and have no place in public life. — Tyler Speicher, FOXNews.com, 2 Oct. 2026 As a result of these changes, species are still listed on paper as endangered but are largely unprotected. — Timothy Randhir, The Conversation, 1 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for endangered

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Adjective

An alignment takes place, as the legacy media consistently allows Rowling, as one of their own, to get away with removing trans women from their verifiable position as a vulnerable demographic.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 5 Oct. 2026
The evening brought plenty of laughs, but also a recognition that the progress CAPE and the broader AAPI entertainment community have made remains vulnerable amid an industry facing contraction, layoffs, and shrinking opportunities.

— Destiny Jackson, Deadline, 5 Oct. 2026

Definition of vulnerable

Verb

Attacks on Abha and Riyadh's King Khalid international airports in Saudia Arabia threatened to pull the kingdom deeper into the latest front in the Iran war.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 8 Oct. 2026
Mecklenburg County commissioners blasted Discovery Place over its handling of county money for its nature museum Tuesday and threatened to take control of the museum’s operations and hold Discovery Place in default for millions.

— Mary Ramsey, Charlotte Observer, 7 Oct. 2026

Definition of threatened

Adjective

Up to 9 out of 10 people who are susceptible will get the virus if exposed, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 6 Oct. 2026
The most susceptible areas will be Long Beach and the Avalon Harbor on Tuesday and Wednesday and then Malibu through Ventura County from Wednesday through Friday.

— Hannah Fry, Los Angeles Times, 5 Oct. 2026

Definition of susceptible

Verb

With roads around the hospital unsafe, transferring patients to other facilities was not an option in the first hours of the attack, while sending ambulances into the field risked exposing them to Hamas ambushes.

— Amelie Botbol, FOXNews.com, 5 Oct. 2026
Of course, there are also age-old hustles so evidently dishonest that there was a time when their exponents risked being hung or shot.

— Kit Chellel, Fortune, 5 Oct. 2026

Definition of risked

Adjective

Over the past decade, cyberattacks against the education sector have risen expeditiously, exposing sensitive data, temporarily disrupting school operations and affecting students' learning.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 5 Oct. 2026
Deisseroth, a Stanford professor, helped adapt a light-sensitive protein discovered by Hegemann and Nagel into a way to control nerve cells in living mice.

— Kostya Manenkov, Los Angeles Times, 5 Oct. 2026

Definition of sensitive

Adjective

The end result would be a gassy surface shining as brightly as a more exposed black hole but with the Balmer break and smooth red hump of a 5,000-kelvin star, de Graaff and Naidu theorized.

— Quanta Magazine, Quanta Magazine, 14 Sep. 2026
Morgan Stanley said Equinix and Digital Realty are less exposed because their facilities average roughly 5 to 10 megawatts, far below the gigawatt-scale AI campuses planned by hyperscalers and neocloud operators.

— Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 20 Aug. 2026

Definition of exposed

Verb

As Ruben and Gus form an unlikely friendship, the bond is jeopardized when both men’s pasts threaten to catch up with them.

— Anthony D'Alessandro, Deadline, 6 Oct. 2026
When regulations begin to overlap, permitting and building are jeopardized through financial and practical burdens.

— Bennett Lawson, Chicago Tribune, 2 Oct. 2026

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