Synonyms of risked

risked

verb

past tense of risk

1

as in ventured

to take a chance on

Colette didn't want to risk running out of food for her party, so she bought twice what she thought she would actually need

Synonyms & Similar Words

• ventured
• confronted
• tempted
• hazarded
• faced
• chanced
• dared
• exposed
• adventured
• endangered
• challenged
• gambled (on)
• braved
• jeopardized
• subjected
• imperiled
• compromised
• ran the risk of
• menaced
• brazened
• bearded
• defied
• breasted
• outbraved
• wagered
• bet (on)

2

as in endangered

to place in danger

we refuse to risk our life savings on this investment scheme

Synonyms & Similar Words

• endangered
• threatened
• jeopardized
• compromised
• imperiled
• ventured
• hazarded
• menaced
• periled
• gambled (with)
• jeoparded
• adventured
• intimidated
• subjected
• exposed
• wagered
• chanced

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• protected
• guarded
• saved
• preserved
• resumed
• shielded
• sheltered

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of risked

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

Though Europe was most vocal in its concerns, Goldman Sachs economists warned a US diesel ban risked lowering GDP across Latin America by around 1%. — Ashley Gold, semafor.com, 2 Oct. 2026

The strikes marked a sharp escalation in fighting between the two South Asian countries and risked further complicating international efforts to ease tensions between Islamabad and Kabul. — Munir Ahmed, Arkansas Online, 26 Sep. 2026

Every person in the comments who’s never risked anything for any issue wants to tell everybody to throw everything away in a heartbeat — like nothing even needs to be considered. — Shirley Halperin, Rolling Stone, 17 Sep. 2026

Partying, drinking, Greek life, sports, and other forms of college life always risked undermining the educational project—and vice versa. — Ian Bogost, The Atlantic, 17 Sep. 2026

Like the groves and gardens, houses built foolhardily near the dry summertime river risked being pulled off their foundations and washed away by the winter torrents. — Patt Morrison, Los Angeles Times, 17 Sep. 2026

In the episode, the enemy therefore risked firing at the wrong target. — Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 16 Sep. 2026