Definitions For Risk
noun
- A venture undertaken without regard to possible loss or injury
- The probability of being exposed to an infectious agent
- The probability of becoming infected given that exposure to an infectious agent has occurred
- A source of danger; a possibility of incurring loss or misfortune
- The possibility that something bad or unpleasant (such as an injury or a loss) will happen
- Someone or something that may cause something bad or unpleasant to happen
- A person or thing that someone judges to be a good or bad choice for insurance, a loan, etc.
verb
- Take a risk in the hope of a favorable outcome
- Expose to a chance of loss or damage
- To put (something) in a situation in which it could be lost, damaged, etc.
- To do something that could result in (something bad or unpleasant)
- To do (something that may have harmful or bad results)
Is Risk a Scrabble Word?
Words With Friends
YES
Scrabble US
YES
Scrabble UK
YES
English International (SOWPODS)
YES
Scrabble Global
YES
Enable1 Dictionary
YES
Points in Different Games
Scrabble
8
Words with Friends
8
The word Risk is worth 8 points in Scrabble and 8 points in Words with Friends
Examples of Risk in a Sentence
- I prefer not to expose my money to too much risk.
- The degree of risk is minimal.
- All investments have an element of risk.
- She risked her life to save her children.
- He risked all his money on starting his own business.
- He risked breaking his neck.
Synonyms for Risk
Antonyms for Risk
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