chanceful

1. 1.

   of uncertain outcome; especially fraught with risk

   “an extremely dicey future on a brave new world of liquid nitrogen, tar, and smog”

   Synonymschancydiceydodgy

   Similardangerous

Questions about chanceful

What does chanceful mean?

chanceful means "of uncertain outcome; especially fraught with risk".

How many syllables are in chanceful?

chanceful has 3 syllables: chan-ce-ful. The stress falls on "chan".

What is another word for chanceful?

Close synonyms include chancy, dicey, dodgy. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is chanceful a common word?

chanceful is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.