hazard

1. 1.

   put forward, of a guess, in spite of possible refutation

   “I am guessing that the price of real estate will rise again”

   “I cannot pretend to say that you are wrong”

   Synonymsguessventurepretend

   Broaderspeculate

   Narrowerpredictsuspect
2. 2.

   put at risk

   “I will stake my good reputation for this”

   Synonymsventureadventurestakejeopardize

   Broaderrisk
3. 3.

   take a risk in the hope of a favorable outcome

   “When you buy these stocks you are gambling”

   Synonymsgamblechancerisktake chancesadventurerun a risktake a chance

   Broadertry

   Narrowergo for broke

Other forms of hazard

plural

hazards·

past tense

hazarded·

present participle

hazarding·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about hazard

What does hazard mean?

hazard means "a source of danger; a possibility of incurring loss or misfortune". That is the primary sense; the word has 6 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in hazard?

hazard has 2 syllables: haz-ard. The stress falls on "haz". In IPA it is /ˈhæzɚd/.

What is another word for hazard?

Close synonyms include jeopardy, peril, risk, endangerment, luck. 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 hazard a common word?

hazard is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with hazard?

2 words rhyme with hazard. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.