jeopardy

Other forms of jeopardy

plural

jeopardies·

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 jeopardy

What does jeopardy mean?

jeopardy means "a source of danger; a possibility of incurring loss or misfortune".

How many syllables are in jeopardy?

jeopardy has 3 syllables: jeop-ar-dy. The stress falls on "jeop". In IPA it is /ˈdʒɛpɚdi/.

What is another word for jeopardy?

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

jeopardy 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.