What does peril mean?

peril means "a source of danger; a possibility of incurring loss or misfortune". That is the primary sense; the word has 5 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in peril?

peril has 2 syllables: per-il. The stress falls on "per". In IPA it is /ˈpɛɹəl/.

What is another word for peril?

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

peril 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 peril?

1 word rhymes with peril. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.

peril — meaning, pronunciation and 5 definitions

noun

3 sensesA person, place, thing, quality or idea.

1.
a source of danger; a possibility of incurring loss or misfortune
“drinking alcohol is a health hazard”
Synonymshazard jeopardy risk endangerment
Broaderdanger
Narrowerhealth hazard moral hazard occupational hazard sword of Damocles
2.
a state of danger involving risk
Synonymsriskiness
Broaderdanger
Narrowerspeculativeness
3.
a venture undertaken without regard to possible loss or injury
“he saw the rewards but not the risks of crime”
“there was a danger he would do the wrong thing”
Synonymsrisk danger
Broaderventure
Narrowerchance crapshoot gamble

verb

2 sensesAn action, occurrence or state of being.

1.
pose a threat to; present a danger to
“The pollution is endangering the crops”
Synonymsendanger jeopardize jeopardise menace threaten imperil
Broaderexist
2.
put in a dangerous, disadvantageous, or difficult position
Synonymsqueer expose scupper endanger
Broaderaffect
Narrowercompromise

Other forms of peril

plural: perils·
past tense: perilled·
present participle: perilling·

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 peril

What does peril mean?: peril means "a source of danger; a possibility of incurring loss or misfortune". That is the primary sense; the word has 5 in total, listed in full on this page.
How many syllables are in peril?: peril has 2 syllables: per-il. The stress falls on "per". In IPA it is /ˈpɛɹəl/.
What is another word for peril?: Close synonyms include hazard, jeopardy, risk, endangerment, riskiness. 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 peril a common word?: peril 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 peril?: 1 word rhymes with peril. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.

Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for peril come from Princeton University’s WordNet. The pronunciation comes from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.

noun

3 sensesA person, place, thing, quality or idea.

1.
a source of danger; a possibility of incurring loss or misfortune
“drinking alcohol is a health hazard”
Synonymshazard jeopardy risk endangerment
Broaderdanger
Narrowerhealth hazard moral hazard occupational hazard sword of Damocles
2.
a state of danger involving risk
Synonymsriskiness
Broaderdanger
Narrowerspeculativeness
3.
a venture undertaken without regard to possible loss or injury
“he saw the rewards but not the risks of crime”
“there was a danger he would do the wrong thing”
Synonymsrisk danger
Broaderventure
Narrowerchance crapshoot gamble

verb

2 sensesAn action, occurrence or state of being.

1.
pose a threat to; present a danger to
“The pollution is endangering the crops”
Synonymsendanger jeopardize jeopardise menace threaten imperil
Broaderexist
2.
put in a dangerous, disadvantageous, or difficult position
Synonymsqueer expose scupper endanger
Broaderaffect
Narrowercompromise

Other forms of peril

plural: perils·
past tense: perilled·
present participle: perilling·

Questions about peril

What does peril mean?: peril means "a source of danger; a possibility of incurring loss or misfortune". That is the primary sense; the word has 5 in total, listed in full on this page.
How many syllables are in peril?: peril has 2 syllables: per-il. The stress falls on "per". In IPA it is /ˈpɛɹəl/.
What is another word for peril?: Close synonyms include hazard, jeopardy, risk, endangerment, riskiness. 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 peril a common word?: peril 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 peril?: 1 word rhymes with peril. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.

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