perilous

1. 1.

   fraught with danger

   “dangerous waters”

   “a parlous journey on stormy seas”

   “a perilous voyage across the Atlantic in a small boat”

   “the precarious life of an undersea diver”

   “dangerous surgery followed by a touch-and-go recovery”

   Synonymsparlousprecarioustouch-and-go

   Similardangerous

Questions about perilous

What does perilous mean?

perilous means "fraught with danger".

How many syllables are in perilous?

perilous has 3 syllables: per-i-lous. The stress falls on "per". In IPA it is /ˈpɛɹələs/.

What is another word for perilous?

Close synonyms include parlous, precarious, touch-and-go. 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 perilous a common word?

perilous 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.