risk-free

1. 1.

   thought to be devoid of risk

   Synonymsrisklessunhazardous

   Similarsafe

Questions about risk-free

What does risk-free mean?

risk-free means "thought to be devoid of risk".

How many syllables are in risk-free?

risk-free has 2 syllables: risk--free. The stress falls on "risk-".

What is another word for risk-free?

Close synonyms include riskless, unhazardous. 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 risk-free a common word?

risk-free is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.