'Jeopardy' definitions:
Definition of 'jeopardy'
(from WordNet)
noun
A source of danger; a possibility of incurring loss or misfortune; "drinking alcohol is a health hazard" [syn: hazard, jeopardy, peril, risk, endangerment]
Definition of 'Jeopardy'
From: GCIDE
- Jeopardy \Jeop"ard*y\, v. t. To jeopardize. [R.] --Thackeray. [1913 Webster] Jequirity
Definition of 'Jeopardy'
From: GCIDE
- Jeopardy \Jeop"ard*y\, n. [OE. jupartie, juperti, jeuparti, OF. jeu parti an even game, a game in which the chances are even; OF. jeu, ju, F. jeu (L. jocus jest) + F. partier to divide, L. partire to divide. See Joke, and Part.] Exposure to death, loss, or injury; hazard; danger. [1913 Webster]
- There came down a storm of wind on the lake; and they were filled with water, and were in jeopardy. --Luke viii. 23. [1913 Webster]
- Look to thyself, thou art in jeopardy. --Shak.
- Syn: Danger; peril; hazard; risk. See Danger. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'jeopardy'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- accident,
- breakers ahead,
- cardhouse,
- cause for alarm,
- chance,
- compromise,
- crisis,
- danger,
- dangerous ground,
- emergency,
- endangerment,
- exposure,
- gaping chasm,
- gathering clouds,
- hap,
- hazard,
- house of cards,
- imperil,
- imperilment,
- jeopard,
- jeopardize,
- liability,
- menace,
- openness,
- pass,
- peril,
- pinch,
- plight,
- predicament,
- quicksand,
- risk,
- rocks ahead,
- sensitiveness,
- storm clouds,
- strait,
- susceptibility,
- thin ice,
- threat,
- uncertainty,
- vulnerability