hazarding
Putting at stake
Hazarding is the act of risking or venturing something uncertain.
You hazard a guess when you offer one without confidence in its accuracy: I'll hazard a guess that she's not coming.
To hazard something valuable—money, reputation, safety—is to put it at risk: He was hazarding his career on a single decision.
Taking a risk
- gamblingBetting on uncertain results
- wageringRisking money on outcomes
- stakingRisking something valuable
- jeopardizingPutting at serious risk
endangering · imperiling · daring · braving · betting · risk-taking · exposing · chancing
Forming rough calculations
- conjecturingInferring without proof
- surmisingInferring without certainty
- theorizingForming unproven explanations
- hypothesizingProposing untested explanations
postulating · presuming · assuming · speculating · extrapolating · inferring · deducing · forecasting
Serious threat of harm
- threatIndication of potential harm
- jeopardyRisk of harm
- menaceSource of potential harm
- harmInjury or damage
vulnerability · exposure · pitfall · precariousness · unsafe · treacherous · deadly · lethal
Organized exploratory journey
- explorationTraveling through unknown regions
- questSeeking journey for something
- voyageJourney by sea
- journeyTravel from place to place
odyssey · trek · pioneering · discovery · trailblazing · safari · wilderness · frontier
State resisting forecasts
- ambiguityOpenness to multiple interpretations
- doubtLack of firm belief
- instabilityTendency toward unpredictable change
- variabilityTendency to change
volatility · indeterminacy · precariousness · tentativeness · unknown · incalculable · iffy · dicey
venturing
Taking a risk
- gamblingBetting on uncertain results
- wageringRisking money on outcomes
- stakingRisking something valuable
jeopardizing · endangering · imperiling · daring · braving · betting · risk-taking · exposing · chancing
estimating
Forming rough calculations
- conjecturingInferring without proof
- surmisingInferring without certainty
- theorizingForming unproven explanations
hypothesizing · postulating · presuming · assuming · speculating · extrapolating · inferring · deducing · forecasting · projecting
peril
Serious threat of harm
harm · vulnerability · exposure · pitfall · precariousness · unsafe · treacherous · deadly · lethal · fatal
expedition
Organized exploratory journey
- explorationTraveling through unknown regions
- questSeeking journey for something
- voyageJourney by sea
journey · odyssey · trek · pioneering · discovery · trailblazing · safari · wilderness · frontier · mountaineering
unpredictability
State resisting forecasts
- ambiguityOpenness to multiple interpretations
- doubtLack of firm belief
- instabilityTendency toward unpredictable change
variability · volatility · indeterminacy · precariousness · tentativeness · unknown · incalculable · iffy · dicey · touch-and-go
hazardingplaying it safe
Avoiding unnecessary risk
protecting · safeguarding · securing · hedging · shielding
hazardingconfirming
Establishing truth of something
verifying · knowing · certain · ascertaining · establishing
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