hazardous

Full of danger

Hazardous means dangerous or risky, typically describing things that pose threats to health, safety, or well-being.

The word appears frequently in official and technical contexts: hazardous waste, hazardous materials, hazardous conditions.

Something hazardous isn't just unpleasant—it carries real potential for harm.

Smoking is hazardous to your health.

toxic

poisonous

Capable of causing death

radioactive · contaminated · chemical · biohazard · asbestos · lead · mercury · pollutant · mutagenic · corrosive

dangerous

perilous

Fraught with danger

  • lethalCausing or capable of death
  • deadlyAble to cause expiration
  • fatalCausing death or ruin

treacherous · menacing · destructive · catastrophic · life-threatening · harmful · injurious · damaging · detrimental · unsafe

conditions

slippery

Lacking friction, hard-to-grasp

visibility · terrain · weather · road · wet · steep · unstable · narrow · winding · construction

risky

gamble

Stake on uncertain outcome

chancy · iffy · unpredictable · high-stakes · volatile · unstable · touch-and-go · venture · liability · exposure

threatening

menacing

Conveying threat or danger

hostile · alarming · frightening · intimidating · looming · impending · imminent · warning · danger · caution

occupational

workplace

Employment location

mining · construction · logging · fishing · electrical · heights · OSHA · safety · protective · gear

Categories
Opposites
danger/safety

hazardoussafe

Free from peril

harmless · nonhazardous · secure · risk-free · innocuous

benefit/harm

hazardousbeneficial

Producing good results

advantageous · good · wholesome · healthy · salubrious

Phrases
Family

hazardously, hazardousness, hazardous waste, biohazardous, hazardous material

Familiarity
Top 50,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Negative · Everyday, not technical · Rated G