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.
Capable of causing death
- venomousProducing injected toxins
- carcinogenicCauses cancer
- noxiousHarmful, especially when inhaled
- radioactiveEmitting nuclear decay particles
contaminated · chemical · biohazard · asbestos · lead · mercury · pollutant · mutagenic
Fraught with danger
- lethalCausing or capable of death
- deadlyAble to cause expiration
- fatalCausing death or ruin
- treacherousDisloyal and dangerous
menacing · destructive · catastrophic · life-threatening · harmful · injurious · damaging · detrimental
Lacking friction, hard-to-grasp
- icyFrozen or unfriendly
- treacherousDisloyal and dangerous
- fogLow-lying cloud cover
- visibilityRange of clear sight
terrain · weather · road · wet · steep · unstable · narrow · winding
Stake on uncertain outcome
- speculativeBased on conjecture
- uncertainNot firmly known
- diceyUncertain and hazardous
- chancyInvolving uncertain outcome
iffy · unpredictable · high-stakes · volatile · unstable · touch-and-go · venture · liability
Conveying threat or danger
- ominousSuggesting something bad approaches
- forebodingFearful anticipation of harm
- sinisterThreateningly suggestive of harm
- hostileAggressively unfriendly
alarming · frightening · intimidating · looming · impending · imminent · warning · danger
Employment location
- industrialOf factories and production
- machineryCollective mechanical equipment
- equipmentTools for a task
- miningExtracting earth's resources
construction · logging · fishing · electrical · heights · OSHA · safety · protective
poisonous
Capable of causing death
- venomousProducing injected toxins
- carcinogenicCauses cancer
- noxiousHarmful, especially when inhaled
radioactive · contaminated · chemical · biohazard · asbestos · lead · mercury · pollutant · mutagenic · corrosive
perilous
Fraught with danger
treacherous · menacing · destructive · catastrophic · life-threatening · harmful · injurious · damaging · detrimental · unsafe
slippery
Lacking friction, hard-to-grasp
- icyFrozen or unfriendly
- treacherousDisloyal and dangerous
- fogLow-lying cloud cover
visibility · terrain · weather · road · wet · steep · unstable · narrow · winding · construction
gamble
Stake on uncertain outcome
- speculativeBased on conjecture
- uncertainNot firmly known
- diceyUncertain and hazardous
chancy · iffy · unpredictable · high-stakes · volatile · unstable · touch-and-go · venture · liability · exposure
menacing
Conveying threat or danger
- ominousSuggesting something bad approaches
- forebodingFearful anticipation of harm
- sinisterThreateningly suggestive of harm
hostile · alarming · frightening · intimidating · looming · impending · imminent · warning · danger · caution
workplace
Employment location
- industrialOf factories and production
- machineryCollective mechanical equipment
- equipmentTools for a task
mining · construction · logging · fishing · electrical · heights · OSHA · safety · protective · gear
- postalmail, mail delivery, stamp, stamps, mail service
- Danger Levelsdanger, high risk, high-risk, low risk, critical
- path conditionsmuddy, rocky, icy, slippery, wet
- safety labelssafe, unsafe, dangerous, toxic, flammable
- Trail Conditionswet, dry, muddy, icy, slippery
- obstacle wordsimpassable, blocking, steep, slippery, treacherous
hazardousbeneficial
Producing good results
advantageous · good · wholesome · healthy · salubrious
- hazardous wasteDangerous discards threatening health
- hazardous terrainLand posing physical danger
- hazardous materialsDangerous substances requiring precautions
- hazardous conditionsDangerous state of affairs
- hazardous dutyWork involving significant risk
- hazardous chemicalsSubstances posing health risks
hazardously, hazardousness, hazardous waste, biohazardous, hazardous material