in danger
Facing possible harm
In danger describes being at risk of harm, loss, or an undesirable outcome.
The phrase typically precedes of: The species is in danger of extinction, You're in danger of losing everything.
Without a following phrase, it implies physical threat: Get out—you're in danger!
The construction emphasizes current vulnerability rather than past or hypothetical risk.
- jeopardyRisk of harm
- catastropheDevastating, large-scale misfortune
- hazardSource of potential harm
- crisisDecisive dangerous moment
- on the brinkAt the threshold
wildfire · disaster · accident · threatened · at risk · in the crosshairs · on thin ice · hanging by a thread · peril · vulnerability · insecurity · harm · injury · life or death · extinction · trauma · panic · flood
- Danger Levelshigh risk, high-risk, low risk, critical, imminent
- phrasesnoun phrases, noun phrase, verb phrase, prepositional phrase, prepositional phrases
- vulnerabilityvulnerability, vulnerable, defenselessness, defenseless, helplessness
- Precariousnessprecarious, unstable, teetering, tottering, wobbly
in dangersafe
Free from peril
out of danger · secure · protected · out of harm's way · safe and sound
in dangerassured
Certain or self-possessed
guaranteed · in good hands · home free · on solid ground · stable
in dangerout of the woods
Beyond immediate danger
in the clear · home free · risk-free · unharmed · unscathed
danger, dangerous, endanger, dangers, endangered, dangerously, endangers, endangering, dangerousness