peril
Looming potential harm
Peril is serious danger or risk of harm.
The word carries a slightly literary or formal tone: The climbers faced great peril on the mountain, at peril of one's life.
To peril something is to put it at risk, though the verb is rare.
In peril and at your peril are the common phrases—the latter a warning that proceeding means accepting the consequences.
Source of potential harm
- menaceSource of potential harm
- jeopardyRisk of harm
- threatIndication of potential harm
- riskPossibility of harm
pitfall · endangerment · harm · vulnerability · exposure · precariousness · unsafe · deadly
Careful attention to risk
- alarmUrgent warning signal
- alertWarning or watchfulness
- ominousSuggesting something bad approaches
- forebodingFearful anticipation of harm
looming · impending · brewing · portent · sign · indication · heed · yellow
Serious sudden danger
- disasterSudden ruinous event
- catastropheDevastating, large-scale misfortune
- calamitySevere misfortune or disaster
- accidentUnintended harmful event
distress · plight · ordeal · tribulation · hardship · misfortune · ruin · doom
Seeking journey for something
- expeditionOrganized exploratory journey
- journeyTravel from place to place
- voyageJourney by sea
- explorationTraveling through unknown regions
venture · exploit · odyssey · daring · brave · courageous · heroic · intrepid
hazard
Source of potential harm
risk · pitfall · endangerment · harm · vulnerability · exposure · precariousness · unsafe · deadly · lethal
caution
Careful attention to risk
foreboding · looming · impending · brewing · portent · sign · indication · heed · yellow · at your own risk
emergency
Serious sudden danger
- disasterSudden ruinous event
- catastropheDevastating, large-scale misfortune
- calamitySevere misfortune or disaster
accident · distress · plight · ordeal · tribulation · hardship · misfortune · ruin · doom · destruction
quest
Seeking journey for something
- expeditionOrganized exploratory journey
- journeyTravel from place to place
- voyageJourney by sea
exploration · venture · exploit · odyssey · daring · brave · courageous · heroic · intrepid · fearless
- fearfear, dread, afraid, fright, frightened
- action-adventurecombat, exploration, treasure, quest, hero
- dangerhazard, risk, threat, menace, jeopardy
- riskrisk management, risk exposure, risk factors, risk appetite, risk premium
- adventureadventure, quest, quests, exploration, explorers
- danger wordshazard, threat, risk, danger zone, menace
- personal experienceEvents one has lived through
- in perilExposed to harm
- perilous journeyRisky extended travel
- perilous escapeDangerous flight from threat
expert, experience, perilous, imperil, perils, perilously, imperiled, imperiling, imperils