[syn: venture, hazard, adventure, stake, jeopardize]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
jeopardize \jeop"ard*ize\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Jeopardized; p.
pr. & vb. n. Jeopardizing.]
To expose to loss or injury; to risk.
Syn: jeopard.
[1913 Webster]
That he should jeopardize his willful head
Only for spite at me. --H. Taylor.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
jeopardize
v 1: pose a threat to; present a danger to; "The pollution is
endangering the crops" [syn: endanger, jeopardize,
jeopardise, menace, threaten, imperil, peril]
2: put at risk; "I will stake my good reputation for this" [syn:
venture, hazard, adventure, stake, jeopardize]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
19 Moby Thesaurus words for "jeopardize":
compromise, encounter danger, endanger, expose, gamble,
gamble with, hazard, imperil, incur danger, jeopard, jeopardy,
lay open, menace, peril, put in danger, put in jeopardy, risk,
threaten, venture