Antonyms for precarious
prɪˈkɛər i əspre·car·i·ous

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1. precarious

   Uncertain is applied to things that human knowledge can not certainly determine or that human power can not certainly control; precarious originally meant dependent on the will of another, and now, by extension of meaning, dependent on chance or hazard, with manifest unfavorable possibility verging toward probability; as, one holds office by a precarious tenure, or land by a precarious title; the strong man's hold on life is uncertain, the invalid's is precarious.

   Antonyms:
   actual, assured, certain, firm, immutable, incontestable, infallible, real, settled, stable, steady, strong, sure, undeniable, undoubted, unquestionable

   Synonyms:
   doubtful, dubious, equivocal, hazardous, insecure, perilous, risky, unassured, uncertain, unsettled, unstable, unsteady

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1. precarious

   Antonyms:
   assured, certain, systematic, safe, immutable

   Synonyms:
   hazardous, peril, ous, uncertain, riskful, unassured, insecure, dubious, doubtful

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1. precarious, unstableadjective

   affording no ease or reassurance

   "a precarious truce"

   Antonyms:
   safe, secure, easy

   Synonyms:
   mentally ill, perilous, parlous, shaky, unstable, touch-and-go, unsound, fluid

2. parlous, perilous, precarious, touch-and-goadjective

   fraught with danger

   "dangerous waters"; "a parlous journey on stormy seas"; "a perilous voyage across the Atlantic in a small boat"; "the precarious life of an undersea diver"; "dangerous surgery followed by a touch-and-go recovery"

   Antonyms:
   easy, secure, safe

   Synonyms:
   parlous, perilous, touch-and-go, unstable, shaky

3. precarious, shakyadjective

   not secure; beset with difficulties

   "a shaky marriage"

   Antonyms:
   secure, easy, safe

   Synonyms:
   shivering, wobbly, trembling, perilous, parlous, rickety, shaky, wonky, unstable, touch-and-go

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1. precariousadjective

   Synonyms:
   uncertain, insecure, unassured, doubtful

How to use precarious in a sentence?

1. Marianne Gasser:

   The fighting is putting enormous pressure on civilians, the temperatures are extremely low and, without an adequate supply of food, water and shelter, displaced people are trying to survive in very precarious conditions.

2. Sir Winston Churchill:

   Still, if you will not fight for the right when you can easily win without bloodshed, if you will not fight when your victory will be sure and not so costly, you may come to the moment when you will have to fight with all the odds against you and only a precarious chance for survival. There may be a worse case. You may have to fight when there is no chance of victory, because it is better to perish than to live as slaves.

3. Edmar Santos:

   It has never been so precarious.

4. Pasqualina Perrig-Chiello:

   But also the help of a social worker in case of precarious financial situations can be a help, since - as our results show - sufficient financial resources may help to relieve secondary stressors.

5. Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi:

   This will put Taiwan into an extremely precarious situation and bring an unbearable cost to the U.S. itself.

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