risk: Prefix, Suffix and Derived words
Prefixes of risk
- brisk«Word Popularity Bar4/5
brisk
- verb become brisk
brisk up; brisken.
- business brisked up
- adjective satellite quick and energetic
zippy; spanking; alert; snappy; lively; merry; rattling.
- a brisk walk in the park
- a lively gait
- a merry chase
- traveling at a rattling rate
- a snappy pace
- a spanking breeze
- verb become brisk
- asterisk3/5
asterisk
- noun a star-shaped character * used in printing
star.
- verb mark with an asterisk
star.
- Linguists star unacceptable sentences
- noun a star-shaped character * used in printing
- frisk2/5
frisk
- noun the act of searching someone for concealed weapons or illegal drugs
frisking.
- he gave the suspect a quick frisk
- verb play boisterously
disport; rollick; cavort; romp; run around; skylark; sport; lark; lark about; frolic; gambol.
- The children frolicked in the garden
- the gamboling lambs in the meadows
- The toddlers romped in the playroom
- noun the act of searching someone for concealed weapons or illegal drugs
- tamarisk2/5
tamarisk
- noun any shrub or small tree of the genus Tamarix having small scalelike or needle-shaped leaves and feathery racemes of small white or pinkish flowers; of mostly coastal areas with saline soil
- noun any shrub or small tree of the genus Tamarix having small scalelike or needle-shaped leaves and feathery racemes of small white or pinkish flowers; of mostly coastal areas with saline soil
Suffixes of risk
- risks«Word Popularity Bar5/5
risk
- noun a source of danger; a possibility of incurring loss or misfortune
endangerment; jeopardy; peril; hazard.
- drinking alcohol is a health hazard
- noun a venture undertaken without regard to possible loss or injury
peril; danger.
- he saw the rewards but not the risks of crime
- there was a danger he would do the wrong thing
- noun a source of danger; a possibility of incurring loss or misfortune
- risky4/5
risky
- adjective satellite involving risk or danger
wild; hazardous.
- skydiving is a hazardous sport
- extremely risky going out in the tide and fog
- a wild financial scheme
- adjective satellite not financially safe or secure
speculative; bad; high-risk.
- a bad investment
- high risk investments
- anything that promises to pay too much can't help being risky
- speculative business enterprises
- adjective satellite involving risk or danger
- risked4/5
risk
- noun a source of danger; a possibility of incurring loss or misfortune
endangerment; jeopardy; peril; hazard.
- drinking alcohol is a health hazard
- noun a venture undertaken without regard to possible loss or injury
peril; danger.
- he saw the rewards but not the risks of crime
- there was a danger he would do the wrong thing
- noun a source of danger; a possibility of incurring loss or misfortune
- risking3/5
risk
- noun a source of danger; a possibility of incurring loss or misfortune
endangerment; jeopardy; peril; hazard.
- drinking alcohol is a health hazard
- noun a venture undertaken without regard to possible loss or injury
peril; danger.
- he saw the rewards but not the risks of crime
- there was a danger he would do the wrong thing
- noun a source of danger; a possibility of incurring loss or misfortune
- riskier2/5
risky
- adjective satellite involving risk or danger
wild; hazardous.
- skydiving is a hazardous sport
- extremely risky going out in the tide and fog
- a wild financial scheme
- adjective satellite not financially safe or secure
speculative; bad; high-risk.
- a bad investment
- high risk investments
- anything that promises to pay too much can't help being risky
- speculative business enterprises
- adjective satellite involving risk or danger
- riskiest2/5
risky
- adjective satellite involving risk or danger
wild; hazardous.
- skydiving is a hazardous sport
- extremely risky going out in the tide and fog
- a wild financial scheme
- adjective satellite not financially safe or secure
speculative; bad; high-risk.
- a bad investment
- high risk investments
- anything that promises to pay too much can't help being risky
- speculative business enterprises
- adjective satellite involving risk or danger
- riskiness2/5
riskiness
- noun a state of danger involving risk
peril.
- noun a state of danger involving risk
- riskless2/5
riskless
- adjective satellite thought to be devoid of risk
risk-free; unhazardous.
- adjective satellite thought to be devoid of risk
- riskily1/5
riskily
- adverb in a dangerously risky manner
- he lost the game by playing too riskily
- adverb in a dangerously risky manner
Derived words of risk
- briskly«Word Popularity Bar4/5
briskly
- adverb in a brisk manner
- she walked briskly in the cold air
- `after lunch,' she said briskly
- adverb in a brisk manner
- asterisks3/5
asterisk
- noun a star-shaped character * used in printing
star.
- verb mark with an asterisk
star.
- Linguists star unacceptable sentences
- noun a star-shaped character * used in printing
- frisked2/5
frisk
- noun the act of searching someone for concealed weapons or illegal drugs
frisking.
- he gave the suspect a quick frisk
- verb play boisterously
disport; rollick; cavort; romp; run around; skylark; sport; lark; lark about; frolic; gambol.
- The children frolicked in the garden
- the gamboling lambs in the meadows
- The toddlers romped in the playroom
- noun the act of searching someone for concealed weapons or illegal drugs
- frisking2/5
frisking
- noun the act of searching someone for concealed weapons or illegal drugs
frisk.
- he gave the suspect a quick frisk
- verb play boisterously
disport; rollick; cavort; romp; run around; skylark; sport; frisk; lark; lark about; frolic; gambol.
- The children frolicked in the garden
- the gamboling lambs in the meadows
- The toddlers romped in the playroom
- noun the act of searching someone for concealed weapons or illegal drugs
- brisker2/5
brisk
- verb become brisk
brisk up; brisken.
- business brisked up
- adjective satellite quick and energetic
zippy; spanking; alert; snappy; lively; merry; rattling.
- a brisk walk in the park
- a lively gait
- a merry chase
- traveling at a rattling rate
- a snappy pace
- a spanking breeze
- verb become brisk
- briskness2/5
briskness
- noun liveliness and eagerness
alacrity; smartness.
- he accepted with alacrity
- the smartness of the pace soon exhausted him
- noun liveliness and eagerness
- frisky2/5
frisky
- adjective satellite playful like a lively kitten
kittenish.
- adjective satellite playful like a lively kitten
- brisket2/5
brisket
- noun a cut of meat from the breast or lower chest especially of beef
- noun a cut of meat from the breast or lower chest especially of beef
- frisks1/5
frisk
- noun the act of searching someone for concealed weapons or illegal drugs
frisking.
- he gave the suspect a quick frisk
- verb play boisterously
disport; rollick; cavort; romp; run around; skylark; sport; lark; lark about; frolic; gambol.
- The children frolicked in the garden
- the gamboling lambs in the meadows
- The toddlers romped in the playroom
- noun the act of searching someone for concealed weapons or illegal drugs
- asterisked1/5
asterisked
- adjective satellite marked with an asterisk
starred.
- the starred items
- verb mark with an asterisk
asterisk; star.
- Linguists star unacceptable sentences
- adjective satellite marked with an asterisk
- triskelion1/5
triskelion
- noun a figure consisting of three stylized human arms or legs (or three bent lines) radiating from a center
triskele.
- noun a figure consisting of three stylized human arms or legs (or three bent lines) radiating from a center
- friskiness1/5
friskiness
- noun lively high-spirited playfulness
frolicsomeness; sportiveness.
- noun lively high-spirited playfulness
- triskele1/5
triskele
- noun a figure consisting of three stylized human arms or legs (or three bent lines) radiating from a center
triskelion.
- noun a figure consisting of three stylized human arms or legs (or three bent lines) radiating from a center
- tamarisks1/5
tamarisk
- noun any shrub or small tree of the genus Tamarix having small scalelike or needle-shaped leaves and feathery racemes of small white or pinkish flowers; of mostly coastal areas with saline soil
- noun any shrub or small tree of the genus Tamarix having small scalelike or needle-shaped leaves and feathery racemes of small white or pinkish flowers; of mostly coastal areas with saline soil
- briskets1/5
brisket
- noun a cut of meat from the breast or lower chest especially of beef
- noun a cut of meat from the breast or lower chest especially of beef
- oriskany1/5
oriskany
(Geol.) Designating, or pertaining to, certain beds, chiefly limestone, characteristic of the latest period of the Silurian age.
- frisket1/5
frisket
(Print.) The light frame which holds the sheet of paper to the tympan in printing.
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About Prefix and Suffix Words
This page lists all the words created by adding prefixes, suffixes to the word `risk`. For each word, youwill notice a blue bar below the word. The longer the blue bar below a word, the more common/popular the word. Very short blue bars indicate rare usage.
While some of the words are direct derivations of the word `risk`, some are not.
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About Prefix and Suffix Words
This page lists all the words created by adding prefixes, suffixes to the word `risk`. For each word, youwill notice a blue bar below the word. The longer the blue bar below a word, the more common/popular the word. Very short blue bars indicate rare usage.
While some of the words are direct derivations of the word `risk`, some are not.
You can click on each word to see it's meaning.