English noun: precariousness | |||
| 1. | precariousness (attribute) extreme dangerousness | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | dangerousness | ||
| 2. | precariousness (attribute) being unsettled or in doubt or dependent on chance | ||
| Samples | The uncertainty of the outcome. The precariousness of his income. | ||
| Synonyms | uncertainness, uncertainty | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | quality | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | doubt, doubtfulness, dubiousness, fortuitousness, improbability, improbableness, indefiniteness, indefinity, indeterminacy, indeterminateness, indetermination, question, speculativeness, unpredictability | ||
| Antonyms | sure thing, certainty, foregone conclusion | ||