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Antonyms for hanging by a thread
| Grammar : Adj, verb |
- assured
- avoid
- be careful
- be certain
- certain
- clear
- constant
- decided
- definite
- design
- determined
- dodge
- firm
- foreseeable
- guard
- guarded
- happy
- harmless
- healthy
- hide
- honest
- insensitive
- neglect
- plan
- predictable
- protect
- protected
- reliable
- resolved
- retreat
- run away
- safe
- save
- secure
- settled
- stable
- steady
- strong
- sure
- true
- trustworthy
- unchanging
- undoubted
- unvarying
- well
Definition of hanging by a thread
- As in precarious : adj tricky, doubtful
- As in risky : adj dangerous
- As in uncertain : adj doubtful, changeable
- As in unpredictable : adj changeable
- As in unsafe : adj dangerous
- As in risk : verb take a chance
Synonyms for hanging by a thread
- adventure
- alarming
- ambiguous
- ambivalent
- be caught short
- beard
- borderline
- brave
- capricious
- chance
- chancy
- compromise
- confront
- conjectural
- contingent
- dangerous
- dare
- defy
- defy danger
- delicate
- dicey
- doubtful
- dubious
- dynamite
- encounter
- endanger
- endangered
- equivocal
- erratic
- explosive
- expose to danger
- face
- fearsome
- fickle
- fitful
- fluctuating
- fluky
- fraught with danger
- from left field
- gamble
- go out of one's depth
- going for broke
- hairy
- hang by a thread
- hanging by a thread
- hazard
- hazardous
- hazy
- hesitant
- iffy
- imperil
- impugnable
- incalculable
- inconstant
- indecisive
- indefinite
- indeterminate
- indistinct
- insecure
- irregular
- irresolute
- jeopardize
- jeopardous
- jeopardy
- leap before looking
- leave to luck
- loaded
- long shot
- meet
- menace
- not a prayer
- off the deep end
- on a limb
- on slippery ground
- on the spot
- on thin ice
- open
- out on a limb
- peril
- perilous
- play with fire
- playing with fire
- plunge
- precarious
- problematic
- put in jeopardy
- questionable
- random
- risky
- rocky
- rugged
- run the chance
- run the risk
- sensitive
- shaky
- skate on thin ice
- slippery
- speculate
- speculative
- tackle
- take a flyer
- take a header
- take a plunge
- take on
- take the liberty
- threatening
- ticklish
- touch and go
- touch-and-go
- touchy
- treacherous
- tricky
- uncertain
- unclear
- unconfirmed
- undecided
- undependable
- undetermined
- unfixed
- unforeseeable
- unhealthy
- unpredictable
- unreliable
- unresolved
- unsafe
- unsettled
- unsound
- unstable
- unsteady
- unsure
- untrustworthy
- up for grabs
- up in the air
- vacillating
- vague
- variable
- venture
- venturesome
- wager
- wavering
- whimsical
- wicked
- wide-open
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