Antonyms for playing with fire
| Grammar : Adj, verb |
- abstain
- afraid
- aim
- assured
- attentive
- avoid
- be careful
- be certain
- calm
- careful
- cautious
- certain
- definite
- design
- discreet
- dodge
- easy
- fearful
- firm
- guard
- harmless
- healthy
- hide
- honest
- insensitive
- kind
- meek
- mindful
- neglect
- nice
- OK
- plan
- protect
- protected
- prudent
- reserved
- responsible
- retreat
- run away
- safe
- save
- scheme
- secure
- sensible
- shy
- stable
- steady
- strong
- sure
- thoughtful
- timid
- understand
- wary
- well
- wise
Definition of playing with fire
- As in imprudent : adj without much thought
- As in incautious : adj not careful
- As in perilous : adj dangerous
- As in reckless : adj irresponsible in thought, deed
- As in risky : adj dangerous
- As in risk : verb take a chance
- As in chance : verb risk, endanger
Synonyms for playing with fire
- adventure
- adventuresome
- adventurous
- any old way
- any which way
- attempt
- audacious
- be caught short
- beard
- bold
- brash
- brave
- breakneck
- carefree
- careless
- cast lots
- caught napping
- chance
- chancy
- compromise
- confront
- dare
- daredevil
- daring
- defy
- defy danger
- delicate
- desperate
- devil-may-care
- dicey
- draw lots
- dynamite
- encounter
- endanger
- endangered
- expose to danger
- exposed
- face
- fast and loose
- fast-and-loose
- feckless
- foolhardy
- foolish
- foot-in-mouth
- fraught with danger
- gamble
- go out of one's depth
- go out on a limb
- going for broke
- hairy
- hang by a thread
- hanging by a thread
- harebrained
- hasty
- have a fling at
- hazard
- hazardous
- headlong
- heedless
- helter-skelter
- hopeless
- hotheaded
- iffy
- ill-advised
- ill-considered
- ill-judged
- imperil
- impetuous
- impolitic
- improvident
- imprudent
- impulsive
- inattentive
- incautious
- inconsiderate
- indiscreet
- inexpedient
- injudicious
- insecure
- irresponsible
- jeopardize
- jeopardous
- jeopardy
- kooky
- leap before looking
- leave to luck
- leaving self wide open
- loaded
- long shot
- madcap
- meet
- menace
- mindless
- neglectful
- negligent
- not a prayer
- off guard
- off the deep end
- on slippery ground
- on the spot
- on thin ice
- out on a limb
- overhasty
- overventuresome
- pay no mind
- peril
- perilous
- play with fire
- playing with fire
- plunge
- precarious
- precipitate
- put eggs in one basket
- put in jeopardy
- put it on the line
- rash
- reckless
- regardless
- risky
- rocky
- roll the dice
- rugged
- run the chance
- run the risk
- Russian roulette
- sensitive
- shaky
- skate on thin ice
- speculate
- speculative
- stake
- stick one's neck out
- sticking one's neck out
- tackle
- take a flyer
- take a header
- take a plunge
- take on
- take shot in the dark
- take the liberty
- temerarious
- tempt fate
- tempt fortune
- thoughtless
- threatening
- ticklish
- toss up
- touch and go
- touch-and-go
- touchy
- treacherous
- tricky
- try
- unadvisable
- unalert
- uncareful
- uncertain
- unguarded
- unhealthy
- unmindful
- unsafe
- unsound
- unstable
- unsteady
- unsure
- unthinking
- unvigilant
- unwatchful
- unwise
- venture
- venturesome
- venturous
- vulnerable
- wager
- wary
- wicked
- wide open
- wide-open
- wild
- wildcat
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