Category: Synonyms

Dangerous, hazardous, precarious, perilous, risky all mean attended by or involving the possibility of loss, evil, injury, harm; however, they are frequently not freely interchangeable in usage.

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Danger, peril, jeopardy, hazard, risk mean either the state or fact of being threatened with loss of life or property or with serious injury to one’s health or moral integrity or the cause or source of such a threat.

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Daily, diurnal, quotidian, circadian mean of each or every day.

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Cynical, misanthropic, pessimistic, misogynie are comparable when meaning deeply and often contemptuously distrustful.

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Cut, hew, chop, carve, slit, slash mean to penetrate and divide something with a sharp-bladed tool or instrument (as a knife, ax, or sword).

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Curve, arc, bow, arch mean a line or something which follows a line that is neither straight nor angular but rounded.

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Curve, bend, twist are comparable when they mean to swerve or cause to swerve or deviate from a straight line or a normal direction or course.

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Curse, imprecation, malediction, anathema are comparable when they denote a denunciation that conveys a wish or threat of evil.

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Curious, inquisitive, prying, snoopy, nosy are comparable when meaning interested in finding out or in a search for facts that are not one’s personal concern.

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Cure, heal, remedy mean to rectify an unhealthy or undesirable condition especially by some specific treatment (as medication).

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Curative, sanative, restorative, remedial, corrective are comparable when they mean returning or tending to return to a state of normalcy or health.

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Cupidity, greed, rapacity, avarice are comparable when meaning intense desire for wealth or possessions.

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