RISKINESS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does riskiness mean? 

• RISKINESS (noun)
  The noun RISKINESS has 1 sense:

1. a state of danger involving risk

  Familiarity information: RISKINESS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• RISKINESS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A state of danger involving risk

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

peril; riskiness

Hypernyms ("riskiness" is a kind of...):

danger (the condition of being susceptible to harm or injury)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "riskiness"):

speculativeness (financial risk)

Derivation:

risky (involving risk or danger)

risky (not financially safe or secure)