danger
Exposure to likely harm; risk of death or serious injury.
Noun 3 meanings
Exposure to likely harm; risk of death or serious injury.
“There's plenty of danger in the desert.”
An instance or cause of likely serious harm.
The stop indication of a signal (usually in the phrase "at danger").
“The north signal was at danger because of the rockslide.”
Etymology
From Middle English daunger (“power, dominion, peril”), from Anglo-Norman dangier, from Old French dangier, alteration of Old French dongier (due to association with Latin damnum (“damage”)) from Vulgar Latin *dominiārium (“authority, power”) from Latin dominus (“lord, master”). Displaced native Old English frēcennes.
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DANGER at a glance
DANGER has 6 letters and scores 8 points in Scrabble (D 2 + A 1 + N 1 + G 2 + E 1 + R 1) and 10 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #2,470 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
Rhymes with danger
All rhymesOne letter away
- DANCER9
- RANGER7
- DAGGER9
- HANGER10
- BANGER9
- MANGER9
- LANGER7
- SANGER7
- DINGER8
- DANDER8
- GANGER8
- DANKER11
- DANGED9
- DUNGER8
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