Perilous and Pivotal

Perilous

Perilous adjective - Involving potential loss or injury.

Pivotal and perilous are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Pivotal" instead an adjective "Perilous".

Nearby Words: peril, perilously, periled

Pivotal

Pivotal adjective - Of the greatest possible importance.
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Perilous and pivotal are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Perilous" instead an adjective "Pivotal".

Nearby Words: pivot, pivoted
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