Risk
Risk noun - Something that may cause injury or harm.
Scheme
Scheme noun - A clever often underhanded means to achieve an end.
Mutual synonyms
How words are described
| good | good risk | good scheme |
| long | long risk | long scheme |
| similar | similar risk | similar scheme |
| actual | actual risk | actual scheme |
| Other adjectives: real, massive, large, big, great, huge, little, main, new, greater, larger, insane, bigger. | ||
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
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Drakken's latest scheme and risk life and limb in the process, so long as she's doing well on the home front.
Source: Open-Minded Parent -
In Weekend at Bernie's, the mob boss Bernie contacted to kill Richard and Larry for stumbling upon his insurance fraud scheme has the hitman kill Bernie instead, becuase Bernie's greed had led him to get sloppy, putting his organization at risk.
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Since they're in outer space, they need the help of a spaceship pilot, and the only one they've got is not one of the heroes; he's helping them for pay, and is unwilling to risk himself on some harebrained rescue scheme.
Source: Nice Job Fixing It, Villain
Cite this Source
Scheme and Risk. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 22, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/risk/scheme
Risk & Scheme. N.p., 2016. Web. 22 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/risk/scheme>.
Scheme or Risk. 2016. Accessed July 22, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/risk/scheme.
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