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Showing words for PRECARIOUS using the English dictionary

10 Letter Words for Precarious

precarious

9 Letter Words for Precarious

acrospire, auriscope, croupiers, parecious

8 Letter Words for Precarious

aruspice, carouser, couriers, croupers, croupier, perisarc, precious, procerus, procures, sprucier, supercar, superior, upraiser

7 Letter Words for Precarious

acerous, apercus, arouser, arrouse, aspirer, auspice, cariose, carious, carouse, carpers, carries, caserio, ceriops, cirrose, cirrous, coarser, copiers, copsier, coraise, coriaus, corresp, corries, corsair, coupers, courier, courser, crapier, crisper, crosier, crouper, croupes, cruiser, cruores, cuprose, curares, curiosa, curries, cursaro, epacris, euripos, icespar, ipocras, oracies, orrices, ouraris, parries, parures, persico, picaros, piceous, poisure, pouries, pourris, praiser, preciso, pricers, procure, prosaic, prosier, purreic, pursier, rapiers, raspier, recoups, recours, repairs, repours, roupier, saucier, scarier, scarper, scauper, scaurie, scoriae, scorper, scourer, scourie, scraper, scrapie, siruper, soapier, soupier, spacier, sprucer, spuriae, sucrier, uparise, upraise, uprears, upriser, uproars, uricase

6 Letter Words for Precarious

acorus, acoupe, acrose, airers, apercu, aperiu, apiose, apoise, arcose, ariose, ariser, arouse, arrope, aspire, auceps, aurore, capers, capris, capros, carers, caries, carper, carpos, carpus, carrus, casper, causer, cepous, cerias, cerous, cerris, cirrus, coarse, copeia, copers, copier, copies, copras, corers, cories, corpse, corpus, corrie, corrup, corser, corsie, couper, coupes, courap, coures, courie, course, crapes, crares, crepis, criers, cripes, croape, croise, crores, croupe, croups, crouse, cruise, cruors, crusie, cuerpo, curare, curers, curiae, curias, curies, curios, currie, curser, cursor, ericas, escarp, europa, icarus, oarier, opacus, operas, orrice, ourari, ourier, pacers, pacier, pairer, paires, pareos, parers, pareus, paries, parous, parsec, parser, parure, pauser, perais, percur, persia, persic, persio, picaro, picras, poiser, porers, porier, poseur, posier, poucer, pourie, pouser, pracis, praise, precis, pricer, prices, priers, priors, priser, prores, prorsa, prosar, proser, psoric, puirer, purace, purser, racers, racier, raiser, rapers, rapier, rasoir, rasour, rasper, rasure, recaps, recoup, recour, recrop, recurs, repair, repour, repros, resoap, ricers, ripers, risper, roarie, ropers, ropier, rosace, roseau, rosier, rouper, roupie, rouser, rupias, sacope, sairer, saucer, scarer, scarpe, scarre, scopae, scorer, scoria, scrape, screar, secpar, serrai, seuora, sierra, sircar, sirpea, soaper, soapie, soarer, soirae, sorcer, souari, soucar, souper, source, sourer, spacer, sparer, sparre, spicae, spicer, spirae, spirea, sprier, spruce, spruer, spuria, supari, superi, uprear, uprise, uproar, uprose, upsoar, urares, uraris

5 Letter Words for Precarious

acers, acier, acies, acoup, acres, acris, aeric, aesir, airer, apers, aperu, apios, apres, arces, arcus, aries, arise, arius, arose, arrie, arris, asper, aspic, aurei, aures, auric, aurir, auris, cairo, caper, capes, capos, capri, carer, cares, carpe, carpi, carps, carri, carrs, carse, carus, caser, caupo, caups, cause, ceras, ceria, ceros, cesar, ciaos, cipro, cires, coirs, copei, coper, copes, copia, copis, copra, copse, copus, corer, cores, coria, corps, corse, cosie, coupa, coupe, coups, coure, cours, craie, crape, craps, crare, crier, cries, cripe, crips, crise, crisp, crius, crois, crops, crore, crosa, crose, croup, crues, cruor, crura, cruse, curas, curer, cures, curia, curie, curio, currs, curse, cursi, cusie, ecrus, epics, epris, erica, erics, eruca, escar, euois, euros, icers, ireos, irous, oaric, ocrea, opera, orcas, orcus, orris, oscar, osier, ourie, ousia, pacer, paces, pacos, paire, pairs, paise, pareo, parer, pares, pareu, paris, parrs, parse, parsi, parus, paseo, pause, pears, pecos, perai, perau, perca, peris, picas, picea, picra, picus, piers, pious, pisco, pocus, poire, poise, porer, pores, poria, porus, posca, poser, pouce, pours, praos, prase, praus, presa, price, prier, pries, prior, prius, proas, prore, prose, psoae, psoai, psora, pucer, puces, puers, purae, purer, puris, purre, purrs, purse, racer, races, raise, raper, rapes, rapic, rares, raser, raupo, reais, reaps, rears, recap, recip, recur, repas, repic, repos, repro, resup, ricer, rices, riper, ripes, riser, roars, roper, ropes, rores, roric, rorie, roser, roues, roups, rouse, ruers, rupia, rupie, rurps, sacre, sacro, saice, sapir, sapor, sarip, sarpo, sauce, scape, scapi, scare, scarp, scaup, scaur, scopa, scope, score, scoup, scour, scrae, scrap, scrip, seora, sepia, sepic, serac, serai, serau, seric, serio, serra, sicer, sieur, siper, siroc, sirop, sirra, soapi, soare, sopra, sorer, sorra, souce, space, spaer, spair, spare, spear, speir, spica, spice, spier, spira, spire, spiro, spore, sprue, sucre, super, supra, surer, surra, uraei, uraos, urare, urari, urase, ureas, ureic, ursae

4 Letter Words for Precarious

acer, aces, acop, acor, acre, acus, aero, aire, airs, aper, apes, apio, apis, apse, apsu, apus, arco, arcs, ares, aris, arri, arui, asci, asio, asop, asor, cair, cape, capi, capo, caps, care, carp, carr, cars, case, caup, caus, ceas, cepa, ceps, cera, cero, ciao, cipo, cira, cire, coes, coir, copa, cope, copr, cops, cora, core, corp, corr, cors, cose, coua, coue, coup, cour, cpus, crap, cres, crip, cris, crop, crpe, crue, crup, crus, cues, cuir, cups, cura, cure, curr, curs, cusp, ears, eaus, ecru, ecus, eira, epic, epos, eras, eria, eric, eris, eros, errs, eruc, esau, esca, esop, euoi, euro, iare, icao, icer, ices, iocs, ipse, ipso, ires, irpe, iure, oars, ocas, oeci, opai, opec, opes, opus, orae, oras, orca, orcs, ores, orra, osar, oups, ours, pace, paco, pacs, pacu, pair, pais, parc, pare, pari, parr, pars, pase, pasi, paso, peai, pear, peas, pecs, peri, pers, peru, pesa, peso, pias, pica, pice, pico, pics, pier, pies, pirr, pirs, pisa, pise, piso, piua, pius, poas, pois, porc, pore, porr, pose, pour, prao, prau, prec, pres, prie, prio, proa, proc, pros, psec, psia, puca, puce, puer, puir, pure, puri, purr, purs, race, rais, rape, raps, rare, rasp, reap, rear, recs, repo, repr, reps, resp, rias, rice, rier, ries, ripa, ripe, rips, risc, rise, risp, roar, rocs, roer, roes, rope, rosa, rose, roua, roue, roup, rous, rucs, ruer, rues, rupa, rurp, rusa, ruse, saco, saic, saip, sair, sapo, sare, sari, saur, scap, scar, scop, scup, scur, sear, seco, seir, seor, sero, serr, sice, sier, sipe, sire, soap, soar, soca, soce, soir, sope, sora, sore, sori, soup, sour, spae, spar, spec, spic, spie, spor, spue, spur, srac, suci, suer, supa, supe, supr, sura, sure, upas, urao, urea, ures, uria, uric, urps, ursa, usar, user

3 Letter Words for Precarious

ace, aer, aes, air, ais, aor, apc, ape, apr, arc, are, arr, ars, aru, ase, asp, cai, cap, car, ceo, cep, cer, cia, cie, cir, cis, cop, cor, cos, cpa, cpi, cpo, cpr, cps, cpu, cro, crs, cru, csi, csp, cue, cup, cur, ear, eas, eau, eco, ecu, eir, eos, epa, epi, era, err, ers, esc, esp, esr, esu, iao, ice, ios, iou, ipo, ipr, ips, ira, ire, irs, ise, iso, oar, oas, oca, oer, oes, oie, ois, opa, ope, ops, ora, orc, ore, ors, ose, osi, oui, oup, our, ous, pac, par, pas, pau, pci, pea, pec, per, pes, pia, pic, pie, pir, pis, piu, poa, poi, por, pos, prc, pre, pro, prs, psi, pua, pur, pus, rai, rap, ras, rea, rec, rei, rep, res, ria, rie, rio, rip, roc, roe, roi, ros, rps, ruc, rue, sac, sai, sao, sap, sar, sau, sci, scr, sea, sec, sei, sep, ser, sic, sie, sip, sir, soc, sop, sou, spa, sri, sue, sui, sup, sur, uca, upo, ups, ura, ure, urp, urs, usa, use

Definitions for Precarious

[1] dependent on circumstances beyond one's control; uncertain; unstable; insecure: a precarious livelihood.
[2] dependent on the will or pleasure of another; liable to be withdrawn or lost at the will of another: He held a precarious tenure under an arbitrary administration.
[3] exposed to or involving danger; dangerous; perilous; risky: the precarious life of an underseas diver.
[4] having insufficient, little, or no foundation: a precarious assumption.
[5] liable to failure or catastrophe; insecure; perilous
[6] archaic dependent on another's will

Words related to Precarious

hazardous, dangerous, uncertain, unhealthy, touchy, unsettled, insecure, shaky, risky, unreliable, rocky, unstable, delicate, ticklish, slippery, unsteady, problematic, perilous, dicey, ambiguous

Words nearby Precarious

precancel, precancer, precancerous, precapillary, precariat, precarious, precarity, precartilage, precast, precatory, precaution

Origin of Precarious

First recorded in 1640–50, precarious is from the Latin word precārius “obtained by entreaty or mere favor” (hence uncertain). See prayer1

Other words from Precarious

pre·car·i·ous·ly , adverb
pre·car·i·ous·ness , noun
su·per·pre·car·i·ous , adjective
su·per·pre·car·i·ous·ly , adverb
su·per·pre·car·i·ous·ness , noun
un·pre·car·i·ous , adjective
un·pre·car·i·ous·ly , adverb
un·pre·car·i·ous·ness , noun

Word origin for Precarious

C17: from Latin precārius obtained by begging (hence, dependent on another's will), from prex prayer 1

Synonyms for Precarious

dangerous, delicate, dicey, hazardous, insecure, perilous, problematic, risky, rocky, shaky, slippery, ticklish, touchy, uncertain, unhealthy, unreliable, unsettled, unstable, unsteady, ambiguous, borderline, chancy, contingent, dubious, dynamite, equivocal, hairy, hanging by a thread, iffy, impugnable, indecisive, loaded, on thin ice, open, out on a limb, rugged, sensitive, touch and go, unsafe, unsure