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