risk-free

adjective

Free from or devoid of risk; safe.

“While no investment is risk-free, some have less risk involved than others.”

Similar
risklessunhazardoussafe
OriginOld English frēo ← Proto-West Germanic *friu ← Proto-Germanic *frijwaz →
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Meanings

adjectiverisk-free (not comparable)

alternative riskfree

  1. not comparableFree from or devoid of risk; safe.

    While no investment is risk-free, some have less risk involved than others.

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectivethought to be devoid of risk

Similar
risklessunhazardoussafe
Also see
risklesssafeunhazardous

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Vulgar Latin*resecum
  2. Old Italianrisco
  3. Italianrischiare
  4. Middle Frenchrisque
  5. Englishrisque
  6. Englishrisk
  7. Proto-Indo-European*preyH-
  8. Proto-Indo-European*priHós
  9. Proto-Germanic*frijwaz
  10. Proto-West Germanic*friu
  11. Old Englishfrēo
  12. Englishrisk-free

From risk + -free.

Full word history & related roots →

Translations

German risikolos, sicher
  • risikolossafe
  • sichersafe
Māori haumaru
  • haumarusafe
Norwegian farefri
  • farefrisafe
Cite this entry
APA

risk-free. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/risk-free

MLA

“risk-free.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/risk-free. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “risk-free,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/risk-free.

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