SI. go for broke, SI. shoot the works, hazard all; plunge, Inf. take a flier, (both of finance) speculate, sell short. risky, adj. perilous, dangerous, fraught with danger, chancy, SI. dicey, touch-and-go, jeopardous, Archaic. parlous; venturesome, venturous, adventuresome, adventurous, daring, bold, foolhardy, daredevil; treacherous, deceptive, unreliable, untrustworthy; menacing, threatening, minatory, minacious; dubious, uncertain, unpredictable, unsure, Inf. iffy, questionable, up in the air; scary, SI. hairy, frightening, disquieting, Inf. spooky; precarious, unsound, unsafe, shaky; ticklish, delicate, touchy, thorny, difficult, critical; ominous, inauspicious, unfavorable. risqul, adj. off-color, indelicate, improper, impro-prietous, indecorous; offensive, unseemly, tasteless, in poor taste, indecent; broad, coarse, earthy, Rabelaisian, crude, rough, unrefined; not fit for mixed company, not fit for delicate ears, not fit to print, unprintable, censorable; racy, salty, spicy, suggestive; smutty, SI. raunchy, Inf. blue, obscene, scabrous, Fescennine, salacious, pornographic, X-rated, scatological; gross, ribald, bawdy, lewd, erotic, sexy; shocking, shameless, naughty, wicked, terrible; nasty, nasty-minded, vulgar, dirty, filthy, foul, foulmouthed, disgusting. rite, n. ritual, observance, ceremony, ceremonial, solemnity, solemnization, celebration; public worship, liturgy; exercise, exercises, service, office, performance, duty; custom, practice, habit, form, formality, convention, usage, wont, consuetude; tradition, institution, ordinance, way, prevalence, time-honored practice. ritz, n. 1. ostentation, ostentatious or pretentious display, Inf swank, splash, flourish, flashiness, frills; spectacle, show, parade, pageantry, pomp; pomposity, pompousness, inflation, peacockery, foppery; vaunting, flaunting, affectation; semblance, pretension, pretense; gilding, window dressing, Inf front, veneer.
2. put on the ritz Slang, assume airs, SI. put on the dog, put on airs; pose, posture, peacock; do for effect, make a show of.
-v. 3. Slang, snub, treat with condescension or indifference, turn up one's nose at, not trouble oneself about, Inf. cold-shoulder, Inf. high-hat; disregard, overlook, slight. ritzy, adj. Slang, elegant, high-class, SI. classy, high-toned, SI. tony; posh, luxurious, deluxe, luxury, sumptuous, custom, special; fancy, Inf. swank, Inf. swanky, SI. swell, SI. snazzy, SI. sharp, SI. sharp as a tack; suave, urbane, sophisticated, chichi, chic, stylish, cosmopolitan; dressy, flashy, elaborate, flowery, showy; ostentatious, decorative, pretentious, overdone, embellished. rival, n. 1. competitor, vier, opponent, Rare, cor-rival; emulator, challenger, contender, contestant, bidder, aspirant; candidate, participant, entrant; antagonist, adversary, foe, enemy, assailant; opposition, op-poser, oppositionist, competition, other side; disputant, controversialist; fighter, battler, jouster, com-peter, U.S. Inf go-getter.
-adj. 2. competitive, vying, emulative, competing, Rare, corrival; striving, emulous, ambitious, aggressive, dog-eat-dog, cutthroat; opposing, contentious, antagonistic, conflicting; combative, ready to fight, competitory.
-v. 3. compete, vie, contend, strive, struggle, fight, grapple, jockey for position; combat, fight, battle, spar, joust, tilt, fence; meet, lock horns, clash, collide, encounter, engage; throw or toss one's hat in the ring; contest, oppose, challenge, play against, pit oneself against, try to beat [s.o.] or [s.t.], defend one's title.