Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun clear_and_present_danger

1 sense of clear and present danger

Sense 1
clear and present danger -- (a standard for judging when freedom of speech can be abridged; "no one has a right to shout `fire' in a crowded theater when there is no fire because such an action would pose a clear and present danger to public safety")
       => danger -- (the condition of being susceptible to harm or injury; "you are in no danger"; "there was widespread danger of disease")