Synonyms for venture
noun
adventure, risk, hazard, peril, stake, chance, speculation, dare, experiment, trial, attempt, essay, test, gamble, undertaking, enterprise, investment, leap in the dark*, plunge*, potluck*, flier*, crack*, fling*.
verb
attempt, essay, experiment, try, try out, assay, grope, feel, speculate, gamble, stake, hazard, bet, wager, play for.
See venture in Webster's New World Roget's A-Z Thesaurus II
noun
An exciting, often hazardous undertaking:
adventure, emprise, enterprise. See safetySomething undertaken, especially something requiring extensive planning and work:
enterprise, project, undertaking. See work
verb
To expose to possible loss or damage:
adventure, compromise, hazard, risk. See safetyTo put up as a stake in a game or speculation:
bet, gamble, lay1 (down), post2, put, risk, stake, wager. (Informal) go. See gamblingTo run the risk of:
adventure, chance, hazard, risk. See safetyTo take a risk in the hope of gaining advantage:
gamble, speculate. Idiom: take a flyer. See gamblingTo have the courage to put forward, as an idea, especially when rebuff or criticism is likely:
dare, hazard, presume, pretend. See try
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