Gamble Synonyms and Antonyms

gămbəl
To make a bet
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. bet
  2. game
  3. lay
  4. play
  5. wager
To play for money
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. bet
  2. stake
  3. wager
  4. game
  5. play
  6. speculate
  7. risk
  8. venture
  9. plunge
  10. play at dice
  11. lay
  12. shoot craps
  13. cut the cards
  14. play at hazard
  15. post
  16. cast lots
  17. brave
  18. put
  19. back
  20. chance
  21. lay money on
  22. try-one-s-luck
  23. dice
  24. take-a-flier
  25. go-for-broke
  26. flip a coin
  27. hazard
  28. leap into the dark
  29. shoot-the-moon
  30. hedge
  31. buy a pig in a poke
  32. jeopardize
  33. buck the tiger
  34. double the blind
  35. get in on the action
  36. go
  37. uncertainty
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A venture depending on chance
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. bet
  2. risk
  3. chance
  4. speculation
  5. wager
  6. crapshoot
Antonyms:
  1. safeguard
  2. guard
  3. protection
  4. insurance
  5. plan
  6. design
A possibility of danger or harm
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. chance
  2. hazard
  3. risk
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Gamble Sentence Examples

  • He'd taken a gamble by entrusting it to her.

  • I quit my jobs and took a massive gamble.

  • Without reinsurance, an insurance company is taking quite a gamble and may not always come out ahead.

  • This will save money, but it's important to understand that if your coverage is too low, you are taking a significant gamble with the health of your family's finances.

  • War for fighting's sake, although in the popular mind there may be, during most wars, only the excitement and the emotion of a great gamble, has no conscious place among the motives of those who determine the destinies of peoples.

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