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
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

Gamble Sentence Examples

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

  • I quit my jobs and took a massive gamble.

  • In the end, it's really a calculated gamble.

  • Gamble's quail, bob-white, grouse, English pheasants and wild turkeys are the most important game birds, and the mocking-bird is common throughout south-western New Mexico.

  • A great achievement for horror cinema at the time as the film was released unrated, a big gamble that paid off.

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