Stakes Synonyms and Antonyms

Money or property used to produce more wealth
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. financings
  2. capitalizations
  3. capitals
  4. backings
(law) a right or legal share of something; a financial involvement with something
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. interests
  2. titles
  3. palings
  4. portions
  5. posts
  6. claims
  7. rods
Antonyms:
  1. wholes
The money risked on a gamble
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. wagers
  2. stake
  3. bet
  4. wager
  5. pots
  6. bets
Mark with a stake
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. bankrolls
  2. posts
  3. subsidizes
  4. funds
  5. capitalizes
  6. backs
Kill by piercing with a spear or sharp pole
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. impales

Words Related to Stakes

Related words are words that are directly connected to each other through their meaning, even if they are not synonyms or antonyms. This connection may be general or specific, or the words may appear frequently together.

Stakes Sentence Examples

  • The stakes must be high - or maybe he simply enjoyed the game.

  • Young standard trees should be tied to stakes so as to prevent their roots being ruptured by the windwaving of the stems and to keep them erect.

  • If tied to stakes and topped when 4 or 5 ft.

  • The archers fixed the pointed stakes, which they carried to ward off cavalry charges, and opened the engagement with flights of arrows.

  • The disastrous British expedition of 1807 followed; and while at Constantinople the prestige of the sultan was being undermined by the series of revolutions which in 1808 brought Mahmud to the throne, that of Mehemet Ali was enhanced by the exhibition at Cairo of British prisoners and an avenue of stakes decorated with the heads of British slain.

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