Synonyms for stake
steɪkstake

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1. interest, stakenoun

   (law) a right or legal share of something; a financial involvement with something

   "they have interests all over the world"; "a stake in the company's future"

   Synonyms:
   sake, interest group, wager, interestingness, post, interest, stakes, pastime, pursuit, involvement, bet

2. post, stakenoun

   a pole or stake set up to mark something (as the start or end of a race track)

   "a pair of posts marked the goal"; "the corner of the lot was indicated by a stake"

   Synonyms:
   wager, post, stakes, place, station, mail service, bet, mail, postal service, office, military post, position, interest, situation, spot, berth, billet

3. stakenoun

   instrument of execution consisting of a vertical post that a victim is tied to for burning

   Synonyms:
   wager, interest, bet, stakes, post

4. stake, stakes, bet, wagernoun

   the money risked on a gamble

   Synonyms:
   wager, interest, bet, stakes, post

5. stakeverb

   a strong wooden or metal post with a point at one end so it can be driven into the ground

   Synonyms:
   wager, interest, bet, stakes, post

6. venture, hazard, adventure, stake, jeopardizeverb

   put at risk

   "I will stake my good reputation for this"

   Synonyms:
   pretend, impale, guess, run a risk, chance, gamble, back, take chances, gage, endanger, threaten, peril, menace, imperil, embark, venture, hazard, jeopardise, jeopardize, adventure, punt, take a chance, post, risk, bet on, game

7. bet on, back, gage, stake, game, puntverb

   place a bet on

   "Which horse are you backing?"; "I'm betting on the new horse"

   Synonyms:
   second, bet on, gage, back, adventure, plump for, impale, support, pole, plunk for, game, post, hazard, venture, indorse, jeopardize, punt, endorse, back up

8. stake, postverb

   mark with a stake

   "stake out the path"

   Synonyms:
   bet on, put up, gage, post, adventure, back, impale, place, mail, station, brand, game, hazard, venture, jeopardize, carry, punt, send

9. stakeverb

   tie or fasten to a stake

   "stake your goat"

   Synonyms:
   back, gage, impale, adventure, post, hazard, jeopardize, venture, game, punt, bet on

10. impale, stakeverb

    kill by piercing with a spear or sharp pole

    "the enemies were impaled and left to die"

    Synonyms:
    back, empale, impale, adventure, punt, bet on, post, hazard, transfix, jeopardize, venture, game, gage, spike

Matched Categories

1. • Fasten
   • Instrument Of Execution
   • Kill
   • Law
   • Mark
   • Risk
   • Share

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:1.0 / 1 vote

1. stakenoun

   Synonyms:
   stick (pointed for driving into the ground), picket, pale

2. stakenoun

   Synonyms:
   wager, bet, pledge

3. stakenoun

   Synonyms:
   risk, hazard, venture, adventure

4. stakeverb

   Synonyms:
   risk, venture, hazard, peril, imperil, jeopardize, wager, pledge, put at stake, put at hazard

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated WordsRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. stakenoun

   Synonyms:
   picket, pale, post, pledge, wager, bet, venture, risk, hazard

2. stakeverb

   Synonyms:
   venture, risk, hazard, wager, bet, pledge

PPDB, the paraphrase databaseRate these paraphrases:1.0 / 1 vote

1. List of paraphrases for "stake":

   game, set, play, pyre, interest, gambling, jeu, danger, risk, jeopardy, pile, gaming, cause, playing, bonfire

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1. Bola Tinubu:

   The fuel shortage is severely biting for the average person. They are forced to remain in lines far too long, for too much time, to pay too much money for too little fuel, this is no joking matter. Livelihoods and people's welfare are at stake. With so much on the line, Kachikwu's flippancy was out-of-line.

2. Homeland Security Secretary John Kelly:

   Unvetted travel isn’t a privilege especially when national security is at stake.

3. Le Maire:

   It's our role as a state to protect consumers... It's what at stake in the 21st century.

4. Nelson Jobim:

   This is very bad news, jobim was proposed by the UNASUR foreign ministers. Now (the Venezuelan government) cannot say its sovereignty was at stake, or that the United States was imposing its agenda.

5. Pierre Gramegna:

   The decision of the Fed will be influenced by many factors inside and outside the U.S. ... This G20 comes at a very good time because it gives the Fed an opportunity to gauge all the elements at stake, one has to be realistic that at one point in time the curve of interest rates will have to change.