Antonyms for venture
ˈvɛn tʃərven·ture

English Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:3.0 / 3 votes

1. venture

   Hazard is the incurring the possibility of loss or harm for the possibility of benefit; danger may have no compensating alternative. In hazard the possibilities of gain or loss are nearly balanced; in risk the possibility of loss is the chief thought; the foolhardy take great risks in mere wantonness; in chance and venture the hope of good predominates; we speak of a merchant's venture, but of an insurance company's risk; one may be driven by circumstances to run a risk; he freely seeks a venture; we speak of the chance of winning, the hazard or risk of losing. Accidents are incalculable; casualties may be to a certain extent anticipated; death and wounds are casualties of battle, certain to happen to some, but uncertain as to whom or how many. A contingency is simply an indeterminable future event, which may or may not be attended with danger or risk. See ACCIDENT; DANGER.

   Antonyms:
   assurance, certainty, necessity, plan, protection, safeguard, safety, security, surety

   Synonyms:
   accident, casualty, chance, contingency, danger, fortuity, hazard, jeopardy, peril, risk

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:3.0 / 1 vote

1. venturenoun

   Antonyms:
   nonspeculation, caution, reservation, calculation, certainty, law, method

   Synonyms:
   speculation, risk, chance, hazard, stake, undertaking, luck, experiment, throw

Matched Categories

1. • Investment
   • Risk
   • Speculate
   • Undertaking

Princeton's WordNetRate these antonyms:5.0 / 1 vote

1. venturenoun

   any venturesome undertaking especially one with an uncertain outcome

   Synonyms:
   speculation

2. speculation, venturenoun

   an investment that is very risky but could yield great profits

   "he knew the stock was a speculation when he bought it"

   Synonyms:
   surmisal, hypothesis, meditation, guess, conjecture, supposition, surmise, speculation

3. ventureverb

   a commercial undertaking that risks a loss but promises a profit

   Synonyms:
   speculation

4. venture, embarkverb

   proceed somewhere despite the risk of possible dangers

   "We ventured into the world of high-tech and bought a supercomputer"

   Synonyms:
   stake, embark, adventure, guess, pretend, hazard, enter, jeopardize, ship

5. guess, venture, pretend, hazardverb

   put forward, of a guess, in spite of possible refutation

   "I am guessing that the price of real estate will rise again"; "I cannot pretend to say that you are wrong"

   Synonyms:
   pretend, guess, run a risk, imagine, infer, opine, adventure, gauge, dissemble, make believe, gamble, sham, chance, reckon, suppose, embark, estimate, affect, hazard, think, jeopardize, stake, act, take chances, approximate, profess, judge, take a chance, risk, make, feign

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, hazard, jeopardise, jeopardize, stake, adventure, punt, take a chance, post, risk, bet on, game

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

1. venturenoun

   Synonyms:
   chance, risk, hazard, contingency

2. ventureverb

   Synonyms:
   dare, hazard, risk

How to use venture in a sentence?

1. Katie Porter:

   I'll take that bet any time, i do my own taxes. I'm California Democratic Rep. Katie Porter. I serve with a number of really bright people, folks who have owned small businesses, folks who have been venture capitalists.

2. Indiana Conservation Officer Jonathon Boyd:

   We encourage everyone to take a hunter education course before they venture out in the field.

3. Sunny Joura:

   I was extremely disappointed and shocked, my mother and I did not venture out of the house at all for 14 days prior to the pre-flight quarantine. We were double-masking all that time.

4. The British-born , Australian-raised actress:

   It took quite a few months to weed through boxes and storage containers. But it was a fun venture. It just took a lot of time and sorting and it started out really that I was just going to auction off the 'Grease' jacket and pants for my cancer wellness center in Australia. And then it kind of grew out of that.

5. Ole Vidar Hestaas:

   We feel this is an exciting way to raise capital. We have had serious talks with major venture funds but have decided to grow the company somewhat more before we let them in. Right now we would have to give away a too big part of the company, the money will be used for an even more aggressive push into the U.S. market, which is our fastest growing market and where we see the best potential for growth going forward.

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