Synonyms for Gamble
ˈgæm bəlgam·ble

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1. gamblenoun

   money that is risked for possible monetary gain

2. gambleverb

   a risky act or venture

3. gamble, chance, risk, hazard, take chances, adventure, run a risk, take a chanceverb

   take a risk in the hope of a favorable outcome

   "When you buy these stocks you are gambling"

   Synonyms:
   pretend, encounter, happen, guess, run a risk, chance, gamble, bump, adventure, venture, hazard, jeopardize, stake, take chances, find, take a chance, put on the line, lay on the line, risk

4. gambleverb

   play games for money

   Synonyms:
   take a chance, run a risk, take chances, hazard, chance, adventure, risk

Matched Categories

1. • Play
   • Speculation

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1. gambleverb

   Synonyms:
   game, play for money, practise gaming

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1. List of paraphrases for "gamble":

   gambling, bet, wager, play, g, irap

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How to use Gamble in a sentence?

1. Carolyn Tastad:

   Procter Gamble's not enough to make an ad, procter Gamble's got to be the total picture.

2. Walter Abrams:

   See, most gamblers, when they go to gamble, they go to win. When we go to gamble, we go to lose. Subconsciously. Me, I never feel better than when they’re raking the chips away; not bringing them in.

3. Van Niekerk:

   For the Olympics I am purely focused on the 400. I believe that I stand quite a good chance there now, so I don’t think I’m going to gamble too much at Rio.

4. Joe Stanton:

   That's a gamble I wasn't willing to take.

5. Hua Jingfeng:

   Some foreign countries see our nation as an enormous market, and we have investigated a series of cases, a fair number of neighbouring countries have casinos, and they have set up offices in China to attract and drum up interest from Chinese citizens to go abroad and gamble. This will also be an area that we will crack down on.