1. (noun) venture
any venturesome undertaking especially one with an uncertain outcome
Synonyms: speculation
2. (noun) speculation, venture
an investment that is very risky but could yield great profits
Synonyms: surmisal, hypothesis, meditation, guess, conjecture, supposition, surmise, speculation, venture
3. (verb) venture
a commercial undertaking that risks a loss but promises a profit
Synonyms: speculation
4. (verb) venture, embark
proceed somewhere despite the risk of possible dangers
Synonyms: stake, embark, adventure, guess, pretend, hazard, enter, jeopardize, venture, ship
5. (verb) guess, venture, pretend, hazard
put forward, of a guess, in spite of possible refutation
Synonyms: pretend, guess, run a risk, imagine, infer, opine, adventure, gauge, dissemble, make believe, gamble, sham, chance, reckon, suppose, embark, venture, estimate, affect, hazard, think, jeopardize, stake, act, take chances, approximate, profess, judge, take a chance, risk, make, feign
6. (verb) venture, hazard, adventure, stake, jeopardize
put at risk
Synonyms: pretend, impale, guess, run a risk, chance, gamble, back, take chances, gage, endanger, threaten, peril, menace, imperil, embark, venture, hazard, jeopardise, jeopardize, stake, adventure, punt, take a chance, post, risk, bet on, game
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