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. Anthon St Maarten:

   Like a Columbus of the heart, mind and soul I have hurled myself off the shores of my own fears and limiting beliefs to venture far out into the uncharted territories of my inner truth, in search of what it means to be genuine and at peace with who I really am. I have abandoned the masquerade of living up to the expectations of others and explored the new horizons of what it means to be truly and completely me, in all my amazing imperfection and most splendid insecurity.

2. Boyden Gray:

   We were all set to do it in 1991, and it would have dramatically accelerated economic activity and venture capital formation.

3. Clement Stone:

   Everyone who achieves success in a great venture, solved each problem as they came to it. They helped themselves. And they were helped through powers known and unknown to them at the time they set out on their voyage. They kept going regardless of the obstacles they met.

4. Foreign Minister Rafael Ramirez:

   Don't view these as imports because with Algeria we're going to create a joint venture. It's like a business mixing two types of crude ... and it sells at a very good price.

5. Gerry Manley:

   Clearly in the joint venture Mitsubishi are looking to see how they can increase the links with Olam in Japan and indeed understand more about the various agricultural businesses that we're involved with.

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