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. Tom Stoppard:

   Life is a gamble at terrible odds, if it were a bet, you would not take it.

2. Will Rogers:

   Don't gamble take all your savings and buy some good stock and hold it till it goes up, then sell it. If it don't go up, don't buy it.

3. Douglas Offerman:

   Doing something, or not doing something … both decisions in some respects are a gamble on the unknown.

4. Lori Jung:

   I picked up starters, i don’t like to take any kind of gamble.

5. Mauricio Quintella:

   When Brazilians want to gamble, they go to Paraguay, Montevideo, Las Vegas... and they leave all the money there.