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, 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. Greg Pellegrino:

   It's a gamble. A big, big gamble.

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. Carolyn Tastad:

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

4. Publilius Syrus:

   Hares can gamble over the body of a dead lion.

5. 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.