Synonyms for gambling
gam·bling

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:1.0 / 1 vote

1. gambling, gaming, playnoun

   the act of playing for stakes in the hope of winning (including the payment of a price for a chance to win a prize)

   "his gambling cost him a fortune"; "there was heavy play at the blackjack table"

   Synonyms:
   manoeuvre, looseness, fun, period of play, shimmer, play, bid, maneuver, caper, romp, gaming, sport, frolic, playing period, free rein, child's play, swordplay, gambol, dramatic play, turn, drama

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1. • Diversion
   • Vice

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1. binion

   Submitted by rinat on August 7, 2019  

2. sattamatkanoun

   it a old famous word for gambling

   Submitted by dprocks213 on August 15, 2022  

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. gamblingnoun

   Synonyms:
   gaming, playing for money

PPDB, the paraphrase databaseRate these paraphrases:0.0 / 0 votes

1. List of paraphrases for "gambling":

   gaming, betting, gamble, game, gambling-related, bookmaking, casino, stake, games, hazard, play

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How to use gambling in a sentence?

1. William Cobbett:

   Another great evil arising from this desire to be thought rich; or rather, from the desire not to be thought poor, is the destructive thing which has been honored by the name of speculation; but which ought to be called Gambling.

2. Charlie Ebersol:

   Ultimately I think gambling is going to become a staple of professional sports, we have built a data capture and manifestation platform that's capable of standardizing the delivery of that data to gambling houses and fantasy leagues.

3. Clarence Birdseye:

   Go around asking a lot of damfool questions and taking chances. Only through curiosity can we discover opportunities, and only by gambling can we take advantage of them.

4. George Bernard Shaw:

   Gambling promises the poor what property performs for the rich--something for nothing.

5. Shai Heffetz:

   We are aware that the two markets are converging, but we are keeping our financial trading and gambling parts quite separate.