Synonyms for venture
ˈvɛn tʃərven·ture

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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.

   Synonyms:
   accident, casualty, chance, contingency, danger, fortuity, hazard, jeopardy, peril, risk

   Antonyms:
   assurance, certainty, necessity, plan, protection, safeguard, safety, security, surety

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms(3.00 / 1 vote)Rate these synonyms:

1. venturenoun

   Synonyms:
   speculation, risk, chance, hazard, stake, undertaking, luck, experiment, throw

   Antonyms:
   nonspeculation, caution, reservation, calculation, certainty, law, method

Princeton's WordNet(5.00 / 1 vote)Rate these synonyms:

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

Matched Categories

1. • Investment
   • Risk
   • Speculate
   • Undertaking

Dictionary of English Synonymes(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate these synonyms:

1. venturenoun

   Synonyms:
   hazard, risk, danger, jeopardy, peril

2. venturenoun

   Synonyms:
   chance, hap, luck, contingency

3. venturenoun

   Synonyms:
   stake, adventure

4. ventureverb

   Synonyms:
   hazard, risk, jeopardize, jeopard, expose to hazard

5. ventureverb

   Synonyms:
   dare, adventure

6. ventureverb

   Synonyms:
   run the risk, tempt fortune, take one's chance

7. ventureverb

   Synonyms:
   presume, make bold, take the liberty, have the presumption

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate these synonyms:

1. venturenoun

   Synonyms:
   chance, risk, hazard, contingency

2. ventureverb

   Synonyms:
   dare, hazard, risk

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1. List of paraphrases for "venture":

   risk, adventure, company, enterprise, undertaking, risks, business, project, joint-venture, firm

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1. Charles Tiefer:

   The bottom line is that the joint venture between the Russians and Americans is taking us to the cleaners.

2. Matt Lyons:

   This is a unique situation, a very large percentage of venture-backed start-ups utilize some kind of debt, but it's usually much smaller and from a combination of traditional banks or 'venture debt'.

3. Mike Frank:

   We recognize that our sorghum business has great potential to expand and grow both domestically and internationally, we believe by partnering with Remington in the joint venture, we can bring an increased level of focus, investment and resources into this crop space.

4. Doug Ellenoff:

   It’s not intended to replace venture capital. If you can get venture capital, God bless you. That’s wonderful, that means you are in a rarified group of profiled companies that are exciting to the VCs, but for many other thousands of entrepreneurs that have started up, they are only looking to find a few hundred thousand dollars, Title III (the provision of the law referring to equity crowdfunding) is a wonderful opportunity.

5. Katie Porter:

   I'll take that bet any time, i do my own taxes. I'm California Democratic Rep. Katie Porter. I serve with a number of really bright people, folks who have owned small businesses, folks who have been venture capitalists.