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 AntonymsRate these synonyms:3.0 / 1 vote

1. venturenoun

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

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

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms: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

Matched Categories

1. • Investment
   • Risk
   • Speculate
   • Undertaking

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

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 WordsRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. venturenoun

   Synonyms:
   chance, risk, hazard, contingency

2. ventureverb

   Synonyms:
   dare, hazard, risk

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

1. List of paraphrases for "venture":

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

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How to use venture in a sentence?

1. Rui Ma:

   Chinese venture capital firms have several accepted ways of exiting.

2. Michael Ferguson:

   It is unclear what impact the government's action plan will have on venture capital and innovation.

3. Craig Lawrence:

   There was a sort of hubris among venture capitalists in treating the energy industry like they treated the tech industry.

4. Augustin Eden:

   The FTSE 100 is still in the midst of sideways consolidation, but with a welcome test of last week's 6,280 ceiling and a close venture to 6,300.

5. Israel Klein:

   It’s really a money making venture, they’re raking in the dollars and it’s an extreme abuse of power.