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Synonyms for wager
ˈweɪ dʒərwa·ger

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Princeton's WordNet0.0 / 0 votes

  1. bet, wagernoun

    the act of gambling

    "he did it on a bet"

    Synonyms:
    stakes, stake, bet

  2. stake, stakes, bet, wagerverb

    the money risked on a gamble

    Synonyms:
    interest, stake, bet, stakes, post

  3. bet, wager, playverb

    stake on the outcome of an issue

    "I bet $100 on that new horse"; "She played all her money on the dark horse"

    Synonyms:
    count, make for, bring, flirt, play, represent, work, dally, recreate, reckon, look, toy, depend, bet, roleplay, playact, wreak, run, fiddle, spiel, diddle, meet, act, act as, calculate, encounter, trifle, take on

  4. bet, wagerverb

    maintain with or as if with a bet

    "I bet she will be there!"

    Synonyms:
    play, look, count, reckon, depend, bet, calculate

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Dictionary of English Synonymes0.0 / 0 votes

  1. wagernoun

    Synonyms:
    bet, stake, pledge

  2. wagerverb

    Synonyms:
    bet, stake, pledge, lay, wage

  3. wagerverb

    Synonyms:
    bet, lay a wager

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words0.0 / 0 votes

  1. wagerverb

    Synonyms:
    bet, stake, pledge, hazard, speculate

PPDB, the paraphrase database0.0 / 0 votes

  1. List of paraphrases for "wager":

    bet, gamble, equal

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How to use wager in a sentence?

  1. Rick Perry:

    You would not want to wager that your liberties and your freedoms in a country - the United States in this case - should be left solely to the free market.

  2. Melaine Rawn, Dragon Star 1: Stronghold:

    Consult your dragon before you wager his hide.

  3. Blaise Pascal:

    Let us weigh the gain and the loss, in wagering that God is. Consider these alternatives: if you win, you win all, if you lose you lose nothing. Do not hesitate, then, to wager that he is.

  4. Blaise Pascal:

    Let us weigh the gain and the loss in wagering that God is, but let us consider the two possibilities. If you gain, you gain all if you lose you lose nothing. Hesitate not, then, to wager that He is.

  5. Ken Jennings:

    Hell tell you, hell be like, Oh that small wager might come back to haunt you, kid.


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