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. Keo Puth Vireak:

   I still get a few local customers, but Chinese tourists don't come here and the Western ones have fled, i liked them better. They were here to have fun, not just gamble. And they understood that us locals need to make a living.

2. Booth Goodwin:

   The CEO and chairman of one of America's largest coal companies now stands convicted of willful violations of the laws that are designed to keep coal miners safe. to go from boardroom to the prospect of incarceration sends a powerful message to executives who would ignore the safety of their workers. It doesn't matter who you are, how rich you are, how powerful you are, if you violate the laws and gamble with the lives of your workers, you will be held accountable.

3. Oliviero Baccelli:

   A very strict regulation introduced in Europe has solved technology and security issues that hindered the privatisation of these companies... so it is not a gamble to list it.

4. Tom Hancock:

   If you say high quality stocks, people think of names like Procter and Gamble and Pfizer, but we think the new quality stocks are the technology stocks that have very low capital requirements and operate winner-take-all business models.

5. Joel Miller:

   What we have to remember is that not everything is under our control. If people are free in any meaningful sense of the word, that means they are at liberty to foul up their lives as much as make something grand of them. That's a gamble we all take. That's the risk of liberty. Nobody wants others to screw up their lives, but each must be free to do so for themselves.