Thesaurus / gamble
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synonyms for gamble
- speculate
- wager
- bet
- play
- jeopardize
- brave
- risk
- challenge
- stake
- back
- hazard
- face
- lot
- endanger
- game
- set
- venture
- put
- plunge
- defy
- dare
- imperil
- cast lots
- buck the odds
- cut the cards
- flip the coin
- go for broke
- lay money on
- make a bet
- put faith in
- put trust in
- shoot the moon
- shoot the works
- take a flyer
- tempt fortune
- trust to luck
- stick one's neck out
- try one's luck
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- plan
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- rise
- remove
- displace
- save
- discourage
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- insure
- guard
- ensure
- ascend
- dissuade
- hide
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Buying into the first generation of a folding product is a gamble—especially when it’s meant to replace your main work device.
THE WORLD’S FIRST FOLDING PC IS UP FOR PRE-ORDERS. HERE’S WHAT TO KNOW.STAN HORACZEKSEPTEMBER 30, 2020POPULAR-SCIENCEHer HBO show, I May Destroy You, has been a massive hit and has paid off her gamble from 2017, when she rejected a $1 million Netflix offer to buy the show rights because the streaming giant wouldn’t give her copyright royalties.
AMERICAN ANGER: TOO HOT TO HANDLE?NICK FOURIEZOSSEPTEMBER 27, 2020OZYVenture capital is by its nature a gamble—it’s right there in the name—and every gamble comes with the risk of heavy losses.
‘HOW I BUILT THIS’ HOST GUY RAZ ON INSIGHTS FROM SOME OF THE WORLD’S MOST FAMOUS ENTREPRENEURSRACHEL KINGSEPTEMBER 15, 2020FORTUNEPouring money into plastics is a desperate gamble for Big Oil.
BIG OIL’S HOPES ARE PINNED ON PLASTICS. IT WON’T END WELL.DAVID ROBERTSSEPTEMBER 4, 2020VOXThat being said, it’s a gamble that in the long run pays a positive net return.
THE ECONOMICS OF SPORTS GAMBLING (EP. 388 REBROADCAST)STEPHEN J. DUBNERAUGUST 20, 2020FREAKONOMICSDuring the summer of 1968, then-lagging network ABC took a gamble on how to cover the Republican and Democratic conventions.
VIDAL VS. BUCKLEY PLAY REINVENTED AS FILMPATRICK FOLLIARDAUGUST 8, 2020WASHINGTON BLADEIf we find him there as Rutter said, you can gamble that trouble has camped in our dooryard for a lengthy stay.
RAW GOLDBERTRAND W. SINCLAIRHe was never so happy as when taking chances; his whole life was a gamble, with Providence holding the bank.
THE JOYOUS ADVENTURES OF ARISTIDE PUJOLWILLIAM J. LOCKEThey often dine together: the ladies love music and dancing, and some of the men gamble as much as the Portuguese.
JOURNAL OF A VOYAGE TO BRAZILMARIA GRAHAMThe Texan went off to rub down his horse, mend his accoutrements, squat around the cooking fires, and gamble with the drivers.
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WORDS RELATED TO GAMBLE
- accident
- advantage
- adventure
- bad luck
- break
- cast
- casualty
- coincidence
- contingency
- destination
- destiny
- doom
- even chance
- fluke
- fortuity
- fortune
- future
- gamble
- good luck
- hap
- haphazard
- happening
- hazard
- heads or tails
- hit
- in the cards
- kismet
- lot
- lottery
- luck out
- lucky break
- misfortune
- occurrence
- odds
- outcome
- peradventure
- peril
- providence
- risk
- stroke of luck
- throw of the dice
- toss-up
- turn of the cards
- way the cookie crumbles
- wheel of fortune
- accidents
- advantages
- adventures
- bad lucks
- breaks
- casts
- casualties
- coincidences
- contingencies
- destinations
- destinies
- dooms
- even chances
- flukes
- fortuities
- fortunes
- futures
- gambles
- good lucks
- haphazards
- happenings
- haps
- hazards
- heads or tails
- hits
- in the cards
- kismets
- lots
- lotteries
- luck outs
- lucky breaks
- misfortunes
- occurrences
- odds
- outcomes
- peradventures
- perils
- providence
- risks
- stroke of lucks
- throw of the dices
- toss-ups
- turn of the cards
- way the cookie crumbles
- wheel of fortunes
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