All gambler synonyms
gam·ble
G g noun gambler
- bettor — a person who bets
- bookmaker — A bookmaker is a person whose job is to take your money when you bet and to pay you money if you win.
- bookie — A bookie is the same as a bookmaker.
- backer — A backer is someone who helps or supports a project, organization, or person, often by giving or lending money.
- speculator — a person who is engaged in commercial or financial speculation.
- player — Gary, born 1935, South African golfer.
- crapshooter — a person who plays the game of craps
- cardsharp — a professional card player who cheats
- shill — a person who poses as a customer in order to decoy others into participating, as at a gambling house, auction, confidence game, etc.
- dicer — to cut into small cubes.
- plunger — Machinery. a pistonlike reciprocating part moving within the cylinder of a pump or hydraulic device.
- risktaker — a person or corporation inclined to take risks: The management trainees were exhorted to become risktakers.
- risker — exposure to the chance of injury or loss; a hazard or dangerous chance: It's not worth the risk.
- wager — something risked or staked on an uncertain event; bet: to place a wager on a soccer match.
- gamester — a gambler.
- high roller — a person who gambles for large stakes, as in a casino.
- punter — Cards. a person who lays a stake against the bank.
- chancer — You can refer to someone as a chancer if you think they use opportunities for their own advantage and often pretend to have skills they do not have.
- adventurer — An adventurer is a person who enjoys going to new, unusual, and exciting places.