All wager synonyms
waΒ·ger
W w verb wager
- bet β If you bet on the result of a horse race, football game, or other event, you give someone a sum of money which they give you back with extra money if the result is what you predicted, or which they keep if it is not.
- gamble β to play at any game of chance for money or other stakes.
- stake β something that is wagered in a game, race, or contest.
- risk β exposure to the chance of injury or loss; a hazard or dangerous chance: It's not worth the risk.
- venture β an undertaking involving uncertainty as to the outcome, especially a risky or dangerous one: a mountain-climbing venture.
- put up β planned beforehand in a secret or crafty manner: a put-up job.
- speculate β to engage in thought or reflection; meditate (often followed by on, upon, or a clause).
- adventure β If someone has an adventure, they become involved in an unusual, exciting, and rather dangerous journey or series of events.
- chance β If there is a chance of something happening, it is possible that it will happen.
- game β an amusement or pastime: children's games.
- hazard β an unavoidable danger or risk, even though often foreseeable: The job was full of hazards.
- hedge β a row of bushes or small trees planted close together, especially when forming a fence or boundary; hedgerow: small fields separated by hedges.
- hustle β to proceed or work rapidly or energetically: to hustle about putting a house in order.
- lay β to bring about or affect by lying (often used reflexively): to lie oneself out of a difficulty; accustomed to lying his way out of difficulties.
- parlay β to bet or gamble (an original amount and its winnings) on a subsequent race, contest, etc.
- play β a dramatic composition or piece; drama.
- pledge β a solemn promise or agreement to do or refrain from doing something: a pledge of aid; a pledge not to wage war.
- plunge β to cast or thrust forcibly or suddenly into something, as a liquid, a penetrable substance, a place, etc.; immerse; submerge: to plunge a dagger into one's heart.
- set β to put (something or someone) in a particular place: to set a vase on a table.
- shoot β to hit, wound, damage, kill, or destroy with a missile discharged from a weapon.
- spec β Usually, specs. specification (def 2).
- play the market β to speculate on a stock exchange
- put on β a throw or cast, especially one made with a forward motion of the hand when raised close to the shoulder.
- shoot the works β exertion or effort directed to produce or accomplish something; labor; toil.
noun wager
- ante β the gaming stake put up before the deal in poker by the players
- flutter β to wave, flap, or toss about: Banners fluttered in the breeze.
- action β Action is doing something for a particular purpose.
- challenge β A challenge is something new and difficult which requires great effort and determination.
- chunk β Chunks of something are thick solid pieces of it.
- flyer β something that flies, as a bird or insect.
- handle β a part of a thing made specifically to be grasped or held by the hand.
- hunch β to thrust out or up in a hump; arch: to hunch one's back.
- pot β a deep hole; pit.
- fifty-fifty β equally good and bad, likely and unlikely, favorable and unfavorable, etc.: a fifty-fifty chance of winning.
- fighting chance β a possibility of success following a struggle.
- long shot β a horse, team, etc., that has little chance of winning and carries long odds.
- outside chance β a slight chance or likelihood