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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | endanger |
| Synonyms: | be careless, chance, chance it, gamble, hazard, imperil, lay on the line, peril, put at risk, put in danger, put in jeopardy, risk, stake, subject to, tempt fate, threaten |
| Main Entry: | compromise |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | put in jeopardy |
| Synonyms: | blight, cop out, discredit, dishonor, embarrass, endanger, explode, expose, give in, hazard, imperil, implicate, jeopardize, mar, menace, peril, prejudice, put under suspicion, risk, ruin, sell out, spoil, weaken |
| Antonyms: | guard, protect, save |
| Main Entry: | expose |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | subject to danger |
| Synonyms: | endanger, hazard, imperil, jeopardize, lay open, leave open, make liable, make vulnerable, peril, put in harm's way, risk |
| Antonyms: | guard, protect, save, shield |
| Main Entry: | gamble |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | take a chance on winning |
| Synonyms: | back, bet, brave, buck the odds, cast lots, challenge, cut the cards, dare, defy, endanger, face, flip the coin, game, go for broke, hazard, imperil, jeopardize, lay money on, lot, make a bet, play, plunge, put, put faith in, put trust in, risk, set, shoot the moon, shoot the works, speculate, stake, stick one's neck out, take a flyer, tempt fortune, trust to luck, try one's luck, venture, wager |
| Notes: | a gamble (noun) is a risky act, venture, bet, or wager - to gamble (verb) is to take a risk in the hope of a favorable outcome; a gambol (noun) a skipping or leaping about in frolic - to gambol (verb) is to dance and skip about in play or to frolic |
| Antonyms: | be careful, design, ensure, guard, insure, plan, safeguard |
| Main Entry: | hazard |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | take a chance; risk |
| Synonyms: | adventure, conjecture, dare, endanger, gamble, go for broke, go out on limb, guess, imperil, jeopardize, presume, proffer, skate on thin ice, speculate, stake, submit, suppose, take a plunge, throw out, try, venture, volunteer, wager |
| Main Entry: | imperil |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | cause to be in danger |
| Synonyms: | chance it, compromise, endanger, expose, hazard, jeopard, jeopardize, jeopardy, menace, peril, risk |
| Antonyms: | guard, protect, save |
| Main Entry: | menace |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | bother, frighten |
| Synonyms: | alarm, bad-eye, browbeat, bully, chill, compromise, endanger, hazard, impend, imperil, intimidate, jeopardize, lean on, loom, lower, overhang, peril, portend, push around, put heat on, risk, scare, scare hell out of, spook, terrorize, threaten, torment, whip around |
| Antonyms: | aid, assist, help |
| Main Entry: | risk |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | take a chance |
| Synonyms: | adventure, be caught short, beard, brave, chance, compromise, confront, dare, defy, defy danger, encounter, endanger, expose to danger, face, gamble, go out of one's depth, hang by a thread, hazard, imperil, jeopardize, jeopardy, leap before looking, leave to luck, meet, menace, peril, play with fire, plunge, put in jeopardy, run the chance, run the risk, skate on thin ice, speculate, tackle, take a flyer, take a header, take a plunge, take on*, take the liberty, venture, wager |
| Antonyms: | be certain |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | stake |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | bet, wager |
| Synonyms: | back, bankroll, capitalize, chance, finance, gamble, game, grubstake, hazard, imperil, jeopardize, lay, play, pledge, put, put on, risk, set, stake down, venture |
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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