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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | chance, speculation |
| Synonyms: | action, bet, fling, leap*, long shot, lottery, outside chance, raffle, risk, shot in the dark, spec, stab*, throw of the dice, toss up, uncertainty, 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: | design, guard, insurance, plan, protection, safeguard |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | specification |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | requirement, qualification |
| Synonyms: | blueprint, condition, designation, detail, item, particular, particularization, spec, stipulation, term |
| Antonyms: | generalization, uncertainty, vagueness |
| Main Entry: | speculate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | gamble, risk |
| Synonyms: | dare, hazard, make book, margin up, play, play the market, plunge, pour money into, spec, stick neck out, take a chance, take a flier, take a fling, venture, wildcat |
| Antonyms: | abstain |
| Main Entry: | speculation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | risk, gamble |
| Synonyms: | backing, flier, flutter, gambling, hazard, hunch, piece, plunge, right money, risky business, risky venture, shot, shot in the dark, smart money, spec, speculative enterprise, stab*, venture, wager |
| Antonyms: | abstention |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | venture |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | gamble, attempt |
| Synonyms: | adventure, baby*, chance, deal, endeavor, enterprise, essay, experiment, exploit, feat*, hazard, header, investment, jeopardy, peril, pet project, project, proposition, pursuit, risk, setup, shot*, spec, speculation, stab*, stake, test, thing*, trial, undertaking, wager |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | wager |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | bet money or something else in a gamble |
| Synonyms: | adventure, chance, gamble, game, hazard, hedge, hustle, lay, lay a wager, parlay, play, play the market, pledge, plunge, put on the line, put on*, put up, risk, set*, shoot the works, shoot*, spec, speculate, stake, take action, venture |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | direction(s) |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | instructions, guidance |
| Synonyms: | advice, advisement, assignment, briefing, directive, guidelines, indication, lowdown, notification, plan, prescription, recommendation, regulation, sealed order, specification, specs, steer*, summons, tip, word* |
| Antonyms: | misdirection, misinstruction |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | eyeglasses |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | glasses |
| Synonyms: | bifocals, cheaters, contact lenses, contacts, goggles, lorgnette, monocle, pair of glasses, pince-nez, reading glasses, shades, specs, spectacles, sunglasses, trifocals |
| Main Entry: | glasses |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | object worn to correct vision |
| Synonyms: | bifocals, blinkers, cheaters, contact lenses, eyeglasses, four eyes, frames, goggles, lorgnette, pince-nez, rims, shades, specs, spectacles, trifocals |
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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