Synonyms for venture
Grammar : Noun, verb |
Spell : ven-cher |
Phonetic Transcription : ˈvɛn tʃər |
Top 10 synonyms for venture Other synonyms for the word venture
- adventure
- assay
- attempt
- baby
- bet
- brave
- challenge
- chance
- dare say
- defy
- endanger
- essay
- exploit
- expose
- feat
- feel
- front
- gamble
- get down
- go out on a limb
- grope
- have a fling at
- hazard
- header
- imperil
- jeopardize
- jeopardy
- lay open
- make a stab at
- make bold
- peril
- pet project
- play for
- play the market
- presume
- proposition
- pursuit
- put in jeopardy
- put up
- risk
- setup
- shot
- spec
- speculate
- speculation
- stab
- stake
- stick one's neck out
- take a crack at
- take a flyer
- take a plunge
- test
- thing
- trial
- try
- try out
- volunteer
- wager
Définition of venture
Origin :- mid-15c., "to risk the loss" (of something), shortened form of aventure, itself a form of adventure. General sense of "to dare, to presume" is recorded from 1550s. Noun sense of "risky undertaking" first recorded 1560s; meaning "enterprise of a business nature" is recorded from 1580s. Venture capital is attested from 1943.
- noun gamble, attempt
- verb take a chance
- It has not; and we venture to express our confident belief, that it never will.
- Extract from : « Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. 327 » by Various
- I say this not merely at a venture, but on the strength of what has happened in the past.
- Extract from : « The Conquest of Fear » by Basil King
- The contrary, I venture to think, is the point of view of most of us.
- Extract from : « The Conquest of Fear » by Basil King
- To her reference to Browning then, Vavasor did not venture a reply.
- Extract from : « Weighed and Wanting » by George MacDonald
- She was too utterly unacquainted with the ground to venture.
- Extract from : « Ester Ried Yet Speaking » by Isabella Alden
- "I will venture a rover with you, or try long-butts or hoyles," said old Johnston.
- Extract from : « The White Company » by Arthur Conan Doyle
- She felt that she did not know Andrew well enough to venture to do that.
- Extract from : « Rico and Wiseli » by Johanna Spyri
- I wished much to see my sister, but was afraid to venture on that.
- Extract from : « Ned Myers » by James Fenimore Cooper
- In the North and at Washington his venture was regarded with alarm.
- Extract from : « The Rock of Chickamauga » by Joseph A. Altsheler
- The treasuries of local speech were all too poor to clothe so wild a venture.
- Extract from : « Tiverton Tales » by Alice Brown
Antonyms for venture
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