Synonyms for ventures
| Grammar : Noun, verb |
| Spell : ven-cher |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈvɛn tʃər |
Top 10 synonyms for ventures Other synonyms for the word ventures
- 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 ventures
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
- He is very modest, though—just ventures to hope for success.
- Extract from : « Cleo The Magnificent » by Louis Zangwill
- For the next'—she shrugged her shoulders—'it must be one of Baron Rudiger's ventures.
- Extract from : « Two Penniless Princesses » by Charlotte M. Yonge
- Clark had not remained with the settlers as he had other ventures.
- Extract from : « Rodney, the Ranger » by John V. Lane
- "There generally is at an auction," ventures Luttrell, mildly.
- Extract from : « Molly Bawn » by Margaret Wolfe Hamilton
- He studied to please her, and succeeded in that as in his other ventures.
- Extract from : « The Spirit of Sweetwater » by Hamlin Garland
- The major writes in this very letter that no one ventures north of the Platte.
- Extract from : « Marion's Faith. » by Charles King
- He ventures the attempt, which ends in little else than his own execution.
- Extract from : « A History of the United States » by Cecil Chesterton
- Some of our ventures, I regret to say, have been unsuccessful.
- Extract from : « Colonel Carter's Christmas and The Romance of an Old-Fashioned Gentleman » by F. Hopkinson Smith
- Both my ventures, in the "slow race" and the "scrub race," had collapsed.
- Extract from : « When Life Was Young » by C. A. Stephens
- No one ventures there after dark, as it has a very evil reputation.
- Extract from : « Werwolves » by Elliott O'Donnell
Antonyms for ventures
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