Definition for Gambling:

• The act or practice of one who gambles.

Synonyms for Gambling:

• n.

  •
  • double,
  • draw,
  • fruit machine,
  • dice,
  • die.
  •
  • stakes,
  • risk.
  •act (noun)
  • gaming,
  • play,
  • gambling.
  •betting (noun)
  • penny ante,
  • twenty-one,
  • gin rummy,
  • baccarat,
  • keno,
  • laying money on,
  • nap,
  • crap shooting,
  • bingo,
  • wellington,
  • napoleon,
  • casino,
  • spit in the ocean,
  • seven-up,
  • newmarket,
  • faro,
  • Staking,
  • shooting crap,
  • blackjack,
  • taking a flier,
  • taking a shot,
  • backing,
  • playing slot machines,
  • Chuck-farthing,
  • action,
  • craps,
  • lotto,
  • stud poker,
  • working the machines,
  • rolling bones,
  • playing at hazard,
  • matching,
  • poker,
  • roulette,
  • playing the ponies,
  • backing the cards,
  • draw poker,
  • sports betting,
  • Plunging,
  • strip poker,
  • lottery,
  • playing,
  • Fan-tan,
  • straight poker.
  •card-playing (noun)
  • card-playing.
  •dissipated (noun)
  • dissipated.
  •gambling (noun)
  • sporting,
  • indulgent.
  •raffle (noun)
  • random shot,
  • long odds,
  • bettings,
  • numbers,
  • tossup.
  •speculation (noun)
  • shot the dark,
  • right monies,
  • smart monies,
  • risky ventures,
  • speculative enterprises,
  • right moneys,
  • risky businesses,
  • smart moneys.

• v.

  •chancing (verb)
  • Risking,
  • Hazarding,
  • Speculating,
  • Wagering,
  • betting,
  • Chancing,
  • Venturing.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • peril,
  • Risk Taking,
  • ante,
  • calculated risk,
  • occupational hazard,
  • bettor,
  • security risk,
  • dead hand,
  • public enemy number one,
  • death trap,
  • Sword Of Damocles,
  • Gamester,
  • brinkmanship.
  •
  • hazard,
  • gamble,
  • fear,
  • Trojan Horse,
  • stake,
  • danger,
  • threat,
  • maw,
  • wager,
  • gambler,
  • menace.
  •
  • speculator.
  •
  • player,
  • operator.
  •
  • chicken,
  • exposure,
  • adventurer.
  •
  • put,
  • speculate,
  • plague.
  •
  • flier.
  •
  • lay.
  •
  • go.

Paraphrases for Gambling:

• Equivalence

  • Proper noun, singular
    gaming, betting.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    gaming, betting.

• Reverse Entailment

  • Adjective
    gambling-related.
  • Verb, gerund or present participle
    betting.

• Independent

  • Noun, singular or mass
    game-playing, bidding, soccer, gameplay, hazard, speculation, legalization, toy.
  • Verb, gerund or present participle
    leveraging, annihilating, assuming, Capitalizing, jeopardising, contributing, demolishing, performing, intervening, investing, Placing, Risking, dealing, Relying, Messing, posing, building, Committing, Involving, Destroying, Outbidding, matching, Amounting, riding, focusing, varying, crushing, toying, counting, Hosting, talking, running, Doing, trying.

• Other Related

  • Proper noun, singular
    games.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    Bookmaking, casino, games.
  • Verb, gerund or present participle
    Speculating.

Gambling Sentence Examples:

• He did not perceive that the latter's proposition introduced into the transaction a gambling element.

• Do you refer to the gambling that is supposed to go on in his rooms?

Hypernym for Gambling:

• n.

  • act
    game of chance, wager, sporting life, throw, gambling game, bet.

Hyponym for Gambling:

• n.

  • act
    recreation, vice, diversion.