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.
  •lottery (noun)
  • sweepstakes,
  • luck of the draw,
  • door prize,
  • lottos,
  • sweepstake,
  • numbers game.
  •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.
  •Other relevant words:
  • prostitution,
  • leap,
  • projecting,
  • totalizer,
  • period of play,
  • fencing,
  • shooting gallery,
  • Adventuring,
  • black market,
  • gleam,
  • release,
  • debauched,
  • bucket shop,
  • scheming,
  • punting,
  • crack house,
  • shine,
  • fast,
  • rashness,
  • glimmer,
  • drawing lots,
  • trying,
  • Dicing,
  • shimmer,
  • profligate,
  • flash,
  • bootlegging,
  • drama,
  • brothel,
  • be played,
  • turf,
  • attempt,
  • play out,
  • Sortes,
  • Hell,
  • Bumping,
  • illicit business,
  • casting lots,
  • caper,
  • fluttering,
  • betting ring,
  • swordplay,
  • hop,
  • Morra,
  • dissolute,
  • beam,
  • guessing,
  • blind bargain,
  • unlicensed gambling,
  • chuck,
  • sparkle,
  • gambling game,
  • clean,
  • sport,
  • fool's paradise,
  • game of chance,
  • daring,
  • gray market,
  • organized crime,
  • prank,
  • Imperilling,
  • Crack-loo,
  • sortition,
  • sporting life,
  • sportsmanlike,
  • Attempting,
  • Endangering,
  • manoeuvre,
  • Sortilegy,
  • rackets,
  • shady dealings,
  • dramatic play,
  • joint,
  • bid,
  • looseness,
  • opium den,
  • mafia,
  • chuck-a-luck,
  • degenerate,
  • dice box,
  • degraded,
  • skip,
  • cardsharping,
  • protection racket,
  • gambling house,
  • free rein,
  • white slavery,
  • taking chance,
  • frolic,
  • Moonshining,
  • command,
  • usury,
  • fun,
  • temerity,
  • gambling joint,
  • totalizator,
  • Encountering,
  • farthing,
  • rouge et noir,
  • playing period,
  • riotous,
  • Jeopardizing,
  • play over,
  • romp,
  • gaming house,
  • raising,
  • ply,
  • racket,
  • illegitimate business,
  • loan-sharking,
  • leap of faith,
  • making a bet,
  • betting house,
  • syndicate,
  • happening,
  • anting.

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.

Hypernym for Gambling:

• n.

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

Hyponym for Gambling:

• n.

  • act
    recreation, vice, diversion.