Definition for Gaming:

• There are some games which depend altogether upon skill, others, upon chance, and some others are of a mixed nature. Billiards is an example of the first; lottery of the second; and backgammon of the last.

Synonyms for Gaming:

• n.

  •
  • author,
  • access,
  • back up,
  • block,
  • archive,
  • browse,
  • call up,
  • burn-in,
  • capture,
  • burn.
  •
  • casino,
  • bingo,
  • double,
  • draw,
  • fruit machine,
  • die,
  • dice,
  • craps.
  •gambling (noun)
  • action,
  • Staking.
  •play (noun)
  • caper,
  • humor,
  • frisk,
  • disport,
  • game,
  • gambol,
  • pleasure,
  • frolic,
  • match,
  • teasing,
  • sport,
  • prank,
  • jest,
  • joking,
  • delight,
  • fun,
  • relaxation,
  • romp,
  • dalliance,
  • sportiveness,
  • happiness,
  • lark.
  •raffle (noun)
  • sweep,
  • numbers,
  • disposition,
  • game of chance,
  • sweepstakes,
  • long odds,
  • betting,
  • random shot,
  • drawing,
  • Wagering,
  • pool,
  • stake,
  • bettings,
  • wager,
  • speculation,
  • bet,
  • sweepstake,
  • lots,
  • numbers game,
  • tossup,
  • flier.

• v.

  •bet (verb)
  • venture,
  • put money on,
  • tempt fortune,
  • hazard,
  • trust,
  • put,
  • play for,
  • buy in on,
  • set,
  • ante,
  • play against,
  • lay odds,
  • speculate,
  • pledge,
  • risk,
  • play the ponies,
  • lay down,
  • pony up,
  • chance,
  • toss up.
  •gamble (verb)
  • endanger,
  • flip the coin,
  • cast lots,
  • take a flyer,
  • shoot the works,
  • face,
  • make a bet,
  • jeopardize,
  • buck the odds,
  • trust to luck,
  • cut the cards,
  • imperil,
  • shoot the moon,
  • challenge,
  • brave,
  • stick one's neck out,
  • plunge,
  • try one's luck,
  • lay money on,
  • lot,
  • go for broke,
  • dare,
  • defy,
  • put trust in,
  • put faith in,
  • back.
  •play (verb)
  • finesse,
  • manipulate,
  • take,
  • maneuver,
  • jockey,
  • exploit.
  •stake (verb)
  • capitalize,
  • finance,
  • bankroll,
  • stake down,
  • lay,
  • put on,
  • grubstake.
  •wager (verb)
  • hustle,
  • put on the line,
  • play the market,
  • lay a wager,
  • shoot,
  • take action,
  • put up,
  • spec,
  • parlay,
  • hedge,
  • adventure.

• Other synonyms:

  •n.
  • diversion,
  • foolery,
  • gambling,
  • hobby,
  • pastime,
  • play,
  • raffle,
  • re-creation,
  • recreation,
  • vice,
  • Fooleries,
  • re-creations,
  • laying odds.

Paraphrases for Gaming:

• Equivalence

  • Proper noun, singular
    gambling.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    gameplay, gambling.

• Independent

  • Proper noun, singular
    Toys, betting.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    game-playing, gamer, betting, Bookmaking, playground.

• Other Related

  • Proper noun, singular
    game, games.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    game, games, entertainment, amusement, casino, gamble.

Antonyms for Gaming:

• n.

  • play
    pain, seriousness, misery, work, trouble, depression, unhappiness, gloom, profession, task, melancholy, labor, sorrow, extreme, sadness.

• v.

  • bet
    displace, remove.
  • gamble
    discourage, hide, safeguard, ascend, rise, guard, insure, design, plan, ensure, be careful, save, dissuade.
  • lay
    neglect, lift, rough, take.
  • play
    leave alone, direct, listen, watch.

Gaming Sentence Examples:

• From that hour I never saw you, and from that hour my father persecuted me because I would never join in his schemes, nor enter his vile gaming - rooms.

• Gaming, so far from being a fashionable vice, is confined entirely to the lower class of people; among gentlemen it is deemed disgraceful.