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Synonyms for venture

Most common

suggest adventure dare run the risk embark

Synonyms by meaning

Verb

Noun

1. Enterprise — A risky or daring undertaking or journey

enterprise, undertaking, endeavor US, endeavour UK, effort, experiment, activity, pursuit

2. Accident — an event that is not, or cannot be, foreseen

chance, accident, contingency

Definitions

  1. v. 1

    To undertake a risky or daring journey.

  2. v. 2

    To risk or offer.

    Nothing ventured, nothing gained.

  3. n. 1

    A risky or daring undertaking or journey.

  4. n. 2

    An event that is not, or cannot be, foreseen.

Forms

Plural
ventures → enterprises, undertakings, endeavors, efforts…
Past participle
ventured
e.g. ventured → adventured, dared, jeopardized, risked…

Example sentences

  • suggest I suggest you wait until Tom tells you what to do.
  • adventure It was his story of adventure that charmed us all.
  • dare After what has happened, I dare not see her again.
  • embark William was excited to embark on his latest venture.

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
venturesteady
suggeststeady
adventurerising
darerising
embarksteady

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

4 letters
risk1, luck1, dare1
5 letters
guess1, stake1, peril2
6 letters
chance1, effort2, danger2, hazard2, embark2
7 letters
suggest2, pretend2, pursuit2, presume2, imperil3, jeopard
8 letters
activity4, accident3, endeavor3, jeopardy3
9 letters
adventure3, endeavour3
10 letters
enterprise3, experiment4, jeopardize3, jeopardise
11 letters
speculation4, undertaking4, contingency4

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (peril2 = 2 syllables).

In other languages

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risquer
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arriesgar
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