BETS Synonyms: 42 Similar and Opposite Words

bets 1 of 2

noun

plural of bet

as in stakes

the money or thing risked on the outcome of an uncertain event she offered the bet of a free lunch if her team won the World Series

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as in choices

a person or thing that is chosen your best bet would be the scenic route along the coast

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rejectees

bets

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verb

present tense third-person singular of bet

as in wagers

to risk (something) on the outcome of an uncertain event foolishly bet a week's salary on the World Series

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Recent Examples of bets

Noun

Worries about inflation have climbed so high that traders on Wall Street have eliminated bets that the Federal Reserve will resume its cuts to interest rates later this year. —

Stan Choe, Fortune, 23 May 2026 The companies still willing to hire and develop early talent are making higher-conviction bets on fewer people. —

Susan Lamotte, Forbes.com, 22 May 2026 Comer cited those bets in his letter to Kalshi as well as the company's expansion into more than 140 countries. —

Justin Papp, CNBC, 22 May 2026 In recent years, Hollywood decided adult comedies were not good bets in movie theaters, and instead focused heavily on superheroes and animated films. —

Rodney Ho, AJC.com, 22 May 2026 Worries about inflation have climbed so high that traders on Wall Street have eliminated bets that the Federal Reserve will resume its cuts to interest rates later this year. —

Stan Choe, Los Angeles Times, 22 May 2026 How does your wife feel about these bets? —

David Remnick, New Yorker, 22 May 2026 The deal adds to the film, TV and music investment bets that HarbourView Equity is placing at a time of transition for entertainment media. —

William Earl, Variety, 16 May 2026 There's the ease of access to placing bets. —

Chris Hoffman, CBS News, 15 May 2026

Verb

The prediction market’s CEO, Tarek Mansour, told CNBC that bets on Bad Bunny’s first song alone exceeded $100 million in volume. —

Josephine Rozzelle, CNBC, 11 Feb. 2026 If a new account opens and immediately bets on a single player micro-market, that’s suspicious. —

Eben Novy-Williams, Sportico.com, 24 Oct. 2025 Similarly, if an existing account that typically bets $50 on certain games suddenly places a $1,000 bet, that outlier behavior could trigger an investigation. —

Dian Zhang, USA Today, 24 Oct. 2025 Told no at every turn, Stallone bets everything on himself, holding the line on playing the lead against seemingly impossible odds. —

Matt Grobar, Deadline, 7 Oct. 2025

Recent Examples of Synonyms for bets

Noun

And that means there are real stakes to the question of who gets to take credit for truly understanding the Great Books.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 26 May 2026
The real stakes, however, could be for the investors in the company that brought the world the Enhanced Games with the idea of turning it into a new-age online pharmacy that peddles performance enhancers under medical supervision.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 25 May 2026