VENTURES Synonyms: 53 Similar and Opposite Words

ventures 1 of 2

noun

plural of venture

as in gambles

a risky undertaking their latest business venture failed big-time

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sure things

ventures

2 of 2

verb

present tense third-person singular of venture

as in endangers

to place in danger don't venture more money than you can afford to lose

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as in risks

to take a chance on ventured to speak plainly at the meeting

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Noun

The letter points to specific statements from Larry Ellison, and Oracle executives, describing their surveillance and artificial-intelligence technological ventures and their positive relationship with Israel. — Andrew Lapin, Sun Sentinel, 8 Sep. 2026 Other robotaxi providers, like WeRide and Baidu, are also pushing abroad with new ventures in Southeast Asia and Europe. — Anjali Tsui, Fortune, 8 Sep. 2026 Musk’s recent ventures include buying Twitter (and renaming the social media platform X) and starting xAI and its chatbot Grok. — Rebecca Rubin, Variety, 8 Sep. 2026 Although he was involved in various ventures—and was president of a local bank—much of his money came from real estate investments. — Encyclopedia Britannica, 4 Sep. 2026 As a growing portion of Gen Zers burn out on dating apps, a new crop of ventures and events are trying to bring back offline spontaneity, from matchmaking photobooths, to singles mixers and revivals of Victorian-era acquaintance cards. — Rachel Hale, USA Today, 3 Sep. 2026 Cincinnati ventures into this season having made multiple improvements. — Takashi Williams, New York Times, 3 Sep. 2026 The main course is finding new names to invest in, or doing the homework to learn about one of your existing portfolio company's buzzy ventures. — Zev Fima, CNBC, 1 Sep. 2026 The fallout cost Ferguson charity affiliations, contributed to the closure of Sarah's Trust and damaged several of her business ventures. — Lauryn Overhultz , Stephanie Nolasco, FOXNews.com, 1 Sep. 2026

Verb

Orlando Bloom stars as a village blacksmith who ventures to Jerusalem with his dad (Liam Neeson) to defend the holy city. — Brian Truitt, USA Today, 28 Aug. 2026 That distortion should gradually alter S301's orbit — because the star ventures so close to Sagittarius A*, those changes may become measurable within about a decade. — Stefanie Waldek, Space.com, 19 Aug. 2026 The strongest moments come when Grande ventures into less familiar territory. — Aimee Cliff, Pitchfork, 31 July 2026 The story centers on a therapist who ventures into a reality-bending dimension after one of her patients disappears inside it, according to the film's IMDb. — Lily Brown, PEOPLE, 3 June 2026 Matt Damon leads the ensemble as Odysseus, the legendary king of Ithaca who ventures on a long and dangerous journey home after the Trojan War. — Sharareh Drury, Entertainment Weekly, 2 June 2026 When Fuyuko ventures out from her solitude, she’s blessed with a chance encounter. — Blake Simons, IndieWire, 18 May 2026 For Coel, that story sometimes ventures beyond friendship. — Abbey White, HollywoodReporter, 14 Apr. 2026 Arkady sits back, while Boris ventures out for clues. — Literary Hub, 10 Apr. 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for ventures

Noun

Congress has a role to play, too, by balancing the censuring of officials whose risks don’t pay off with awards for those who take heroic gambles for the right reasons.

— Doug Beck, Foreign Affairs, 18 Aug. 2026
But getting to this point required one of the Civil War’s most famous naval gambles.

— Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 18 Aug. 2026

Definition of gambles

Verb

But the department has been running into opposition by landowners, environmental groups, Native American tribes and others who argue that the rapid construction endangers environmental and religious sites and a way of life along the border.

— Rebecca Santana, Los Angeles Times, 4 Aug. 2026
Refusing to do so, Luis stirs a rivalry and potentially endangers his own employment.

— Dennis Harvey, Variety, 31 July 2026

Definition of endangers

Verb

Ukraine’s former defense minister is launching a military tech company backed by Palantir CEO Alex Karp, a decision that risks alienating Kyiv’s European backers.

— Jeronimo Gonzalez, semafor.com, 3 Sep. 2026
Such an operation risks the significant loss of American life, huge costs to Iranian civilians, and disorder across the entire region.

— JAMES F. JEFFREY, Foreign Affairs, 3 Sep. 2026

Definition of risks

Noun

No analytics can project how Johnson’s emphasis on turning the page will affect the team’s chances in 2026.

— Kevin Fishbain, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2026
The eastward shift increased the chances of hurricane-force wind gusts on Niihau and possibly Kauai, especially at higher elevations, the hurricane center warned.

— Anthony Thompson, USA Today, 7 Sep. 2026

Definition of chances

Verb

Trump is putting himself center stage in the midterms with a Dallas convention, even as his low approval rating threatens to drag down GOP candidates.

— Zac Anderson, USA Today, 6 Sep. 2026
Against this microcosm of the class war Lee sets the emergence of artificial intelligence, which threatens to further destabilize labor across a range of industries — including his own.

— Matt Brennan, Los Angeles Times, 6 Sep. 2026

Definition of threatens

Noun

Trump to get access to that colossal wealth and Musk to avoid government investigations into his enterprises and to maintain access to the federal piggybank and untold troves of data.

— Matthew Carey, Deadline, 8 Sep. 2026
Under Mitchell, Pecora showed, the nation’s largest bank had become an impeccably groomed racketeering enterprise, dressing up crooked enterprises as gilt-edged to sell their bonds and stocks to unsuspecting buyers.

— Business Columnist, Los Angeles Times, 7 Sep. 2026

Definition of enterprises

Noun

Such speculations reflect the richness of possibilities that the new work opens up.

— Philip Ball, Scientific American, 20 Aug. 2026
Their speculations, although deemed inaccurate by later historians, helped shape popular understandings of the ancient druids.

— Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 14 Aug. 2026

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