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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Recent Examples of ventures

Noun

Kelce has a number of business ventures, including co-owning Garage Beer with his brother, Jason, and being part of the Alpine Formula One ownership group with Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes. — Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 18 Aug. 2026 Because Chinese companies lead in key technologies, such as batteries, joint ventures and technology licensing are essential for American companies to compete globally, including alongside China, not only against it. — Gloria Xiong, Foreign Affairs, 18 Aug. 2026 Christensen examined how growing ventures challenge incumbents. — Dileep Rao, Forbes.com, 18 Aug. 2026 As Musk turns his focus to other ventures such as SpaceX, some of his biggest backers are wondering whether his car company has become an afterthought. — Faiz Siddiqui, Washington Post, 18 Aug. 2026 Prosecutors said none of the money invested in REAL was actually used to finance bridge loans or joint ventures with real estate developers. — Zachary Bynum, CBS News, 16 Aug. 2026 Roman Karkosik, an entrepreneur whose ventures included plastic-bottle manufacturing in the 1990s, amassed a fortune through investments on the Warsaw Stock Exchange to became one of Poland’s wealthiest individuals. — ABC News, 15 Aug. 2026 Public and political interests and opinions can shift quickly, which Fleming says could impact whether other companies make future ventures into psychedelics. — Helen Carefoot, Flow Space, 11 Aug. 2026 The Treasury Department on Friday froze the assets of Sargeant’s offshore company that participates in Venezuelan oil-producing ventures, according to people with knowledge of the measure who declined to speak about it publicly. — Patricia Garip, Fortune, 10 Aug. 2026

Verb

The strongest moments come when Grande ventures into less familiar territory. — Aimee Cliff, Pitchfork, 31 July 2026 Australian actress Catherine Lagaʻaia stars as the 16-year-old title wayfinder, who ventures beyond the reef on an epic quest to save her home island of Motunui. — Brian Truitt, USA Today, 9 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 There’s a stunning rooftop spa, which ventures beyond a traditional menu of facials and massages with some charmingly woo-woo treatments—go ahead and book a tarot reading or multi-sensorial writer’s block remedy. — Wilder Davies, Bon Appetit Magazine, 14 Mar. 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for ventures

Noun

All these missions are complex, high-cost gambles for China that would consume large quantities of military assets and result in immense casualties and property damage.

— Eugene Gholz, Foreign Affairs, 4 Aug. 2026
The fifth-year pro is 100 percent aggressive, 100 percent of the time, taking wild gambles that result in either pick-sixes or soul-crushing defensive breakdowns.

— Dieter Kurtenbach, Mercury News, 28 July 2026

Definition of gambles

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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

Others warn the strategy risks civilian casualties, particularly in Colombia, where armed groups operate among civilian populations and often function as de facto authorities in areas beyond the state’s reach.

— ABC News, ABC News, 17 Aug. 2026
Such concessions would be unpopular, and Netanyahu risks losing power.

— Brittney Melton, NPR, 17 Aug. 2026

Definition of risks

Verb

Now Marie’s past threatens to catch up with her, and she is forced to do everything in her power to preserve her new status as lady of the house in post-war anarchy.

— Alex Ritman, Variety, 17 Aug. 2026
The continued spread threatens the nation’s status of having eliminated measles from circulation achieved in 2000.

— Erika Edwards, NBC news, 17 Aug. 2026

Definition of threatens

Verb

After the safari adventures, guests board a private jet to Julius Nyerere International Airport in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.

— Forbes Travel Guide, Forbes.com, 12 Aug. 2026
Launched in 2012 by Jacques Polge and Christopher Sheldrake, the perfumers were inspired by Coco’s midnight Venice adventures.

— Kiana Murden, Vogue, 7 Aug. 2026

Definition of adventures

Noun

Read on its own, the essay is a reasonable brief for why enterprises should treat this moment differently than the last decade of cybersecurity practice.

— Ashish Bhatia, Forbes.com, 19 Aug. 2026
The effort aims to mobilize more than $500 billion in third-party capital for hyperscalers, frontier AI labs and enterprises to build out data centers and acquire Nvidia hardware.

— Lim Hui Jie, CNBC, 11 Aug. 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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