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

While the era’s bust eventually brought most of those ventures to an end, Brown said the experience taught him not to let the fear of failure—or looking foolish—get in the way. — Preston Fore, Fortune, 20 Sep. 2026 The former Cuban athlete acknowledges the importance of social media to the success of her ventures. — Maykel Gonzalez, Miami Herald, 19 Sep. 2026 What was already a very darkly funny and incredibly gross film gets even more disturbing as Bryan ventures into the Raccoon City hospital, trying to make his delivery. — Katie Walsh, Los Angeles Times, 18 Sep. 2026 Andrew was in the casket business earlier in his life, but at the time of his death, had moved on to other more lucrative ventures, including the management of multiple textile mills amid the boom of the Industrial Revolution. — Chris Spargo, PEOPLE, 18 Sep. 2026 This level of collaboration enables greater agility across the business, including new ventures like Ulta’s foray onto TikTok Shop in March. — Noor Lobad, Footwear News, 18 Sep. 2026 His high-profile attempt to remake The Wicker Man, however, underscored the risk of big-studio ventures. — Scott Roxborough, HollywoodReporter, 17 Sep. 2026 Her murder binge doesn’t feel ethically complex; her homicidal ventures are just nefarious. — Literary Hub, 17 Sep. 2026 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

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

On fourth-and-6 from the Poinciana 48, Gateway Coach Marlin Roberts and gambles on the first play of the fourth quarter.

— Buddy Collings, The Orlando Sentinel, 18 Sep. 2026
Hanging over the current roster are the long-term gambles Drury made to bring it together.

— Peter Baugh, New York Times, 9 Sep. 2026

Definition of gambles

Verb

Similarly, a citizen who violates technology export or import regulations could be banned from leaving if the action endangers industrial or technological security, the regulation says.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 15 Sep. 2026
Osborn said the practice endangers both officers and other inmates.

— Paul Egan, Freep.com, 22 Aug. 2026

Definition of endangers

Verb

By cutting the number of working holiday visas, critics say, the government risks causing more economic pain.

— Hilary Whiteman, CNN Money, 18 Sep. 2026
That may be particularly troubling to Washington, where intelligence officials have already voiced concern that a potential advanced fighter jet sale to Saudi Arabia risks the technology being transferred to China, The New York Times reported.

— Prashant Rao, semafor.com, 17 Sep. 2026

Definition of risks

Noun

Monday in Philadelphia stays cool and unsettled, with the front stalled just south of the region and scattered rain chances, especially across southeastern Pennsylvania, South Jersey and Delaware.

— Andrew Kozak, CBS News, 21 Sep. 2026
Highs are expected in the upper 80s and the rain chances for the week through Sunday hover around the 80% range — especially Wednesday when the weather service puts storm chances at 88%.

— Howard Cohen, Miami Herald, 21 Sep. 2026

Definition of chances

Verb

This is, of course, the conception of fundamentalist theology, which threatens eternal hellfire for anyone who defies its commandments.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 18 Sep. 2026
As a result, the rise in diesel costs threatens to worsen a surge of inflation set off by the outbreak of the Iran war nearly seven months ago.

— ABC News, ABC News, 18 Sep. 2026

Definition of threatens

Noun

But some developers and enterprises are a little less focused on the frontier and more focused on exactly how to operationalize all this and keep it cost-effective.

— Samuel Axon, ArsTechnica, 22 Sep. 2026
Since the beginning of the year, his administration has slapped sanctions regularly on Cuban officials, government enterprises and military companies and has cut off oil supplies to the Cuban government.

— Nora Gámez Torres, Miami Herald, 22 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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