Synonyms of wagered

wagered

verb

past tense of wager

as in bet

to risk (something) on the outcome of an uncertain event

wagered 20 dollars that his favorite team would win

Synonyms & Similar Words

• bet
• put
• gambled
• played
• staked
• offered
• laid
• went
• speculated
• ventured
• bade
• chanced
• hazarded
• jeopardized
• endangered
• imperiled
• adventured

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of wagered

The 48-team tournament was a major betting event, with billions wagered on the regulated apps alone. — Jake Pearson, ProPublica, 26 Sep. 2026

Users enjoy the app’s loading speed, search, and the wide variety of markets that can be wagered on. — Outkick, FOXNews.com, 24 Sep. 2026

Fabian’s reporting put him in the crosshairs of strangers who had wagered fortunes on the subject matter of his article. — Finn Brunton, Harpers Magazine, 1 Sep. 2026

The function’s creator, Bernhard Riemann, wagered that the only way to make that output sum to exactly zero is to make the input variable’s real part exactly 1⁄2. — Joseph Howlett, Scientific American, 12 Aug. 2026

But short covering has also contributed to the decline, according to S3, as investors who had wagered against SpaceX bought back stock to exit their positions. — Yun Li, CNBC, 12 Aug. 2026

The board has now wagered $53 billion of other people's money that the second skill has finally shown up. — Zennon Kapron, Forbes.com, 27 July 2026

Big sporting events, like the NBA finals and the World Cup, saw tens of billions of dollars wagered. — Bobby Allyn, NPR, 27 July 2026

Sorsby wagered more than $90,000, and his gambling was flagged by law enforcement. — Antonio Morales, New York Times, 29 June 2026