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

Prast said the company is open to licensing, toll manufacturing or joint ventures, and would leave industrial scale to partners. — Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 15 Oct. 2026 These ventures give Plex additional revenue streams beyond its media server software. — Scharon Harding, ArsTechnica, 15 Oct. 2026 Masic believes that electroconductivity could be key to catalyzing a new era of concrete — more so even than his neo-Roman ventures. — Sara Herschander, Vox, 15 Oct. 2026 The corporation was set up to posthumously manage Parton’s business ventures, and is overseen by her longtime manager, Danny Nozell. — Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 13 Oct. 2026 Those younger pioneers were far more likely to use AI in their ventures. — Yan Wu, Washington Post, 13 Oct. 2026 Kim points to a conglomerate in India, broadcaster joint ventures in Thailand, mining companies in Mongolia and a beverage brand in China, all of which are backing films. — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 10 Oct. 2026 But hey, isn’t that what new business ventures are supposed to do in Silicon Valley? — Noel Murray, Vulture, 9 Oct. 2026 In addition to overseeing flagship projects like the California Climate Action Corps and College Corps, California Volunteers oversees some of Newsom’s more ambitious ventures, like his mandate to combat male loneliness. — Lia Russell, Sacbee.com, 8 Oct. 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

While the human might try big gambles to come back from a significant deficit, Ataraxos would work its way back into the game slowly and methodically.

— Jacek Krywko, ArsTechnica, 1 Oct. 2026
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

Definition of gambles

Verb

This spews pollution into the air and endangers workers and surrounding neighborhoods.

— Micheline Maynard, Time, 15 Oct. 2026
Our leaders should retire a relic that endangers people and animals alike, and retire, once and for all, the small and nasty politics used to defend it.

— Al Sharpton, New York Daily News, 14 Oct. 2026

Definition of endangers

Verb

If the person holding key intellectual property or leading the company risks losing status, immigration planning ceases to be a personal ordeal.

— Bernardo Saraiva, Forbes.com, 16 Oct. 2026
But even if the Election Commission is not systematically targeting voters based on their identity or their political preferences, the exercise still risks disenfranchising millions through sheer ineptitude.

— Pratap Bhanu Mehta, Foreign Affairs, 15 Oct. 2026

Definition of risks

Noun

Fans are cautious about discussing UCLA’s chances of making the College Football Playoff, despite the Bruins becoming the last undefeated team in the Big Ten and Southeastern Conference.

— Jordan Puente, Los Angeles Times, 19 Oct. 2026
Though that doesn’t mean the Texas head coach is ready to risk the chances of them making the CFP if Arch cannot show progress in the first half on Saturday.

— Trey Wallace OutKick, FOXNews.com, 19 Oct. 2026

Definition of chances

Verb

At least 19 people have been killed, school classes have been canceled, and the disruption threatens the kingdom's ambitious plans to transform itself into a global hub for business, tourism and sports.

— ABC News, ABC News, 17 Oct. 2026
At the same time, the debt burden is being increasingly exposed to market volatility that threatens to make interest costs even steeper.

— Jason Ma, Fortune, 17 Oct. 2026

Definition of threatens

Verb

Some series plucked peripheral movie characters for unnecessary small-screen addendums adventures.

— Ben Travers, IndieWire, 12 Oct. 2026
If Winterlake Lodge is all about the mountain adventures, then Tutka Bay Lodge is all about connecting with the Alaska's marine ecosystems.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 Oct. 2026

Definition of adventures

Noun

Most enterprises have spent years building access controls inside their source systems, but those controls were designed for applications, not for AI.

— Sean Nathaniel, Forbes.com, 13 Oct. 2026
But in keeping with the nature of such enterprises, failure was not an option.

— Snigdha Poonam, The Dial, 13 Oct. 2026

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