bet

1. 1.

   the money risked on a gamble

   Synonymsstakestakeswager

   Broadergamble

   Narrowerpotantepool

   Part ofpool
2. 2.

   the act of gambling

   “he did it on a bet”

   Synonymswager

   Broadergambling

   Narrowerdaily doubleexactaparimutuelparlayplace betsuperfecta

Other forms of bet

plural

bets·

past tense or participle

betted

present participle

betting

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about bet

What does bet mean?

bet means "maintain with or as if with a bet". That is the primary sense; the word has 5 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in bet?

bet has 1 syllable: bet. In IPA it is /ˈbɛt/.

What is another word for bet?

Close synonyms include wager, wager, play, count, depend. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is bet a common word?

bet is banded "Core" — among the few thousand words that carry most english. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with bet?

4 words rhyme with bet. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.