gamble

Other forms of gamble

plural

gambles·

past tense

gambled·

present participle

gambling·

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 gamble

What does gamble mean?

gamble means "money that is risked for possible monetary gain". That is the primary sense; the word has 4 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in gamble?

gamble has 2 syllables: gam-ble. The stress falls on "gam". In IPA it is /ˈɡæmbəl/.

What is another word for gamble?

Close synonyms include chance, risk, hazard, take chances, adventure. 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 gamble a common word?

gamble is banded "Common" — everyday vocabulary in speech and writing. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.