odds-maker

1. 1.

   someone who sets the betting odds based on calculations of the outcome of a contest (especially a horse race)

   Synonymshandicapper

   Broadergambler

Questions about odds-maker

What does odds-maker mean?

odds-maker means "someone who sets the betting odds based on calculations of the outcome of a contest (especially a horse race)".

How many syllables are in odds-maker?

odds-maker has 3 syllables: odd-s-ma-ker. The stress falls on "odd".

What is another word for odds-maker?

Close synonyms include handicapper. 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 odds-maker a common word?

odds-maker is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.