venture

1. 1.

   proceed somewhere despite the risk of possible dangers

   “We ventured into the world of high-tech and bought a supercomputer”

   Synonymsembark

   Broadergo
2. 2.

   put forward, of a guess, in spite of possible refutation

   “I am guessing that the price of real estate will rise again”

   “I cannot pretend to say that you are wrong”

   Synonymsguesspretendhazard

   Broaderspeculate

   Narrowerpredictsuspect
3. 3.

   put at risk

   “I will stake my good reputation for this”

   Synonymshazardadventurestakejeopardize

   Broaderrisk

Other forms of venture

plural

ventures·

past tense

ventured·

present participle

venturing·

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 venture

What does venture mean?

venture means "any venturesome undertaking especially one with an uncertain outcome". That is the primary sense; the word has 6 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in venture?

venture has 2 syllables: ven-ture. The stress falls on "ven". In IPA it is /ˈvɛntʃɚ/.

What is another word for venture?

Close synonyms include speculation, embark, guess, pretend, hazard. 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 venture a common word?

venture 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.

What rhymes with venture?

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