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lottery - 7 thesaurus results
| Main Entry: | lottery |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | drawing |
| Synonyms: | chance, gambling, game of chance, raffle, Lotto, door prize, luck of the draw, numbers game, sweepstake |
| Main Entry: | bet |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | game of chance; money gambled |
| Synonyms: | action, ante, chance, hazard, long shot, lot, lottery, odds, parlay, play, pledge, plunge, pot, raffle, risk, shot, shot in the dark*, speculation, stake, uncertainty, venture, wager, betting, down on, odds on, random shot, sweepstakes |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | gamble |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | chance, speculation |
| Synonyms: | action, bet, fling, leap*, long shot*, lottery, raffle, risk, shot in the dark*, stab*, uncertainty, venture, wager, outside chance, spec, throw of the dice, toss up |
| Notes: | a gamble (noun) is a risky act, venture, bet, or wager - to gamble (verb) is to take a risk in the hope of a favorable outcome; a gambol (noun) a skipping or leaping about in frolic - to gambol (verb) is to dance and skip about in play or to frolic |
| Antonyms: | design, guard, insurance, plan, protection, safeguard |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | game of chance |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | game depending on luck |
| Synonyms: | bridge, lottery, poker, wheel of fortune, bingo, canasta, craps, crazy eights, gambling game, gin, gin rummy, lotto, penny ante, pinochle, roulette, twenty-one |
| Main Entry: | chance |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | fate, luck |
| Synonyms: | accident, advantage, adventure, bad luck, break, cast, casualty, coincidence, contingency, destination, destiny, doom, fluke, fortune, future, gamble, good luck, haphazard, happening, hazard, hit*, kismet, lot, lottery, lucky break, misfortune, occurrence, odds, outcome, peril, providence, risk, stroke of luck*, toss-up, wheel of fortune*, even chance, fortuity, hap, heads or tails, in the cards, luck out, peradventure, throw of the dice, turn of the cards, way the cookie crumbles |
| Antonyms: | aim, design, plan, scheme |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | chance |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | gamble, risk |
| Synonyms: | bet, hazard, jeopardy, lottery, raffle, speculation, stake, try, venture, wager, craps game, fall of the cards, throw of the dice |
| Main Entry: | draft |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | military conscription |
| Synonyms: | allotment, assignment, induction, levy, lottery, registration, roll call, selection, selective service, call of duty, call-up, greetings, impressment, letter from Uncle Sam, recruiting |
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