gambler

Noun

Meaning

One who gambles.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

risk taker lion handicapper daredevil player better ace sport rebel gambling shooter heroine adventurer plunger bettor

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Antonyms

guardian coward saver careful collector protector

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Hypernyms

individual person soul mortal somebody adventurer

Hyponyms

handicapper better croupier shooter loser plunger

Phrases with the word

Gambler's fallacy high-stakes gambler gambler's cop gambler's rot card gambler human gambler

Anagrams

gambrel

Examples

As the gambler said of his dice, to love and win is the best thing, to love and lose is the next best. William Makepeace Thackeray

Between the daylight gambler and the player at night there is the same difference that lies between a careless husband and the lover swooning under his lady's window. Honoré de Balzac

And in movies you must be a gambler. To produce films is to gamble. Douglas Sirk

Making pictures, for an actress, is like betting, for a gambler. Each time you make a picture you try to analyze why you won or lost. Hedy Lamarr

One hundred alcoholics are better than one gambler. Tunisian Proverb

The expectation of recouping himself is what beggars the gambler. Irish Proverb

Close letter words and terms

gambist gambit gamble gambler's cop Gambler's fallacy gambler's method