Word Type

Noun

Verb

Adjective

The word "gambling" can be used as noun, verb and adjective.

Word Relationships

Typical Location

casino

Capable Of

addicitve

Causes

bankruptcy lose money losing money penury

Derived Terms

advantage gambling antigambling cybergambling e-gambling gambling den gambling hell gambling house gambling joint nongambling online gambling problem gambling telegambling

Inflected/Variant Forms

gamble

Has Property

risky stupid

Broader Terms (Hypernyms)

diversion recreation vice

Type Of (IsA)

addiction for people diversion important business in nevada vice what gambler does

Related Terms

game of chance

Related Terms

activity balance chance gamble game of chance govern lose mixture skill win

Similar Terms

indulgent

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.