STAKE: Synonyms and Related Words. What is Another Word for STAKE?

Need another word that means the same as “stake”? Find 46 synonyms and 30 related words for “stake” in this overview.

The synonyms of “Stake” are: bet, stakes, wager, post, interest, pole, stick, spike, upright, support, prop, strut, stave, pale, paling, picket, pile, piling, stanchion, shaft, cane, beanpole, rod, mast, adventure, hazard, jeopardize, venture, impale, back, bet on, gage, game, punt, prop up, tie up, tether, hold up, bolster up, brace, buttress, reinforce, truss, stay

Stake as a Noun

Definitions of "Stake" as a noun

According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “stake” as a noun can have the following definitions:

• (law) a right or legal share of something; a financial involvement with something.
• The money risked on a gamble.
• A strong wooden or metal post with a point at one end, driven into the ground to support a plant, form part of a fence, mark a boundary, etc.
• A right or legal share of something; a financial involvement with something.
• A pole or stake set up to mark something (as the start or end of a race track.
• A territorial division of a Latter-day Saints (Mormon) Church under the jurisdiction of a president.
• A metalworker's small anvil, typically with a projection for fitting into a socket on a bench.
• Instrument of execution consisting of a vertical post that a victim is tied to for burning.
• A strong wooden or metal post with a point at one end so it can be driven into the ground.
• A long vertical rod used in basket-making.
• A wooden post to which a person was tied before being burned alive as a punishment.

Synonyms of "Stake" as a noun (24 Words)

beanpole	A tall, thin person.
bet	An act of betting a sum of money. The bookies are taking bets on his possible successor.
cane	A length of cane or a slender stick especially one used as a support for plants a walking stick or an instrument of punishment. Tie the shoot to a cane if vertical growth is required.
interest	The selfish pursuit of one s own welfare self interest. They said nothing of great interest.
mast	Any sturdy upright pole.
pale	A wooden strip forming part of a fence.
paling	A post used in a paling.
picket	A blockade of a workplace or other venue staged by a picket. When would this headlong advance run into the enemy pickets.
pile	(often followed by `of’) a large number or amount or extent. He s making piles of money.
piling	A nuclear reactor that uses controlled nuclear fission to generate energy. Wooden piling supporting a complex of waterfront buildings.
pole	A long fiberglass sports implement used for pole vaulting. They are at opposite poles.
post	A goalpost. A soldier manned the entrance post.
prop	A propeller that rotates to push against air. He looked around for a prop to pin the door open.
rod	A square rod of land. Concrete walls reinforced with steel rods.
shaft	An arrow or spear. The shaft of a feather.
spike	Fruiting spike of a cereal plant especially corn. The seismograph showed a sharp spike in response to the temblor.
stakes	A strong wooden or metal post with a point at one end so it can be driven into the ground.
stanchion	Any vertical post or rod used as a support.
stave	A vertical wooden post or plank in a building or other structure.
stick	In field hockey the foul play of raising the stick above the shoulder. He felt hard done by living out in the sticks.
strut	Brace consisting of a bar or rod used to resist longitudinal compression. A supporting strut.
support	The action of supporting something or someone or the state of being supported. He leaned against the wall for support.
upright	An upright piano. The ball sailed between the uprights.
wager	The money risked on a gamble. They have made a wager on who will win tonight.

Usage Examples of "Stake" as a noun

• Bishop Ridley was burned at the stake.
• A stake in the company's future.
• The corner of the lot was indicated by a stake.

Stake as a Verb

Definitions of "Stake" as a verb

According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “stake” as a verb can have the following definitions:

• Support (a plant) with a stake or stakes.
• Tie or fasten to a stake.
• Kill by piercing with a spear or sharp pole.
• Mark with a stake.
• Put at risk.
• Place a bet on.

Synonyms of "Stake" as a verb (22 Words)

adventure	Put (one’s money or life) at risk. He adventured 300 in the purchase of land.
back	Be in back of. Can you back up your claims.
bet on	Maintain with or as if with a bet.
bolster up	Add padding to.
brace	Support or hold steady and make steadfast with or as if with a brace. She braced her feet against a projecting shelf.
buttress	Reinforce with a buttress. Authority was buttressed by religious belief.
gage	Place a bet on. A guide sent to them by the headman of this place gaged his life as a forfeit if he failed.
game	Play gambling games. The majority of the audience are teens who game and watch anime.
hazard	Put at risk. He hazarded a guess.
hold up	Assert or affirm.
impale	Transfix or pierce with a sharp instrument. The impaled arms of her husband and her father.
jeopardize	Put (someone or something) into a situation in which there is a danger of loss, harm, or failure. A devaluation of the dollar would jeopardize New York s position as a financial centre.
post	Assign to a post put into a post. The company posted the news on its blog yesterday.
prop up	Support by placing against something solid or rigid.
punt	Convey in a punt. In summer you can enjoy punting along the river.
reinforce	Strengthen or support (an object or substance), especially with additional material. The helmet has been reinforced with a double layer of cork.
stay	Fasten with stays. I grabbed something to stay the pangs of hunger.
support	Be the physical support of carry the weight of. The evidence supports the defendant.
tether	Tie with a tether. Tether horses.
tie up	Finish a game with an equal number of points, goals, etc.
truss	Support a roof bridge or other structure with a truss or trusses. Truss the roofs.
venture	Put at risk. May I venture to add a few comments.

Usage Examples of "Stake" as a verb

• I will stake my good reputation for this.
• Vigorous plants need staking.
• Stake your goat.
• Stake out the path.
• The gladioli were staked in gaudy ranks.

Associations of "Stake" (30 Words)

adhere	Be loyal to. The account adhered firmly to fact.
bonus	An extra and unexpected advantage. Good weather is an added bonus but the real appeal is the landscape.
bush	Vegetation growing in the bush. A rose bush.
dividend	An individual s share of a dividend. Buying a rail pass may still pay dividends.
drill	Similar to the mandrill but smaller and less brightly colored. Tables can be mastered by drill and practice.
empower	Make (someone) stronger and more confident, especially in controlling their life and claiming their rights. Members are empowered to audit the accounts of limited companies.
endue	Endow or provide with a quality or ability. Our sight would be endued with a far greater sharpness.
harpoon	Spear with a harpoon. Gilbert s father harpooned a five metre basking shark.
impale	Pierce with a sharp stake or point. Impale a shrimp on a skewer.
income	Money received, especially on a regular basis, for work or through investments. He has a nice home and an adequate income.
invest	Make an investment. He stands before you invested in the full canonicals of his calling.
lance	Prick or cut open an abscess or boil with a lancet or other sharp instrument. He lanced through Harlequins midfield to score Swansea s lone try.
payment	An amount paid or payable. A compensation payment of 2500.
pinch	Irritate as if by a nip pinch or tear. Mrs Grandison s pointed Italian style shoes were already beginning to pinch her feet.
poke	Prod and stir a fire with a poker to make it burn more fiercely. His mother comes into his room sometimes and has a poke round.
porcupine	Relatively large rodents with sharp erectile bristles mingled with the fur.
prickle	Cause a stinging or tingling sensation. The prickles of the gorse bushes.
prickly	Very irritable. This is a prickly subject.
shareholder	Someone who holds shares of stock in a corporation.
sliver	Convert textile fibres into slivers. The fibres are combed or carded then slivered and spun into yarn.
spear	Pierce with a spear. She speared her last chip with her fork.
spike	Of a newspaper editor reject a story by or as if by filing it on a spike. Lightning spiked across the sky.
spindle	A Eurasian shrub or small tree with slender toothed leaves and pink capsules containing bright orange seeds Its hard timber was formerly used for making spindles. Chromosomes are distributed by spindles in mitosis and meiosis.
spinous	Having spines. The dorsal fin is spinous.
spiny	Difficult to understand or handle. A spiny problem.
stick	In field hockey the foul play of raising the stick above the shoulder. Janet s not such a bad old stick sometimes.
sticker	A small sharp-pointed tip resembling a spike on a stem or leaf. A disabled sticker for our car.
sting	A painful wound caused by the thrust of an insect s stinger into skin. She smiled to take the sting out of her words.
thorn	A thorny bush shrub or tree especially a hawthorn. The issue has become a thorn in renewing the peace talks.
transfix	Pierce with a sharp stake or point. A field mouse is transfixed by the curved talons of an owl.