CRAPSHOOTS Synonyms: 19 Similar and Opposite Words

crapshoots

noun

plural of crapshoot

as in chances

a risky undertaking there are almost no sure bets in the movie business—almost everything is a crapshoot

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Recent Examples of crapshoots Schools like Stanford, Harvard, CMU, University of Chicago, Caltech and MIT are extreme crapshoots even for students at the very top of their class. — Jess Marmor Shaw, San Francisco Chronicle, 10 Oct. 2024

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Noun

The Astros, meanwhile, made the most of some of their chances.

— LaMond Pope, Chicago Tribune, 1 Sep. 2026
To improve chances of a timely reply, patients should start messages by greeting their doctor by name, ideally including both first and last names.

— Paul Hsieh, Forbes.com, 31 Aug. 2026

Definition of chances

Noun

Congress has a role to play, too, by balancing the censuring of officials whose risks don’t pay off with awards for those who take heroic gambles for the right reasons.

— Doug Beck, Foreign Affairs, 18 Aug. 2026
But getting to this point required one of the Civil War’s most famous naval gambles.

— Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 18 Aug. 2026

Definition of gambles

Noun

The main course is finding new names to invest in, or doing the homework to learn about one of your existing portfolio company's buzzy ventures.

— Zev Fima, CNBC, 1 Sep. 2026
The fallout cost Ferguson charity affiliations, contributed to the closure of Sarah's Trust and damaged several of her business ventures.

— Lauryn Overhultz , Stephanie Nolasco, FOXNews.com, 1 Sep. 2026

Definition of ventures

Noun

Such speculations reflect the richness of possibilities that the new work opens up.

— Philip Ball, Scientific American, 20 Aug. 2026
Their speculations, although deemed inaccurate by later historians, helped shape popular understandings of the ancient druids.

— Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 14 Aug. 2026

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