100 Words to Use Instead of “Bet”

No.	Term	Definition
1.	Accede	Agree to a request.
2.	Accept	Agree to take or receive.
3.	Accord	Grant or give agreement.
4.	Acknowledge	Recognize as true or valid.
5.	Acquiesce	Agree without protest.
6.	Affirm	State firmly as true.
7.	Agree	Share the same opinion.
8.	Align	Bring into agreement.
9.	Allow	Permit or consent to.
10.	Amen	Express strong agreement.
11.	Approve	Officially agree to.
12.	Arguably	Open to reasonable agreement.
13.	Assent	Express approval or agreement.
14.	Assume	Take as true without proof.
15.	Authorize	Give official permission.
16.	Back	Support or endorse.
17.	Bank on	Rely on confidently.
18.	Be certain	Feel sure about something.
19.	Be convinced	Hold firmly as true.
20.	Be positive	Be sure or confident.
21.	Believe	Accept as true.
22.	Boast	Speak proudly, often exaggerated.
23.	Call it	Predict the outcome.
24.	Can vouch	Confirm from experience.
25.	Certify	Formally attest as true.
26.	Chance it	Take a risk.
27.	Claim	State something is true.
28.	Co-sign	Support or endorse jointly.
29.	Commit	Pledge to a course.
30.	Concede	Admit as true reluctantly.
31.	Concur	Agree with an opinion.
32.	Confirm	Establish as true.
33.	Consent	Give permission or agreement.
34.	Count on	Depend on with confidence.
35.	Credit	Believe or trust.
36.	Declare	Announce formally or openly.
37.	Deem	Regard as.
38.	Depend on	Rely on for support.
39.	Endorse	Publicly support or approve.
40.	Engage	Promise or undertake.
41.	Estimate	Roughly calculate or judge.
42.	Expect	Anticipate as likely.
43.	Express confidence	State strong certainty.
44.	Figure	Think or suppose.
45.	Forecast	Predict what will happen.
46.	Gamble	Risk something on chance.
47.	Genuinely think	Truly believe.
48.	Give odds	Offer probability-based terms.
49.	Give your word	Make a personal promise.
50.	Guarantee	Promise with assurance.
51.	Hazard a guess	Make a tentative guess.
52.	Hold	Maintain a belief.
53.	Hope	Desire with expectation.
54.	Hypothesize	Propose as a possibility.
55.	Imagine	Suppose or picture mentally.
56.	In my view	From my perspective.
57.	Infer	Conclude from evidence.
58.	Judge	Form an opinion.
59.	Know	Be certain through knowledge.
60.	Lean toward	Favor slightly.
61.	Maintain	Continue to assert.
62.	Make a wager	Stake something on an outcome.
63.	Mark my words	Be sure this will happen.
64.	Mean it	Be serious and sincere.
65.	Move to approve	Propose formal approval.
66.	Nod along	Show agreement nonverbally.
67.	Not doubt	Be confident; disbelieve none.
68.	Offer a stake	Put something at risk.
69.	Okay	Signal agreement or permission.
70.	Opine	State an opinion.
71.	Pledge	Make a solemn promise.
72.	Postulate	Assume as a basis.
73.	Predict	Say what will happen.
74.	Presume	Assume likely true.
75.	Profess	Claim openly.
76.	Promise	Commit to do something.
77.	Propose	Put forward for consideration.
78.	Put money on	Back with a stake.
79.	Put on the line	Risk something important.
80.	Put your faith in	Trust deeply.
81.	Reckon	Think or suppose.
82.	Recognize	Accept as true.
83.	Rely on	Depend on.
84.	Risk	Expose to possible loss.
85.	Say so	State your position.
86.	Second	Support a motion.
87.	See it coming	Anticipate in advance.
88.	Set your sights on	Aim for confidently.
89.	Sign off	Approve or authorize.
90.	Speculate	Guess without firm evidence.
91.	Stake	Risk something valuable.
92.	Stand behind	Support fully.
93.	Stand by	Support or uphold.
94.	State	Express in words.
95.	Submit	Present for approval.
96.	Subscribe to	Agree with an idea.
97.	Support	Back or uphold.
98.	Suppose	Assume for argument.
99.	Sure	Express confidence or agreement.
100.	Suspect	Think likely, not certain.