All bank on synonyms

verb bank on

• count on — If you count on something or count upon it, you expect it to happen and include it in your plans.
• build on — to construct (especially something complex) by assembling and joining parts or materials: to build a house.
• lean on — to incline or bend from a vertical position: She leaned out the window.
• look to — to turn one's eyes toward something or in some direction in order to see: He looked toward the western horizon and saw the returning planes.
• assume — If you assume that something is true, you imagine that it is true, sometimes wrongly.
• stake — something that is wagered in a game, race, or contest.
• trust — reliance on the integrity, strength, ability, surety, etc., of a person or thing; confidence.
• venture — an undertaking involving uncertainty as to the outcome, especially a risky or dangerous one: a mountain-climbing venture.
• wager — something risked or staked on an uncertain event; bet: to place a wager on a soccer match.