sweepstake

S1W4E1E1P3S1T1A1K5E1
UK/ˈswiːpsteɪk/US/ˈswipˌsteɪk/

noun

A lottery in which the prize or prizes constitute all the money paid by the participants.

Less commonScrabble 19
Ask AI about this wordChatGPTClaudePerplexityGoogle AIGrok

Meanings

nounsweepstake (plural sweepstakes)

plural sweepstakes · alternative swoopstake

  1. A lottery in which the prize or prizes constitute all the money paid by the participants.
  2. USA prize draw.

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
sweepstakes

Origin

From sweep + stake.

Full word history & related roots →

Translations

Bulgarian лотария, тотализатор
  • лотария (lotarija)lottery
  • тотализатор (totalizator)lottery
Czech loterie
  • loterielottery
Dutch loterij
  • loterijlottery
Finnish arvonta, arpajaiset
  • arvontalottery
  • arpajaisetlottery
Hungarian sorsolásos szerencsejáték, sorsjáték
  • sorsolásos szerencsejátéklottery
  • sorsjátéklottery
  • nyereményjátéklottery
Italian lotteria, gioco a premi
  • lotterialottery
  • gioco a premilottery
Polish loteria
  • loterialottery
Portuguese rifa, loteria
  • rifalottery
  • loterialottery
Scottish Gaelic duais-sgrìob
  • duais-sgrìoblottery
Turkish piyango
  • piyangolottery
Cite this entry
APA

sweepstake. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sweepstake

MLA

“sweepstake.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sweepstake. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “sweepstake,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sweepstake.

Source: sweepstake on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.