What are some opposite words for adventurous?
Antonyms for adventurous
ædˈvɛn tʃər əsad·ven·tur·ous
This page is about all possible antonyms and opposite words for the term adventurous.
Wiktionary
adventurousadjective
Inclined to adventure; willing to incur risks; prone to embark in hazardous enterprise; rashly daring.
Antonyms:
nervousSynonyms:
restless, dareful, venturesome, enterprising, daring, on the goadventurousadjective
Full of hazard; attended with risk; exposing to danger; requiring courage; rash.
Synonyms:
rash, presumptuous, foolhardy, hazardousAntonyms:
safe
English Synonyms and Antonyms
adventurous
The adventurous man goes in quest of danger; the bold man stands out and faces danger or censure; the brave man combines confidence with resolution in presence of danger; the chivalrous man puts himself in peril for others' protection. The daring step out to defy danger; the dauntless will not flinch before anything that may come to them; the doughty will give and take limitless hard knocks. The adventurous find something romantic in dangerous enterprises; the venturesome may be simply heedless, reckless, or ignorant. All great explorers have been adventurous; children, fools, and criminals are venturesome. The fearless and intrepid possess unshaken nerves in any place of danger. Courageous is more than brave, adding a moral element: the courageous man steadily encounters perils to which he may be keenly sensitive, at the call of duty; the gallant are brave in a dashing, showy, and splendid way; the valiant not only dare great dangers, but achieve great results; the heroic are nobly daring and dauntless, truly chivalrous, sublimely courageous. Compare FORTITUDE.
Antonyms:
afraid, cowardly, cringing, faint-hearted, fearful, frightened, pusillanimous, shrinking, timid, timorousSynonyms:
bold, brave, chivalric, chivalrous, courageous, daring, dauntless, doughty, fearless, gallant, heroic, intrepid, undaunted, undismayed, valiant, venturesome
Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms
adventurous
Antonyms:
timid, unenterprising, inadventurous, cowardly, nervous, hesitating, cautiousSynonyms:
bold, brave, daring, enterprising, courageous, gallant, fearless, venturesome, rash, chivalrous, hazardous
Princeton's WordNet
adventurous, adventuresomeadjective
willing to undertake or seeking out new and daring enterprises
"adventurous pioneers"; "the risks and gains of an adventuresome economy"
Antonyms:
unadventurous, safeSynonyms:
adventuresome
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
adventurousadjective
Synonyms:
adventuresome, temerarious, venturous
How to use adventurous in a sentence?
The mood was pretty sad, we feel so bad for these people. You don't expect to go on a holiday and not return. We are very adventurous too and we would have definitely gone on that volcano tour. But we had a friend with kids so we decided not to.
I wish that we hadn't taught my older daughter to be so adventurous that she would be hiking in the mountains, out of cell service range when the President called.
I think there's a much more diverse culture in this country now. People are much more adventurous in their eating, they travel much more so they experience food right around the world and want to replicate it when they come home.
One of the most adventurous things left us is to go to bed. For no one can lay a hand on our dreams.
Cassie meant so much to so many, and everything to me, hearts around the world are breaking as friends and family accept the loss of a bright and kind soul with an adventurous spirit. That spirit now lives in all our hearts as we will forever remember the love she gave and keep her memory alive in stories that make us laugh and smile.
Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#1286 | safe | |
#5795 | afraid | |
#7366 | nervous | |
#18081 | cautious | |
#20134 | frightened | |
#21238 | shrinking | |
#21619 | adventurous | |
#22989 | fearful | |
#33672 | timid | |
#38914 | cowardly | |
#75781 | hesitating | |
#100376 | cringing | |
#149487 | timorous | |
#272099 | pusillanimous |
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