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Synonyms for adventure
ædˈvɛn tʃərad·ven·ture

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English Synonyms and Antonyms2.3 / 4 votes

  1. adventure

    An accident is that which happens without any one's direct intention; a chance that which happens without any known cause. If the direct cause of a railroad accident is known, we can not call it a chance. To the theist there is, in strictness, no chance, all things being by divine causation and control; but chance is spoken of where no special cause is manifest: "By chance there came down a certain priest that way," Luke x, 31. We can speak of a game of chance, but not of a game of accident. An incident is viewed as occurring in the regular course of things, but subordinate to the main purpose, or aside from the main design. Fortune is the result of inscrutable controlling forces. Fortune and chance are nearly equivalent, but chance can be used of human effort and endeavor as fortune can not be; we say "he has a chance of success," or "there is one chance in a thousand," where we could not substitute fortune; as personified, Fortune is regarded as having a fitful purpose, Chance as purposeless; we speak of fickle Fortune, blind Chance; "Fortune favors the brave." The slaughter of men is an incident of battle; unexpected defeat, the fortune of war. Since the unintended is often the undesirable, accident tends to signify some calamity or disaster, unless the contrary is expressed, as when we say a fortunate or happy accident. An adventure is that which may turn out ill, a misadventure that which does turn out ill. A slight disturbing accident is a mishap. Compare EVENT; HAZARD.

    Synonyms:
    accident, calamity, casualty, chance, contingency, disaster, fortuity, hap, happening, hazard, incident, misadventure, misfortune, mishap, possibility

    Antonyms:
    appointment, calculation, certainty, decree, fate, foreordination, intention, law, necessity, ordainment, ordinance, plan, preparation, provision, purpose

    Preposition:
    The accident of birth; an accident to the machinery.

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms3.3 / 4 votes

  1. adventure

    Synonyms:
    incident, crisis, chance, hazard, occurrence, event, enterprise, casualty, undertaking, experiment, venture, trial, romance

    Antonyms:
    matter-of-fact, matter-of-course

Princeton's WordNet2.5 / 4 votes

  1. adventure, escapade, risky venture, dangerous undertakingverb

    a wild and exciting undertaking (not necessarily lawful)

    Synonyms:
    lark, risky venture, dangerous undertaking, escapade

  2. gamble, chance, risk, hazard, take chances, adventure, run a risk, take a chanceverb

    take a risk in the hope of a favorable outcome

    "When you buy these stocks you are gambling"

    Synonyms:
    pretend, encounter, happen, guess, run a risk, chance, gamble, bump, venture, hazard, jeopardize, stake, take chances, find, take a chance, put on the line, lay on the line, risk

  3. venture, hazard, adventure, stake, jeopardizeverb

    put at risk

    "I will stake my good reputation for this"

    Synonyms:
    pretend, impale, guess, run a risk, chance, gamble, back, take chances, gage, endanger, threaten, peril, menace, imperil, embark, venture, hazard, jeopardise, jeopardize, stake, punt, take a chance, post, risk, bet on, game

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Editors Contribution0.0 / 0 votes

  1. capadenoun

    Submitted by rinat on May 31, 2023  

Dictionary of English Synonymes1.5 / 2 votes

  1. adventurenoun

    Synonyms:
    chance, hazard, fortuity, contingency, risk, venture, stake

  2. adventurenoun

    Synonyms:
    hazardous enterprise, bold undertaking

  3. adventurenoun

    Synonyms:
    event, incident, occurrence, transaction, passage, contingency

  4. adventurenoun

    Synonyms:
    (Com.) speculation

  5. adventureverb

    Synonyms:
    hazard, venture, risk, peril, imperil, put to hazard, put at risk, put in danger

  6. adventureverb

    Synonyms:
    dare, venture, take the risk, run the risk, incur the hazard

Concise Medical Dictionary, by Joseph C Segen, MD2.0 / 3 votes

  1. adventure

    Synonyms:
    See Misadventure

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How to use adventure in a sentence?

  1. Jessica Dubroff:

    This started off as a father-daughter adventure, and it's gotten wonderfully out of hand...I'm going to fly till I die.

  2. Jon Favreau:

    If you told me at 11 years old that I would be getting to tell stories in the Star Warsuniverse, I wouldn’t have believed you, i can’t wait to embark upon this exciting adventure.

  3. James Corden:

    When I started this journey, it was always going to be just that. It was going to be a journey, an adventure. I never saw it as my final destination, i never want The Late Late Show to overstay The Late Late Show welcome in any way. I always want to love making The Late Late Show. And I really think in a year from now, that will be a good time to move on and see what else might be out there.

  4. Voltaire:

    Marriage is the only adventure open to the cowardly.

  5. Carwyn Sharp:

    A 10K isn’t the distance where you’d need our service. Treatments are ideal for marathon runners, Ironman triathletes, long distance cycling, running or adventure races.


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