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Antonyms for adventure
ædˈvɛn tʃərad·ven·ture
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English Synonyms and Antonyms
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.
Antonyms:
appointment, calculation, certainty, decree, fate, foreordination, intention, law, necessity, ordainment, ordinance, plan, preparation, provision, purposeSynonyms:
accident, calamity, casualty, chance, contingency, disaster, fortuity, hap, happening, hazard, incident, misadventure, misfortune, mishap, possibilityPreposition:
The accident of birth; an accident to the machinery.
Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms
adventure
Antonyms:
matter-of-fact, matter-of-courseSynonyms:
incident, crisis, chance, hazard, occurrence, event, enterprise, casualty, undertaking, experiment, venture, trial, romance
Matched Categories
Princeton's WordNet
adventure, escapade, risky venture, dangerous undertakingverb
a wild and exciting undertaking (not necessarily lawful)
Synonyms:
lark, risky venture, dangerous undertaking, escapadegamble, 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, riskventure, 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
Concise Medical Dictionary, by Joseph C Segen, MD
adventure
Synonyms:
See Misadventure
Editors Contribution
drudgery
How to use adventure in a sentence?
I have found adventure in flying, in world travel, in business, and even close at hand... Adventure is a state of mind - and spirit.
I have learned more about love, selflessness and human understanding in this great adventure in the world of AIDS than I ever did in the cut-throat, competitive world in which I spent my life.
Marriage is the only adventure open to the cowardly.
It is in the compelling zest of high adventure and of victory, and in creative action, that man finds his supreme joys.
I have often been downcast, but never in despair I regard our hiding as a dangerous adventure, romantic and interesting at the same time. In my diary I treat all the privations as amusing. I have made up my mind now to lead a different life from other girls and, later on, different from ordinary housewives. My start has been so very full of interest, and that is the sole reason why I have to laugh at the humorous side of the most dangerous moments.
Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#332 | law | |
#480 | plan | |
#1258 | purpose | |
#2310 | adventure | |
#2886 | provision | |
#3055 | preparation | |
#4202 | appointment | |
#6372 | calculation | |
#7107 | ordinance | |
#7295 | intention | |
#7888 | fate | |
#9308 | necessity | |
#13053 | decree | |
#14578 | certainty |
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