Antonyms for adventurous
ædˈvɛn tʃər əsad·ven·tur·ous

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1. adventurousadjective

   Inclined to adventure; willing to incur risks; prone to embark in hazardous enterprise; rashly daring.

   Antonyms:
   nervous

   Synonyms:
   restless, dareful, venturesome, enterprising, daring, on the go

2. adventurousadjective

   Full of hazard; attended with risk; exposing to danger; requiring courage; rash.

   Synonyms:
   rash, presumptuous, foolhardy, hazardous

   Antonyms:
   safe

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1. 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, timorous

   Synonyms:
   bold, brave, chivalric, chivalrous, courageous, daring, dauntless, doughty, fearless, gallant, heroic, intrepid, undaunted, undismayed, valiant, venturesome

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1. adventurous

   Antonyms:
   timid, unenterprising, inadventurous, cowardly, nervous, hesitating, cautious

   Synonyms:
   bold, brave, daring, enterprising, courageous, gallant, fearless, venturesome, rash, chivalrous, hazardous

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1. adventurous, adventuresomeadjective

   willing to undertake or seeking out new and daring enterprises

   "adventurous pioneers"; "the risks and gains of an adventuresome economy"

   Antonyms:
   unadventurous, safe

   Synonyms:
   adventuresome

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1. adventurousadjective

   Synonyms:
   adventuresome, temerarious, venturous

How to use adventurous in a sentence?

1. Sarah Palin:

   As any adventurous Alaskan knows, while you may be down, you’re never out.

2. Victoria Mendoza:

   This is a great way to meet people and to be adventurous by exploring a new environment, it's also a great way to incorporate fitness into your travel.

3. Barack Obama:

   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.

4. Ananath Baral:

   Over one-third of the tourists who come to Nepal to visit protected areas want to come here for wildlife sightseeing and adventurous jungle safaris.

5. Marieke Witjes:

   Going into Africa is still a little bit adventurous in a way, compared to, for example, Asia, which has mega-cities and plenty of shopping malls, that's why a lot of international players are still kind of fearful about putting their money into Africa.

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