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Synonyms for adventurous
ædˈvɛn tʃər əsad·ven·tur·ous
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Wiktionary
adventurousadjective
Inclined to adventure; willing to incur risks; prone to embark in hazardous enterprise; rashly daring.
Synonyms:
restless, dareful, venturesome, enterprising, daring, on the goAntonyms:
nervousadventurousadjective
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.
Synonyms:
bold, brave, chivalric, chivalrous, courageous, daring, dauntless, doughty, fearless, gallant, heroic, intrepid, undaunted, undismayed, valiant, venturesomeAntonyms:
afraid, cowardly, cringing, faint-hearted, fearful, frightened, pusillanimous, shrinking, timid, timorous
Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms
adventurous
Synonyms:
bold, brave, daring, enterprising, courageous, gallant, fearless, venturesome, rash, chivalrous, hazardousAntonyms:
timid, unenterprising, inadventurous, cowardly, nervous, hesitating, cautious
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"
Synonyms:
adventuresomeAntonyms:
unadventurous, safe
Dictionary of English Synonymes
adventurousadjective
Synonyms:
bold, daring, courageous, venturesome, venturous, chivalrous, doughty, enterprisingadventurousadjective
Synonyms:
rash, reckless, precipitate, headlong, foolhardy, full of hazard
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
adventurousadjective
Synonyms:
adventuresome, temerarious, venturous
Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#2310 | adventure | |
#3945 | bold | |
#5700 | hazardous | |
#9772 | brave | |
#14907 | doughty | |
#15603 | rash | |
#18232 | heroic | |
#18495 | restless | |
#18719 | daring | |
#20518 | valiant | |
#21619 | adventurous | |
#23008 | courageous | |
#23219 | fearless | |
#25618 | intrepid | |
#29079 | gallant | |
#39627 | enterprising | |
#51684 | audacious | |
#67180 | undaunted | |
#68705 | presumptuous | |
#93106 | foolhardy | |
#95093 | dauntless | |
#104601 | chivalrous | |
#133741 | adventuresome | |
#161595 | chivalric | |
#242317 | venturesome |
How to use adventurous in a sentence?
One of the most adventurous things left us is to go to bed. For no one can lay a hand on our dreams.
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.
Today, couples are adventurous.
Couples tend to fall into what's quick and easy rather than what's fulfilling and adventurous, on one hand, it’s nice to feel known and understood by your partner sexually, but on the other hand, familiar routines easily get stale.
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.
Translations for adventurous
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- مغامرArabic
- опасен, авантюристичен, рискованBulgarian
- aventurerCatalan, Valencian
- dobrodružnýCzech
- abenteuerlich, abenteuerlustigGerman
- aventuremaEsperanto
- aventurado, aventurero, intrépido, arriesgadoSpanish
- abenturazaleBasque
- پرماجراPersian
- seikkailunhaluinen, uskaliasFinnish
- hasardeux, aventureuxFrench
- aventureiroGalician
- הרפתקניHebrew
- kalandosHungarian
- 冒険的, 冒険好きJapanese
- abenteuerlechLuxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- eventyrligNorwegian
- avontuurlijk, ondernemend, gewaagdDutch
- eventyrlegNorwegian Nynorsk
- eventyrlystenNorwegian
- pełen przygódPolish
- aventureiroPortuguese
- авантю́рный, опа́сный, авантюристи́чный, риско́ванныйRussian
- äventyrligSwedish
- serüvenli, maceraperest, tehlikeliTurkish
- ventürikVolapük
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