About The Word Adventurous
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Adventurous
Adventurous Definition And Meaning |
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What's The Definition Of Adventurous?
[adj] willing to undertake or seeking out new and daring enterprises; "adventurous pioneers"; "the risks and gains of an adventuresome economy"
Synonyms | Synonyms for Adventurous: adventuresome | audacious | daring | sporting | swaggering | swashbuckling | venturesome | venturous Related Terms | Find terms related to Adventurous: adventuresome | adversary | aggressive | aleatory | ambitious | antagonist | anti | assaulter | attacker | audacious | bold | brash | brave | chancy | con | courageous | daredevil | daring | death-defying | devil-may-care | dicey | doughty | driving | dynamic | enterprising | fire-eating | foolhardy | forceful | forward | full of risk | go-ahead | harebrained | hazardous | hotheaded | hustling | impetuous | imprudent | intrepid | madbrain | madbrained | madcap | match | opposer | oppugnant | overbold | overconfident | presumptuous | pushful | pushing | pushy | rash | reckless | riskful | risky | speculative | temerarious | up-and-coming | venturesome | venturous | wild | wild-ass | wildcat See Also | bold | brave | courageous | fearless | incautious Adventurous In Webster's Dictionary \Ad*ven"tur*ous\, a. [OE. aventurous, aunterous, OF.
aventuros, F. aventureux, fr. aventure. See {Adventure}, n.]
1. Inclined to adventure; willing to incur hazard; prone to
embark in hazardous enterprise; rashly daring; -- applied
to persons.
Bold deed thou hast presumed, adventurous Eve.
--Milton.
2. Full of hazard; attended with risk; exposing to danger;
requiring courage; rash; -- applied to acts; as, an
adventurous undertaking, deed, song.
Syn: Rash; foolhardy; presumptuous; enterprising; daring;
hazardous; venturesome. See {Rash}.
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