Adventurous
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English
Adjective
Adventurous (comparative more Adventurous, superlative most Adventurous)
- Inclined to adventure; willing to incur risks; prone to embark in hazardous enterprise; rashly daring; — applied to persons.
- Full of hazard; attended with risk; exposing to danger; requiring courage; rash; -- applied to acts; as an adventurous undertaking, deed, song.
Adverbs for Adventurous
madly; boldly; avidly; bravely; timidly; rashly; innately; daringly; carefully; crazily; recklessly; gloriously; notoriously; audaciously; romantically; dramatically; vicariously; courageously; foolishly; terribly; eagerly; inherently; joyously; colossally; foolhardily; singularly; breath-takingly; tragically; youthfully; fantastically; madly; boyishly; disconcertingly; incredibly; alarmingly; discreetly; constitutionally; extravagantly; hazardously.
Thesaurus
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
Etymology
From Old English aventurous, aunterous, from Old French aventuros (modern aventureux)
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