Synonyms for adventure
- noun
- verb
Synonyms by meaning
Noun
1. Accident — that which happens by chance; hazard; hap
chance, accident, event, luck, casualty, fortune, incident, occurrence, contingency, fortuity rare, hap dated
Other
escapade, romance, voyage, speculation, undertaking, enterprise, crisis, passage, transaction
Verb
1. Venture
venture, stake, imperil, jeopardize US, jeopardise UK
2. Risk
Other
Definitions
- n. 1
That which happens by chance; hazard; hap.
- n. 2
Risk; danger; peril.
- v. 1
To risk oneself; to dare to go somewhere or undertake something.
- v. 2
To dare to say or utter.
Related words
Forms
- Plural
- adventures → chances, accidents, events, lucks…
- Past participle
- adventured
e.g. adventured → ventured, staked, imperiled, jeopardized…
Choose the right word
An adventure is that which may turn out ill, a misadventure that which does turn out ill.
J. C. Fernald, English Synonyms and Antonyms (1914)
Example sentences
- luck I wish you the best of luck in your next endeavor.
- fortune He exploited his position to build up his fortune.
- jeopardy Yanni was in jeopardy somehow by living with Skura.
- peril Many wild animals are in peril of losing their lives.
- romance I have studied all the national Romance languages.
- voyage Someday we will be able to go on a voyage to Mars.
By length
- 3 letters
- hap1
- 4 letters
- risk1, luck1, dare1
- 5 letters
- event2, stake1, peril2
- 6 letters
- chance1, danger2, crisis2, hazard2, voyage2, gamble2
- 7 letters
- fortune2, romance2, passage2, venture2, imperil3
- 8 letters
- accident3, incident3, casualty4, jeopardy3, escapade3, fortuity
- 10 letters
- enterprise3, occurrence3, jeopardize3, jeopardise
- 11 letters
- transaction3, speculation4, undertaking4, contingency4
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (event2 = 2 syllables).