Synonyms for adventurous
- adjective
Most common
adventuresome daring brave audacious fool-hardy presumptuous
Synonyms by meaning
Adjective
1. Adventuresome — inclined to adventure; willing to take risks; prone to embark on hazardous enterprises; daring
adventuresome, daring, brave, audacious, enterprising, courageous, risky, bold, reckless, restless, doughty, venturous, temerarious, dareful, intrepid, fearless, daredevil, gutsy, chivalrous, valiant, gallant, venturesome formal dated
2. Presumptuous — full of risks; risky; liable to be in danger; requiring courage; rash
Other
Definitions
- adj. 1
Inclined to adventure; willing to take risks; prone to embark on hazardous enterprises; daring.
- adj. 2
Full of risks; risky; liable to be in danger; requiring courage; rash.
take an adventurous viewpoint
Related words
- Word family
- adventurously adventurousness adventure adventurer adventuresome
- Phrases
- adventurous sport
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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.
J. C. Fernald, English Synonyms and Antonyms (1914)
Example sentences
- brave When it comes to war, they are as brave as anyone.
- daring What's the most daring thing you've ever done?
- audacious Only an audacious mind will be able to solve this riddle.
- adventuresome Lady Luck favors the adventuresome.
- swashbuckling Lydia is the swashbuckling heroine of this adventure novel.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| adventurous | rising | |
| brave | rising | |
| daring | rising | |
| audacious | rising | |
| adventuresome | steady |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 4 letters
- bold1, rash1
- 5 letters
- brave1, risky2, brash1, gutsy2
- 6 letters
- daring2
- 7 letters
- valiant2, gallant2, doughty2, dareful
- 8 letters
- reckless2, restless2, fearless2, intrepid3
- 9 letters
- hazardous3, daredevil3, audacious3, venturous
- 10 letters
- courageous3, chivalrous
- 11 letters
- venturesome3, temerarious
- 12 letters
- enterprising4, presumptuous4
- 13 letters
- swashbuckling3, adventuresome4
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (risky2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- aventureux
- Italiano
- avventuroso
- Español
- aventurado
- Deutsch
- abenteuerlich