Synonyms for venturesome
- adjective
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Adjective
1. Daring — adventurous; bold; willing to take risks
daring, adventurous, audacious, brave, risky, doughty, adventuresome, venturous, bold, hazardous, rash, courageous, fearless, intrepid, enterprising, temerarious, hardy, reckless, manly, valiant, daredevil, stalwart
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Definitions
- adj. 1
Adventurous; bold; willing to take risks.
Related words
- Word family
- venturesomely venturesomeness
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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.
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?
- adventurous Ziri was as daringly adventurous as the rest of us.
- audacious Only an audacious mind will be able to solve this riddle.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| venturesome | falling | |
| brave | rising | |
| daring | rising | |
| adventurous | rising | |
| audacious | rising |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 4 letters
- bold1, rash1
- 5 letters
- brave1, risky2, hardy2, manly2
- 6 letters
- daring2
- 7 letters
- valiant2, doughty2
- 8 letters
- reckless2, fearless2, intrepid3, stalwart2
- 9 letters
- hazardous3, daredevil3, audacious3, venturous
- 10 letters
- courageous3
- 11 letters
- adventurous4, temerarious
- 12 letters
- enterprising4
- 13 letters
- adventuresome4
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (risky2 = 2 syllables).