Adventurous

//ædˈvɛn.t͡ʃɚ.əs// adj

adj ·Moderate ·College level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Inclined to adventure; willing to take risks; prone to embark on hazardous enterprises; daring.

    "The San Juan market is Mexico City's most famous deli of exotic meats, where an adventurous shopper can hunt down hard-to-find critters such as ostrich, wild boar and crocodile."

  2. 2
    Full of risks; risky; liable to be in danger; requiring courage; rash.

    "take an adventurous viewpoint"

Adjective
  1. 1
    willing to undertake or seeking out new and daring enterprises wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms
enterprisingrashventuresomeventuresomeadvancedadventuresome

Example

More examples

"In private, Kobayashi-san told me he liked his women "adventurous." What he calls an adventure I hope to never know."

Etymology

From Middle English aventurous, aunterous, auntrous, from Old French aventuros (whence French aventureux). By surface analysis, adventure + -ous.

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