In private, Kobayashi-san told me he liked his women "adventurous." What he calls an adventure I hope to never know.
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Adventurous
//ædˈvɛn.t͡ʃɚ.əs//
Synonyms for "adventurous" (85 found)
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Closest matches (17)
Strong matches (26)
Related words (42)
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2 entriesRelated terms
4 entriesderived
6 entriesderived from
1 entrieshas context
2 entriesrelated to
10 entriessimilar
15 entriesTranslations
67 translations across 31 languages.
Arabic
1 entries- مُغَامِر adj (inclined to adventure)
Asturian
1 entries- aventureru adj (inclined to adventure)
Basque
1 entries- abenturazale adj (inclined to adventure)
Belarusian
1 entries- аванту́рны adj (inclined to adventure)
Bulgarian
4 entries- авантюристичен adj (inclined to adventure)
- опасен adj (full of hazard)
- рискован adj (inclined to adventure)
- рискован adj (full of hazard)
Catalan
1 entries- aventurer adj (inclined to adventure)
Czech
1 entries- dobrodružný adj (full of hazard)
Danish
2 entries- eventyrlig adj (full of hazard)
- eventyrslysten adj (inclined to adventure)
Dutch
4 entries- avontuurlijk adj (inclined to adventure)
- avontuurlijk adj (full of hazard)
- gewaagd adj (full of hazard)
- ondernemend adj (inclined to adventure)
Esperanto
1 entries- aventurema adj (inclined to adventure)
Finnish
3 entries- seikkailunhaluinen adj (inclined to adventure)
- uhkarohkea adj (full of hazard)
- uskalias adj (full of hazard)
French
2 entries- aventureux adj (inclined to adventure)
- hasardeux adj (full of hazard)
Galician
1 entries- aventureiro adj (inclined to adventure)
German
4 entries- abenteuerdurstig adj (inclined to adventure)
- abenteuerhungrig adj (inclined to adventure)
- abenteuerlich adj (full of hazard)
- abenteuerlustig adj (inclined to adventure)
Hebrew
2 entries- הרפתקני adj (inclined to adventure)
- הרפתקני adj (full of hazard)
Hindi
1 entries- साहसिक adj (inclined to adventure)
Hungarian
2 entries- kalandos adj (inclined to adventure)
- kalandos adj (full of hazard)
Japanese
2 entries- 冒険好きな adj (inclined to adventure)
- 冒険的な adj (full of hazard)
Lithuanian
2 entries- drąsus adj (inclined to adventure)
- nuotykingas adj (full of hazard)
Luxembourgish
1 entries- abenteuerlech adj (inclined to adventure)
Māori
2 entries- manawa kai tūtae adj (inclined to adventure)
- mātātoa adj (inclined to adventure)
Norwegian
1 entries- eventyrlysten adj (inclined to adventure)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- eventyrlig adj (full of hazard)
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- eventyrleg adj (full of hazard)
Polish
4 entries- awanturniczy adj (inclined to adventure)
- ryzykowny adj (full of hazard)
- zawadiacki adj (inclined to adventure)
- śmiały adj (inclined to adventure)
Portuguese
4 entries- arriscado adj (full of hazard)
- aventureiro adj (inclined to adventure)
- aventuroso adj (inclined to adventure)
- aventuroso adj (full of hazard)
Russian
4 entries- авантю́рный adj (inclined to adventure)
- авантюристи́чный adj (inclined to adventure)
- опа́сный adj (full of hazard)
- риско́ванный adj (inclined to adventure)
Spanish
4 entries- arriesgado adj (full of hazard)
- aventurado adj (full of hazard)
- aventurero adj (inclined to adventure)
- intrépido adj (inclined to adventure)
Swedish
1 entries- äventyrlig adj (inclined to adventure)
Turkish
3 entries- maceraperest adj (inclined to adventure)
- serüvenli adj (full of hazard)
- tehlikeli adj (full of hazard)
Volapük
1 entries- ventürik adj (inclined to adventure)
Sample sentences
12 total sentences available.
An adventurous sort, Lester downed the whole bottle of habu sake in one show-stopping chug. Only the snake was left, securing Lester as an Okinawan national treasure.
Source: tatoeba (754841)
How adventurous!
Source: tatoeba (2111821)
She's young and adventurous.
Source: tatoeba (2195153)
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