adventurous

English

Etymology

From Middle English aventurous, aunterous, from Old French aventuros (whence French aventureux)

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA: /ædˈvɛn.tʃɚ.ʌs/

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Adjective

adventurous (comparative more adventurous, superlative most adventurous)

1. (of a person) Inclined to adventure; willing to incur risks; prone to embark in hazardous enterprise; rashly daring.
2. (of an act or product) Full of hazard; attended with risk; exposing to danger; requiring courage; rash.

Antonyms

• (inclined to adventure): nervous
• (full of hazard): safe

Synonyms

• (inclined to adventure): enterprising, daring, dareful, venturesome, on the go, restless
• (full of hazard): rash, foolhardy, presumptuous, hazardous

Derived terms

• adventurously
• adventurousness

Related terms

• adventure
• adventurer
• adventuresome
• adventurism

Translations

inclined to adventure

• Asturian: aventureru (ast)
• Basque: abenturazale (eu)
• Bulgarian: рискован (bg) (riskovan), авантюристичен (bg) (avantjurističen)
• Catalan: aventurer (ca)
• Dutch: avontuurlijk (nl), ondernemend (nl)
• Esperanto: aventurema (eo)
• Finnish: seikkailunhaluinen (fi)
• French: aventureux (fr)
• Galician: aventureiro (gl)
• German: abenteuerlustig (de)

• Hebrew: הרפתקני (harpatkani)
• Hungarian: kalandos (hu)
• Japanese: 冒険好きな (bōkenzuki na)
• Luxembourgish: abenteuerlech (lb)
• Polish: pełen przygód (pl)
• Portuguese: aventureiro (pt)
• Spanish: intrépido (es), aventurero (es)
• Swedish: äventyrlig (sv)
• Turkish: maceraperest (tr)
• Volapük: ventürik (vo)

full of hazard

• Bulgarian: рискован (bg) (riskovan), опасен (bg) (opasen)
• Czech: dobrodružný (cs) m
• Dutch: avontuurlijk (nl), gewaagd (nl)
• French: hasardeux (fr)
• German: abenteuerlich (de)

• Hebrew: הרפתקני (harpatkani)
• Hungarian: kalandos (hu)
• Japanese: 冒険的 (ja) (ぼうけんてき, bōkenteki)
• Spanish: aventurado (es), arriesgado (es)
• Turkish: serüvenli (tr), tehlikeli (tr)

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• Telugu: సాహసోపేతమైన (saahasoapaetamaina)