noun
Meaning 1
One who enjoys adventures.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Standard Lemma guide
adventurer
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
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Pronunciation
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noun
Meaning 2
A person who seeks a fortune in new and possibly dangerous enterprises.
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noun
Meaning 3
A soldier of fortune, a speculator.
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noun
Meaning 4
A person who tries to advance their social position by somewhat devious means.
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noun
Meaning 5
A player of adventure games or text adventures.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: video-games
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noun
Meaning 6
a person who enjoys taking risks
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: venturer
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: person, individual, someone, somebody, mortal, soul
Narrower terms: argonaut, adventuress, cowboy, daredevil, madcap, hothead, swashbuckler, lunatic, harum-scarum, gambler, risk taker, hotspur, mercenary, soldier of fortune, mountaineer, mountain climber, speculator, plunger, Casanova, Giovanni Jacopo Casanova, Casanova de Seingalt, Giovanni Jacopo Casanova de Seingalt
noun
Meaning 7
someone who travels into little known regions (especially for some scientific purpose)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: explorer
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: person, individual, someone, somebody, mortal, soul
Narrower terms: conquistador, diver, frogman, underwater diver, navigator, potholer, spelunker, speleologist, spelaeologist, Amundsen, Roald Amundsen, Bartlett, Robert Bartlett, Robert Abram Bartlett, Captain Bob, Bougainville, Louis Antoine de Bougainville, Burton, Richard Burton, Sir Richard Burton, Sir Richard Francis Burton, Byrd, Richard E. Byrd, Richard Evelyn Byrd, Admiral Byrd, Cabot, Sebastian Cabot, Champlain, Samuel de Champlain, Clark, William Clark, Cordoba, Francisco Fernandez Cordoba, Cordova, Francisco Fernandez de Cordova, Cousteau, Jacques Costeau, Jacques Yves Costeau, Flinders, Matthew Flinders, Sir Matthew Flinders, Fremont, John C. Fremont, John Charles Fremont, Frobisher, Sir Martin Frobisher, Hall, Charles Francis Hall, Jolliet, Louis Jolliet, Joliet, Louis Joliet, LaSalle, Sieur de LaSalle, Rene-Robert Cavelier, Lewis, Meriwether Lewis, Livingstone, David Livingstone, Mackenzie, Sir Alexander Mackenzie, Nansen, Fridtjof Nansen, Park, Mungo Park, Peary, Robert Peary, Robert E. Peary, Robert Edwin Peary, Rasmussen, Kund Johan Victor Rasmussen, Ross, James Clark Ross, Sir James Clark Ross, John Ross, Sir John Ross, Schoolcraft, Henry Rowe Schoolcraft, Scott, Robert Scott, Robert Falcon Scott, Smith, John Smith, Captain John Smith, Speke, John Speke, John Hanning Speke, Stanley, Henry M. Stanley, Sir Henry Morton Stanley, John Rowlands, Sverdrup, Otto Neumann Sverdrup, Vizcaino, Sebastian Vizcaino, Wilkes, Charles Wilkes, Wilkins, George Hubert Wilkins
History
Etymology
Etymology tree English adventure Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English adventurer From adventure + -er.
Across languages
Translations
70 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Arabic: مُغَامِر (muḡāmir) — one who enjoys adventures
- Arabic: مُغَامِرَة (muḡāmira) — one who enjoys adventures
- Arabic: مُخاطِر (muḵāṭir) — one who enjoys adventures
- Arabic: مُخاطِرَة (muḵāṭira) — one who enjoys adventures
- Azerbaijani: avantürist — one who enjoys adventures
- Azerbaijani: macəraçı — one who enjoys adventures
- Basque: abenturazale — one who enjoys adventures
- Belarusian: авантуры́ст (avanturýst) — one who enjoys adventures
- Belarusian: авантуры́стка (avanturýstka) — one who enjoys adventures
- Belarusian: аванту́рнiк (avantúrnik) — one who enjoys adventures
- Belarusian: аванту́рнiца (avantúrnica) — one who enjoys adventures
- Bulgarian: авантюри́ст (avantjuríst) — one who enjoys adventures
- Bulgarian: авантюри́стка (avantjurístka) — one who enjoys adventures
- Catalan: aventurer — one who enjoys adventures
- Chinese Mandarin: 冒險者 /冒险者 (màoxiǎnzhě) — one who enjoys adventures
- Czech: dobrodruh — one who enjoys adventures
- Dutch: avonturier — one who enjoys adventures
- Esperanto: aventuristo — one who enjoys adventures
- Finnish: seikkailija — one who enjoys adventures
- French: aventurier — one who enjoys adventures
- French: aventurière — one who enjoys adventures
- Galician: aventureiro — one who enjoys adventures
- German: Abenteurer — one who enjoys adventures
- German: Abenteurerin — one who enjoys adventures
- Greek: τυχοδιώκτης (tychodióktis) — one who enjoys adventures
- Greek: τυχοδιώκτρια (tychodióktria) — one who enjoys adventures
- Hebrew: הַרְפַּתְקָן (harpatkán) — one who enjoys adventures
- Hebrew: הרפתקנית (harpatkanít) — one who enjoys adventures
- Hungarian: kalandor — one who enjoys adventures
- Hungarian: felfedező — one who enjoys adventures
- Indonesian: petualang — one who enjoys adventures
- Italian: avventuriero — one who enjoys adventures
- Italian: venturiero — one who enjoys adventures
- Japanese: 冒険家 (bōkenka) — one who enjoys adventures
- Korean: 모험가 (moheomga) — one who enjoys adventures
- Māori: kaikapua — one who enjoys adventures
- Māori: kaewa — one who enjoys adventures
- Māori: kiri māia — one who enjoys adventures
- Māori: mātātoa — one who enjoys adventures
- Iranian Persian: ماجَراجو (mâjarâju) — one who enjoys adventures
- Iranian Persian: هَنْگامِهطَلَب (hangâme-talab) — one who enjoys adventures
- Polish: awanturnik — one who enjoys adventures
- Polish: awanturnica — one who enjoys adventures
- Portuguese: aventureiro — one who enjoys adventures
- Russian: авантюри́ст (avantjuríst) — one who enjoys adventures
- Russian: иска́тель приключе́ний (iskátelʹ priključénij) — one who enjoys adventures
- Russian: иска́тельница приключе́ний (iskátelʹnica priključénij) — one who enjoys adventures
- Sicilian: vintureri — one who enjoys adventures
- Slovak: dobrodruh — one who enjoys adventures
- Spanish: aventurero — one who enjoys adventures
- Spanish: aventurera — one who enjoys adventures
- Swedish: äventyrare — one who enjoys adventures
- Tajik: моҷароҷӯ (mojarojü) — one who enjoys adventures
- Tajik: ҳангоматалаб (hangomatalab) — one who enjoys adventures
- Thai: นักผจญภัย — one who enjoys adventures
- Turkish: maceraperest — one who enjoys adventures
- Turkish: maceracı — one who enjoys adventures
- Ukrainian: авантюри́ст (avantjurýst) — one who enjoys adventures
- Ukrainian: авантюри́стка (avantjurýstka) — one who enjoys adventures
- Ukrainian: шука́ч приго́д (šukáč pryhód) — one who enjoys adventures
- Ukrainian: шука́чка приго́д (šukáčka pryhód) — one who enjoys adventures
- Volapük: ventüran — one who enjoys adventures
- Volapük: hiventüran — one who enjoys adventures
- Volapük: jiventüran — one who enjoys adventures
- Yiddish: אַוואַנטוריסט (avanturist) — one who enjoys adventures
- Yiddish: אַוואַנטוריסטקע (avanturistke) — one who enjoys adventures
- German: Thronbewerber — social pretender on the lookout for advancement
- German: Thronbewerberin — social pretender on the lookout for advancement
- Greek: τυχοδιώκτης (tychodióktis) — social pretender on the lookout for advancement
- Hungarian: kalandor — social pretender on the lookout for advancement
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