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adventurous

adj · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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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  • US: /ædˈvɛn.t͡ʃɚ.əs/
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  • CMU ARPABET: AE0 D V EH1 N CH ER0 AH0 S Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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1

adj

Meaning 1

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

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

adj

Meaning 2

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

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • take an adventurous viewpoint

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

adjective

Meaning 3

willing to undertake or seeking out new and daring enterprises

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • adventurous pioneers
  • the risks and gains of an adventuresome economy

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: adventuresome

Antonyms: unadventurous

History

Etymology

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

Across languages

Translations

70 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Amharic: ደፋር (däfar) — inclined to adventure
  • Arabic: مُغَامِر (muḡāmir) — inclined to adventure
  • Asturian: aventureru — inclined to adventure
  • Basque: abenturazale — inclined to adventure
  • Belarusian: аванту́рны (avantúrny) — inclined to adventure
  • Bulgarian: рискован (riskovan) — inclined to adventure
  • Bulgarian: авантюристичен (avantjurističen) — inclined to adventure
  • Catalan: aventurer — inclined to adventure
  • Danish: eventyrslysten — inclined to adventure
  • Dutch: avontuurlijk — inclined to adventure
  • Dutch: ondernemend — inclined to adventure
  • Esperanto: aventurema — inclined to adventure
  • Finnish: seikkailunhaluinen — inclined to adventure
  • French: aventureux — inclined to adventure
  • Galician: aventureiro — inclined to adventure
  • German: abenteuerlustig — inclined to adventure
  • German: abenteuerdurstig — inclined to adventure
  • German: abenteuerhungrig — inclined to adventure
  • German: abenteuersüchtig — inclined to adventure
  • Hebrew: הרפתקני (harpatkani) — inclined to adventure
  • Hindi: साहसिक (sāhsik) — inclined to adventure
  • Hungarian: kalandos — inclined to adventure
  • Japanese: 冒険好きな (bōkenzuki na) — inclined to adventure
  • Lithuanian: drąsus — inclined to adventure
  • Luxembourgish: abenteuerlech — inclined to adventure
  • Māori: mātātoa — inclined to adventure
  • Māori: manawa kai tūtae — inclined to adventure
  • Middle English: aventurous — inclined to adventure
  • Norwegian: eventyrlysten — inclined to adventure
  • Polish: śmiały — inclined to adventure
  • Polish: zawadiacki — inclined to adventure
  • Polish: awanturniczy — inclined to adventure
  • Polish: żądny przygód — inclined to adventure
  • Portuguese: aventureiro — inclined to adventure
  • Portuguese: aventuroso — inclined to adventure
  • Russian: риско́ванный (riskóvannyj) — inclined to adventure
  • Russian: авантю́рный (avantjúrnyj) — inclined to adventure
  • Russian: авантюристи́чный (avantjuristíčnyj) — inclined to adventure
  • Spanish: intrépido — inclined to adventure
  • Spanish: aventurero — inclined to adventure
  • Swedish: äventyrlig — inclined to adventure
  • Turkish: maceraperest — inclined to adventure
  • Volapük: ventürik — inclined to adventure
  • Bulgarian: рискован (riskovan) — full of hazard
  • Bulgarian: опасен (opasen) — full of hazard
  • Czech: dobrodružný — full of hazard
  • Danish: eventyrlig — full of hazard
  • Dutch: avontuurlijk — full of hazard
  • Dutch: gewaagd — full of hazard
  • Finnish: uskalias — full of hazard
  • Finnish: uhkarohkea — full of hazard
  • French: hasardeux — full of hazard
  • German: abenteuerlich — full of hazard
  • Hebrew: הרפתקני (harpatkani) — full of hazard
  • Hungarian: kalandos — full of hazard
  • Japanese: 冒険的な (bōkenteki na) — full of hazard
  • Lithuanian: nuotykingas — full of hazard
  • Middle English: aventurous — full of hazard
  • Norwegian Bokmål: eventyrlig — full of hazard
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: eventyrleg — full of hazard
  • Polish: ryzykowny — full of hazard
  • Portuguese: aventuroso — full of hazard
  • Portuguese: arriscado — full of hazard
  • Portuguese: perigoso — full of hazard
  • Russian: риско́ванный (riskóvannyj) — full of hazard
  • Russian: опа́сный (opásnyj) — full of hazard
  • Spanish: aventurado — full of hazard
  • Spanish: arriesgado — full of hazard
  • Turkish: serüvenli — full of hazard
  • Turkish: tehlikeli — full of hazard
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