English > adventurous: 1 sense > adjective 1Meaning | willing to undertake or seeking out new and daring enterprises. |
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Example | "adventurous pioneers" |
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Synonym | adventuresome |
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Narrower | audacious, daring, venturesome, venturous | disposed to venture or take risks |
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sporting | Involving risk or willingness to take a risk |
swaggering, swashbuckling | flamboyantly adventurous |
See also | bold | fearless and daring |
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brave, courageous | possessing or displaying courage |
enterprising | marked by imagination, initiative, and readiness to undertake new projects |
incautious | lacking in caution |
Opposite | unadventurous | lacking in boldness |
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Spanish | arriesgado, aventurero, intrépido |
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Catalan | arriscat, aventurer |
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Nouns | adventure | a wild and exciting undertaking (not necessarily lawful / lawful / lawful) |
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adventurousness | the trait of being adventurous |