English > venturer: 2 senses > noun 2, person | Meaning | A person who enjoys / enjoys / enjoys taking risks. |
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| Synonym | adventurer |
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| Instances | Casanova, Giovanni Jacopo Casanova, Casanova de Seingalt, Giovanni Jacopo Casanova de Seingalt | An Italian adventurer who wrote vivid accounts of his sexual encounters (1725-1798) |
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| Narrower | adventuress | A woman adventurer |
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| argonaut | someone engaged in a dangerous but potentially rewarding adventure |
| cowboy | someone who is reckless or irresponsible (especially in driving vehicles) |
| daredevil, madcap, hothead, swashbuckler, lunatic, harum-scarum | A reckless impetuous irresponsible person |
| gambler, risk taker | someone who risks loss or injury in the hope of gain or excitement |
| hotspur | A rash or impetuous person |
| mercenary, soldier of fortune | A person hired to fight for another country than their own |
| mountaineer, mountain climber | someone who climbs mountains |
| speculator, plunger | someone who risks losses for the possibility of considerable gains |
| Broader | person, individual, someone, somebody, mortal, soul | A human being |
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| Spanish | aventurero |
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| Catalan | aventurer |
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| Verbs | venture | put at risk |
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| venture | proceed somewhere despite the risk of possible dangers |
