adventurous

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

(US) IPA^(key): /ædˈvɛn.tʃɚ.ʌs/
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Adjective

adventurous (comparative more adventurous, superlative most adventurous)

(of a person) Inclined to adventure; willing to incur risks; prone to embark in hazardous enterprise; rashly daring.
- 2013 July 26, Nick Miroff, “Mexico gets a taste for eating insects […] ”, in The Guardian Weekly‎, volume 189, number 7, page 32:
  The San Juan market is Mexico City's most famous deli of exotic meats, where an adventurous shopper can hunt down hard-to-find critters such as ostrich, wild boar and crocodile.
(of an act or product) Full of hazard; attended with risk; exposing to danger; requiring courage; rash.

Synonyms

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

Antonyms

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

Derived terms

Related terms

Translations

inclined to adventure

Asturian: aventureru
Basque: abenturazale
Belarusian: аванту́рны m (avantúrny)
Bulgarian: рискован (bg) (riskovan), авантюристичен (bg) (avantjurističen)
Catalan: aventurer
Dutch: avontuurlijk (nl), ondernemend (nl)
Esperanto: aventurema
Finnish: seikkailunhaluinen
French: aventureux (fr)
Galician: aventureiro
German: abenteuerlustig (de), abenteuerdurstig (de), abenteuerhungrig (de), abenteuersüchtig (de)
Hebrew: הרפתקני‎ (harpatkani)

Hungarian: kalandos (hu)
Japanese: 冒険好きな (ぼうけんずきな, bōkenzuki na)
Luxembourgish: abenteuerlech (lb)
Norwegian: eventyrlysten
Polish: pełen przygód
Portuguese: aventureiro (pt)
Russian: риско́ванный (ru) (riskóvannyj), авантю́рный (ru) (avantjúrnyj), авантюристи́чный (ru) (avantjuristíčnyj)
Spanish: intrépido (es), aventurero
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)
Finnish: uskalias (fi), uhkarohkea (fi)
French: hasardeux (fr)
German: abenteuerlich (de)
Hebrew: הרפתקני‎ (harpatkani)
Hungarian: kalandos (hu)

Japanese: 冒険的な (ぼうけんてきな, bōkenteki na)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: eventyrlig

Nynorsk: eventyrleg
Portuguese: aventuroso, arriscado (pt), perigoso (pt)
Russian: риско́ванный (ru) (riskóvannyj), опа́сный (ru) (opásnyj)
Spanish: aventurado (es), arriesgado (es)
Turkish: serüvenli (tr), tehlikeli (tr)

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Georgian: ^{(please verify)} სათავგადასავლო (satavgadasavlo), ^{(please verify)} გაბედული (gabeduli), ^{(please verify)} გამბედავი (gambedavi), ^{(please verify)} გულადი (guladi), ^{(please verify)} სარისკო (sarisḳo), ^{(please verify)} ყოჩაღი (q̇očaɣi), ^{(please verify)} ფხინი (pxini)

Telugu: ^{(please verify)} సాహసోపేతమైన (sāhasōpētamaina)

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