Meanings
comparative more adventurous · superlative most adventurous
- Inclined to adventure; willing to take risks; prone to embark on hazardous enterprises; daring.
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.
2013 July 26, Nick Miroff, “Mexico gets a taste for eating insects as chefs put bugs back on the menu”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 189, number 7, archived from the original on 16 Aug 2021, page 32Synonyms: adventuresome, enterprising, daring, dareful, venturesome, on the go, restless
- Full of risks; risky; liable to be in danger; requiring courage; rash.
take an adventurous viewpoint
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North Korea had not publicly confirmed its contribution until Monday, when it said: “The operations for liberating the Kursk area to repel the adventurous invasion of the Russian Federation by the Ukrainian authorities were victoriously concluded,” according to state-run news agency KCNA.
2025 April 28, Helen Regan, Michael Rios, Darya Tarasova, Tim Lister, “Putin thanks North Korea for help in Kursk, as Germany criticizes US plan for Ukrainian concessions”, in CNN, archived from the original on 14 Aug 2025Synonyms: rash, foolhardy, presumptuous, hazardous, venturesome
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveInclined to adventure; willing to take risks; prone to embark on hazardous enterprises; daring.
adjectiveFull of risks; risky; liable to be in danger; requiring courage; rash.
antonym(s) of “inclined to adventure”
antonym(s) of “full of hazard”
More synonyms by meaning
adjectivewilling to undertake or seeking out new and daring enterprises
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Old Frenchaventuros
- Middle Englishaventurous
- Englishadventurous
From Middle English aventurous, aunterous, auntrous, from Old French aventuros (whence French aventureux). By surface analysis, adventure + -ous.
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Arabic مُغَامِر
- مُغَامِر (muḡāmir)inclined to adventure
Basque abenturazale
- abenturazaleinclined to adventure
Bulgarian рискован, авантюристичен
- рискован (riskovan)inclined to adventure
- авантюристичен (avantjurističen)inclined to adventure
- рискован (riskovan)full of hazard
- опасен (opasen)full of hazard
Catalan aventurer
- aventurerinclined to adventure
Czech dobrodružný
- dobrodružnýfull of hazard
Danish eventyrslysten, eventyrlig
- eventyrslysteninclined to adventure
- eventyrligfull of hazard
Dutch avontuurlijk, ondernemend
- avontuurlijkinclined to adventure
- ondernemendinclined to adventure
- avontuurlijkfull of hazard
- gewaagdfull of hazard
Esperanto aventurema
- aventuremainclined to adventure
Finnish seikkailunhaluinen, uskalias
- seikkailunhaluineninclined to adventure
- uskaliasfull of hazard
- uhkarohkeafull of hazard
French aventureux, hasardeux
- aventureuxinclined to adventure
- hasardeuxfull of hazard
German abenteuerlustig, abenteuerdurstig
- abenteuerlustiginclined to adventure
- abenteuerdurstiginclined to adventure
- abenteuerhungriginclined to adventure
- abenteuersüchtiginclined to adventure
- abenteuerlichfull of hazard
Hebrew הרפתקני, הרפתקני
- הרפתקני (harpatkani)inclined to adventure
- הרפתקני (harpatkani)full of hazard
Hindi साहसिक
- साहसिक (sāhsik)inclined to adventure
Hungarian kalandos, kalandos
- kalandosinclined to adventure
- kalandosfull of hazard
Japanese 冒険好きな, 冒険的な
- 冒険好きな (bōkenzuki na)inclined to adventure
- 冒険的な (bōkenteki na)full of hazard
Lithuanian drąsus, nuotykingas
- drąsusinclined to adventure
- nuotykingasfull of hazard
Māori mātātoa, manawa kai tūtae
- mātātoainclined to adventure
- manawa kai tūtaeinclined to adventure
Norwegian eventyrlysten
- eventyrlysteninclined to adventure
Norwegian Bokmål eventyrlig
- eventyrligfull of hazard
Polish śmiały, zawadiacki
- śmiałyinclined to adventure
- zawadiackiinclined to adventure
- awanturniczyinclined to adventure
- żądny przygódinclined to adventure
- ryzykownyfull of hazard
Portuguese aventureiro, aventuroso
- aventureiroinclined to adventure
- aventurosoinclined to adventure
- aventurosofull of hazard
- arriscadofull of hazard
- perigosofull of hazard
Russian риско́ванный, авантю́рный
- риско́ванный (riskóvannyj)inclined to adventure
- авантю́рный (avantjúrnyj)inclined to adventure
- авантюристи́чный (avantjuristíčnyj)inclined to adventure
- риско́ванный (riskóvannyj)full of hazard
- опа́сный (opásnyj)full of hazard
Spanish intrépido, aventurero
- intrépidoinclined to adventure
- aventureroinclined to adventure
- aventuradofull of hazard
- arriesgadofull of hazard
Swedish äventyrlig
- äventyrliginclined to adventure
Turkish maceraperest, serüvenli
- maceraperestinclined to adventure
- serüvenlifull of hazard
- tehlikelifull of hazard
Cite this entry
adventurous. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/adventurous
“adventurous.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/adventurous. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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