Meanings
comparative more swashbuckling · superlative most swashbuckling
- Adventurous, exciting.
Brecel's swashbuckling style has endeared him to fans across the world, in particular the manner of his famous victories over O'Sullivan and Si Jiahui on his run to the final.
2023 May 1, Steve Sutcliffe, “World Snooker Championship 2023 final: Luca Brecel beats Mark Selby for first world title”, in BBC Sport1 more example
“Thank you, but I'm gonna come home, like, all the time. Ooh, I want to cuddle that baby!” “And maybe give her some swashbuckling tips?” “Already worried she's going to be deadly. You're going to be such a good mom.”
2024 October 24, Keith Foglesong, “Shades of Green” (22:20 from the start), in Star Trek: Lower Decks, season 5, episode 2, spoken by D'Erika Tendi (Ariel Winter)Antonyms: timid, unadventurous, boring
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveAdventurous, exciting.
More synonyms by meaning
adjectiveflamboyantly adventurous
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
Back-formation from swashbuckler, as though that had been formed as swashbuckle + -er.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Czech dobrodružný, divoký
- dobrodružnýadventurous
- divokýadventurous
- fanfarónskýadventurous
Dutch opwindend, avontuurlijk
- opwindendadventurous
- avontuurlijkadventurous
Finnish hurjapäinen
- hurjapäinenadventurous
French truculent, aventurier
- truculentadventurous
- aventurieradventurous
German aufschneiderisch, prahlerisch
- aufschneiderischadventurous
- prahlerischadventurous
- verwegenadventurous
- bramarbasierendadventurous
- abenteuerlichadventurous
- draufgängerischadventurous
Italian spavaldo, borioso
- spavaldoadventurous
- boriosoadventurous
- spacconeadventurous
Norwegian Bokmål sabelraslende, spennende
- sabelraslendeadventurous
- spennendeadventurous
Polish zawadiacki
- zawadiackiadventurous
Cite this entry
swashbuckling. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/swashbuckling
“swashbuckling.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/swashbuckling. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “swashbuckling,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/swashbuckling.
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