Skip to content

adventurous

/ædˈvɛn.t͡ʃɚ.əs/adjective4 syllables

Adventurous means: willing to undertake or seeking out new and daring enterprises.

Synonyms for adventurous20

adjective, as in willing to undertake or seeking out new and daring enterprises

adventuresome, audacious, daring, venturesome, venturous, sporting, swaggering, swashbuckling, bold, brave, courageous, incautious

also used for adventurous

enterprising, dareful, on the go, restless, rash, foolhardy, presumptuous, hazardous

Includes material from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Opposites of adventurous

unadventurous

What does adventurous mean?1

adjective

1

willing to undertake or seeking out new and daring enterprises“adventurous pioneers”

Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Adventurous in a sentence

  • William is always up for trying new things, he's such an adventurous person.Amastan
  • For starters, millennials are more adventurous and want to try something new.Hybrid
  • What's the most adventurous thing you've ever done?CK
  • Ziri was as daringly adventurous as the rest of us.Amastan
  • I'm not adventurous enough to try doing that.CK
  • Your adventurous spirit makes me want to explore more.Nuel
  • I'm looking for a partner who is sexually compatible and adventurous.Nuel
  • What's the most adventurous activity you've done abroad?Amastan

Sentences from Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR, credited to their authors.