adventurous

[ ad-ven-cher-uhs ]

/ ædˈvɛn tʃər əs /

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adjective

inclined or willing to engage in adventures; enjoying adventures.

full of risk; requiring courage; hazardous: an adventurous undertaking.

Origin of adventurous

1300–50; Middle English < Middle French

SYNONYMS FOR adventurous

1 bold, daring, venturous, venturesome.

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OTHER WORDS FROM adventurous

ad·ven·tur·ous·ly, adverb ad·ven·tur·ous·ness, noun non·ad·ven·tur·ous, adjective non·ad·ven·tur·ous·ly, adverb

non·ad·ven·tur·ous·ness, noun un·ad·ven·tur·ous, adjective un·ad·ven·tur·ous·ly, adverb un·ad·ven·tur·ous·ness, noun

Words nearby adventurous

adventure tourism, adventurer, adventuresome, adventuress, adventurism, adventurous, adverb, adverb clause, adverbial, adverbial phrase, advergame

Example sentences from the Web for unadventurous

All of them are plain, boring, unadventurous, and blush when the topic of sex is brought up.

Lifetime’s ‘Girlfriend Intervention’: The Fairy Black Mothers TV Doesn’t Need |Phoebe Robinson |September 25, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
Howard Kurtz on the unadventurous address that made little attempt to get personal.

Romney Plays It Safe |Howard Kurtz |August 31, 2012 |DAILY BEAST
It was a strong speech, a solid speech, a well-delivered and well-received speech—but also a safe and unadventurous speech.

Romney Plays It Safe |Howard Kurtz |August 31, 2012 |DAILY BEAST
David Grann is a New Yorker staff writer who, by his own admission, is unadventurous and prone to get lost on the C train.

Raiders of the Lost City |The Daily Beast |February 24, 2009 |DAILY BEAST

His intellect was inexhaustibly fertile of distinctions and objections; his temper calm and unadventurous.

The History of England from the Accession of James II. |Thomas Babington Macaulay
Unadventurous, un-ad-ven′tūr-us, adj. not adventurous or bold.

Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements) |Various
He was not unadventurous in his scramblings, but with no ambition to get to the top of everything.

The Life of John Ruskin |W. G. Collingwood
At all events, in quiet Campden, adventures obviously occurred to the unadventurous.

Historical Mysteries |Andrew Lang
"The Wimbushes and the Lapiths were always an unadventurous, respectable crew," said Priscilla, with a note of scorn in her voice.

Crome Yellow |Aldous Huxley

British Dictionary definitions for unadventurous (1 of 2)

unadventurous

/ (ˌʌnədˈvɛntʃərəs) /

adjective

not daring or enterprising

British Dictionary definitions for unadventurous (2 of 2)

adventurous

/ (ədˈvɛntʃərəs) /

adjective

Also: adventuresome daring or enterprising

dangerous; involving risk

Derived forms of adventurous

adventurously, adverb

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adventurous

adjective

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