adventurous

Adjective
Synonyms: adventuresome

WordNet 3.0

Adjective (1)

  1. willing to undertake or seeking out new and daring enterprises“adventurous pioneers”“the risks and gains of an adventuresome economy”Synonyms: adventuresome
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Adventurous \Ad*ven"tur*ous\, a. [OE. aventurous, aunterous, OF. aventuros, F. aventureux, fr. aventure. See Adventure, n.]

1.Inclined to adventure; willing to incur hazard; prone to embark in hazardous enterprise; rashly daring; -- applied to persons. [1913 Webster]

Bold deed thou hast presumed, adventurous Eve.— Milton.[1913 Webster]

2.Full of hazard; attended with risk; exposing to danger; requiring courage; rash; -- applied to acts; as, an adventurous undertaking, deed, song. [1913 Webster]

Syn: Rash; foolhardy; presumptuous; enterprising; daring; hazardous; venturesome. See Rash. [1913 Webster]

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