请输入您要查询的英文单词:

 

单词 adventuresome
释义

adventuresome

adjective

ad·​ven·​ture·​some əd-ˈven-chər-səm How to pronounce adventuresome (audio)
: inclined to take risks : venturesome
adventuresomeness noun

Synonyms

  • adventurous
  • audacious
  • bold
  • daring
  • dashing
  • emboldened
  • enterprising
  • free-swinging
  • gutsy
  • hardy
  • nerved
  • nervy
  • venturesome
  • venturous
See all Synonyms & Antonyms

Example Sentences

not inclined to be adventuresome when it comes to foreign travel, preferring guided bus tours that stick to the beaten path
Recent Examples on the Web Future menu rotations could be even more adventuresome. Christina Tkacik, baltimoresun.com, 7 Oct. 2021 Sixty-something art historian and grandmother Lorna Mott Dumas is the novel’s adventuresome test case. Sam Sacks, WSJ, 25 June 2021 Today’s visitors are often trekkers, the sort of adventuresome people who find Nepal too crowded. Chris Jones, WSJ, 4 Feb. 2020 Though patchy throughout, Madame X has a claim as the most adventuresome, politically bold work in her catalogue. Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 3 July 2019 The menu focuses on offerings for a wide range of palates from classic to adventuresome. Susan Selasky, Detroit Free Press, 11 July 2019 Something quite adventuresome might surface out of the blue. BostonGlobe.com, 15 June 2019 After years of work, extraordinary graphics, extra dialogue and a new combat system may make playing again more adventuresome and, because of a certain tragic plot point, more heartbreaking. Washington Post, 13 June 2019 Think educational, adventuresome and maybe a bit out of the ordinary. Donna Erickson, Twin Cities, 13 June 2019 See More

Word History

Etymology

adventure entry 1 + -some entry 1

First Known Use

1628, in the meaning defined above

Kids Definition

adventuresome

adjective

ad·​ven·​ture·​some əd-ˈven-chər-səm How to pronounce adventuresome (audio)
: likely to take risks : daring

adventuresome

adjective

as in adventurous
inclined or willing to take risks not inclined to be adventuresome when it comes to foreign travel, preferring guided bus tours that stick to the beaten path

Synonyms & Similar Words

Relevance
  • adventurous
  • daring
  • fearless
  • brave
  • courageous
  • bold
  • venturesome
  • venturous
  • enterprising
  • hardy
  • dashing
  • impulsive
  • gutsy
  • audacious
  • emboldened
  • reckless
  • heroic
  • nerved
  • nervy
  • valiant
  • foolish
  • gallant
  • intrepid
  • free-swinging
  • impetuous
  • daredevil
  • spirited
  • heroical
  • imprudent
  • foolhardy
  • madcap
  • wild
  • spunky
  • swashbuckling
  • thoughtless
  • dauntless
  • rash
  • unafraid
  • undaunted
  • incautious
  • hotheaded
  • plucky
  • stupid
  • brash
  • overconfident
  • silly
  • valorous
  • heedless
  • dumb
  • lionhearted
  • hasty
  • stalwart
  • mad
  • stouthearted
  • gritty
  • wacky
  • nutty
  • overbold
  • precipitate
  • scatterbrained
  • crazy
  • headlong
  • unnecessary
  • stout
  • unreasonable
  • absurd
  • whacky
  • lunatic
  • insane
  • irrational
  • idiotic
  • witless
  • harebrained
  • moronic
  • brainless
  • asinine
  • greathearted
  • balmy
  • gadarene
  • idiotical
  • half-witted

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • timid
  • unadventurous
  • cautious
  • careful
  • prudent
  • wary
  • craven
  • timorous
  • shy
  • cowardly
  • coward
  • pusillanimous
  • afraid
  • fearful
  • frightened
  • overcautious
  • milky
  • heedful
  • scared
  • alarmed
  • terrified
  • unenterprising
  • wise
  • startled
  • spooked
  • reasonable
  • sensible
  • shocked
  • fainthearted
  • rational
  • chickenhearted
  • horrified
  • sane
  • lily-livered
  • cool
  • unnerved
  • levelheaded
  • sound
  • calm
  • poltroon
  • concerned
  • worried
  • upset
  • milk-livered
  • overcareful
  • affrighted
  • terrorized
  • dismayed
  • sage
  • appalled
See More
随便看

 

英语词典包含469781条英英释义在线翻译词条,基本涵盖了全部常用单词的英英翻译及用法,是英语学习的有利工具。

 

Copyright © 2004-2022 Newdu.com All Rights Reserved
更新时间:2024/12/23 5:30:39