What does adventurous mean?
Definitions for adventurous
ædˈvɛn tʃər əsad·ven·tur·ous
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Princeton's WordNet
adventurous, adventuresomeadjective
willing to undertake or seeking out new and daring enterprises
"adventurous pioneers"; "the risks and gains of an adventuresome economy"
Wiktionary
adventurousadjective
Inclined to adventure; willing to incur risks; prone to embark in hazardous enterprise; rashly daring.
adventurousadjective
Full of hazard; attended with risk; exposing to danger; requiring courage; rash.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Adventurousadjective
Etymology: adventureux, Fr.
At land and sea, in many a doubtful fight,
Was never known a more advent’rous knight;
Who oftner drew his sword, and always for the right. John Dryden, Hind and Panther.But I’ve already troubled you too long,
Nor dare attempt a more advent’rous song.
My humble verse demands a softer theme;
A painted meadow, or a purling stream. Addison.
Wikipedia
adventurous
An adventure is an exciting experience or undertaking that is typically bold, sometimes risky. Adventures may be activities with danger such as traveling, exploring, skydiving, mountain climbing, scuba diving, river rafting, or other extreme sports. Adventures are often undertaken to create psychological arousal or in order to achieve a greater goal, such as the pursuit of knowledge that can only be obtained by such activities.
ChatGPT
adventurous
Adventurous is an adjective used to describe someone who is willing to take risks, try new things, explore unknown territories, or engage in exciting activities. It often refers to individuals who are eager for unusual or challenging experiences and have a bold, innovative, or outgoing personality.
Webster Dictionary
Adventurousnoun
inclined to adventure; willing to incur hazard; prone to embark in hazardous enterprise; rashly daring; -- applied to persons
Adventurousnoun
full of hazard; attended with risk; exposing to danger; requiring courage; rash; -- applied to acts; as, an adventurous undertaking, deed, song
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Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of adventurous in Chaldean Numerology is: 4
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of adventurous in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7
Examples of adventurous in a Sentence
We want to do as much as possible while we are still able, beverly is 10 times more adventurous than the average person so she makes our lives so exciting.
She told them, ‘Just glue me back together,’ it’s kind of a testament to her sassiness, her attitude, her spunk. She is a very adventurous child. For her to crack a joke and have that type of human moment was big. My sister and I both kind of chuckled. We thought that was funny.
Perhaps life is an art, an enchantment, a fairy tale, an adventurous story trimmed with alluring episodes, an act with players who seem to be what they are actually not. We cannot, however, expect people to accept the make belief which some actors try to fool into believing. ( " He did not know that she knew " )
One of the most adventurous things left us is to go to bed. For no one can lay a hand on our dreams.
Because I’d been to the States on my own, I think I was maybe a little bit more adventurous in terms of I was willing to take a bit more of a risk and travel and do something different.
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- مغامرArabic
- опасен, авантюристичен, рискованBulgarian
- aventurerCatalan, Valencian
- dobrodružnýCzech
- abenteuerlich, abenteuerlustigGerman
- aventuremaEsperanto
- aventurado, aventurero, intrépido, arriesgadoSpanish
- abenturazaleBasque
- پرماجراPersian
- seikkailunhaluinen, uskaliasFinnish
- hasardeux, aventureuxFrench
- aventureiroGalician
- הרפתקניHebrew
- kalandosHungarian
- 冒険的, 冒険好きJapanese
- abenteuerlechLuxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- eventyrligNorwegian
- avontuurlijk, ondernemend, gewaagdDutch
- eventyrlegNorwegian Nynorsk
- eventyrlystenNorwegian
- pełen przygódPolish
- aventureiroPortuguese
- авантю́рный, опа́сный, авантюристи́чный, риско́ванныйRussian
- äventyrligSwedish
- serüvenli, maceraperest, tehlikeliTurkish
- ventürikVolapük
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