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adjective |
| definition 1: |
given to taking risks and seeking excitement.
He'd always been an adventurous sort, so no one was surprised when he became a deep sea diver in the Navy.- synonyms:
- adventuresome, audacious, bold, daring, enterprising, game, intrepid, venturesome
- antonyms:
- cautious, timid
- similar words:
- brave, courageous, daredevil, dashing, dauntless, doughty, gallant, heroic, pioneer, plucky, reckless, romantic, spirited, spunky, undaunted, valiant, valorous
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| definition 2: |
characterized by risk or excitement.
an adventurous trip- synonyms:
- exciting, hazardous, risky
- antonyms:
- safe, tame
- similar words:
- dangerous, romantic
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| related words: |
bold, daring, enterprising |
adverb + (adj.)adventurous
bit, less, more, most, sexually, somewhat, truly, typically
(adj.)adventurous
+ adverb
frequently, unfortunately
(adj.)adventurous
+ noun
album,
angler,
bachelor,
cook,
diner,
drama,
dream,
eater,
female,
gardener,
hiker,
journey,
lifestyle,
lover,
mood,
palate,
path,
programming,
ride,
skier,
soul,
spirit,
streak,
tale,
taste,
tourist,
travel,
traveler,
type,
vacation,
vacationer,
variety
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| derivations: |
adventurously (adv.), adventurousness (n.) |
The word adventurous
contains the following part:
-ous, -ious
Latin
adjective-forming suffix
that means full of, characterized by
  More about this word part:
The suffix "-ous
, -ious
" attaches to Latin, Greek, and native English roots
Example words:
adventurous, ambiguous, amorous, amorphous, anadromous, androgynous, anomalous, apetalous, apocarpous, apterous, aqueous, atrocious, auspicious, avaricious, azygous, captious, carnivorous, chromous, coterminous, covetous, curious, delicious, diadromous, diaphanous, dicephalous, dioecious, disingenuous, egregious, endogenous, enormous, epigynous, euphonious, extemporaneous, ferocious, fortuitous, generous, glorious, gracious, gregarious, heterogamous, heterogeneous, homogeneous, homogenous, homologous, homopterous, hydrous, hypogynous, illustrious, impecunious, impervious, incommodious, incongruous, inconspicuous, indecorous, infamous, infelicitous, innocuous, intravenous, isogenous, isomerous, joyous, judicious, laborious, ludicrous, lustrous, magnanimous, malicious, malodorous, monoclinous, monoecious, multiparous, nauseous, perigynous, poisonous, porous, precious, quadrumanous, ramous, rebellious, spacious, subaqueous, synchronous, tubuliflorous, unanimous, valorous, vicious, wondrous, xerophilous
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