Adventure(n.) That which happens without design; chance; hazard; hap; hence, chance of danger or loss.
Adventure(n.) Risk; danger; peril.
Adventure(n.) The encountering of risks; hazardous and striking enterprise; a bold undertaking, in which hazards are to be encountered, and the issue is staked upon unforeseen events; a daring feat.
Adventure(n.) A remarkable occurrence; a striking event; a stirring incident; as, the adventures of one's life.
Adventure(n.) A mercantile or speculative enterprise of hazard; a venture; a shipment by a merchant on his own account.
Adventure(n.) To risk, or hazard; jeopard; to venture.
Adventure(n.) To venture upon; to run the risk of; to dare.
Adventure(v. i.) To try the chance; to take the risk.
Adventured(imp. & p. p.) of Adventure
Adventureful(a.) Given to adventure.
Adventurer(n.) One who adventures; as, the merchant adventurers; one who seeks his fortune in new and hazardous or perilous enterprises.
Adventurer(n.) A social pretender on the lookout for advancement.
Adventuring(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Adventure
Adventurous(n.) Inclined to adventure; willing to incur hazard; prone to embark in hazardous enterprise; rashly daring; -- applied to persons.
Adventurous(n.) Full of hazard; attended with risk; exposing to danger; requiring courage; rash; -- applied to acts; as, an adventurous undertaking, deed, song.
Adventurously(adv.) In an adventurous manner; venturesomely; boldly; daringly.
Adventurousness(n.) The quality or state of being adventurous; daring; venturesomeness.
Words within adventurism