adventurer

C2+ Topic:People & Society
US /ədˈvɛntʃərər/ UK /ədˈvɛntʃ(ə)rə/
noun

Meanings

  1. 1
    noun

    a person who seeks out exciting or risky undertakings

    The adventurer set off alone across the frozen pass.

Thesaurus

Synonyms
1 noun · a person who seeks out... explorervoyagerdaredevilwayfarerswashbucklerwanderersoldier-of-fortune
Opposites
homebody
Word family
Derived forms adventuress

Etymology

From Middle English aventurer, from Old French aventurier, from aventure ('chance, fortune, adventure'), from Vulgar Latin *adventura ('a thing about to happen'), from Latin advenire ('to arrive').

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