adventurous

B2 Topic:Describing Qualities

US /ædˈvɛn.t͡ʃɚ.əs/ See IPA manual

Freq #14165

Meanings

1

adj
Willing to try new things and take risks.

Adventurous travellers often choose remote and unusual destinations.
2

adj
Full of excitement, risk, or danger.

They planned an adventurous trip across the desert.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 adj · willing to try new things... adventuresome daring enterprising venturesome

2 adj · full of excitement, risk,... daring hazardous

Opposites

nervous safe shy timid unadventurous

Word family

Derived forms adventurously adventurousnessinadventurousnonadventurousoveradventurous

Related forms adventure adventurer adventuresomeadventurism

Etymology

From Middle English aventurous, aunterous, auntrous, from Old French aventuros (whence French aventureux). By surface analysis, adventure + -ous.

aventurous Middle English aventuros Old French

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Describing Qualities

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# adventurous

**Type:** Word
**Level:** B2
**Part of speech:** adj
**IPA (US):** /ædˈvɛn.t͡ʃɚ.əs/
**Frequency rank:** 14165

## Meanings
1. Willing to try new things and take risks.
2. Full of excitement, risk, or danger.

## Examples
- Adventurous travellers often choose remote and unusual destinations.
- They planned an adventurous trip across the desert.

## Antonyms
- nervous
- safe
- shy
- timid
- unadventurous

## Derived Forms
- adventurously
- adventurousness
- inadventurous
- nonadventurous
- overadventurous

## Related Forms
- adventure
- adventurer
- adventuresome
- adventurism

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: aventurous
- Root: aventuros

## Etymology
From Middle English aventurous, aunterous, auntrous, from Old French aventuros (whence French aventureux). By surface analysis, adventure + -ous.

## AI Etymology
Adventurous is from Middle English aventurous, aunterous, auntrous, from Old French aventuros (whence French aventureux). By surface analysis, adventure plus -ous. The suffix -ous gives adventure adjectival shape, so the word means characterized by or disposed toward the quality named in the base. In use as an adjective, adventurous denotes willing to try new things and take risks and full of excitement, risk, or danger. The same word family continues in derived forms such as adventurously, adventurousness, inadventurous, and nonadventurous and related entries such as adventure, adventurer, adventuresome, and adventurism.

## Topics
- Describing Qualities

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