venturesome

C2+ Topic:Describing Qualities

US /ˈvɛntʃɚsəm/ UK /ˈvɛntʃəsəm/ See IPA manual

Meanings

1

adj
willing to take risks; daring and adventurous

Her venturesome spirit led her to sail solo across the Atlantic.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 adj · willing to take risks;... daring adventurous bold intrepid audacious enterprising

Opposites

cautious timid cowardly wary

Word family

Derived forms venturesomeness

Related forms venture adventureventurous

Etymology

From 'venture' + '-some'. 'Venture' is an aphetic form of 'adventure', from Old French 'aventure', from Latin 'adventura' ('about to happen'), from 'advenire' ('to arrive').

adventura Latin advenire Latin

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# venturesome

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** adj
**IPA (US):** /ˈvɛntʃɚsəm/
**IPA (UK):** /ˈvɛntʃəsəm/

## Meanings
1. willing to take risks; daring and adventurous

## Examples
- Her venturesome spirit led her to sail solo across the Atlantic.

## Synonyms
- daring
- adventurous
- bold
- intrepid
- audacious
- enterprising

## Antonyms
- cautious
- timid
- cowardly
- wary

## Derived Forms
- venturesomeness

## Related Forms
- venture
- adventure
- venturous

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: adventura
- Root: advenire

## Etymology
From 'venture' + '-some'. 'Venture' is an aphetic form of 'adventure', from Old French 'aventure', from Latin 'adventura' ('about to happen'), from 'advenire' ('to arrive').

## AI Etymology
Venturesome comes from 'venture' + '-some'. 'Venture' is an aphetic form of 'adventure', from Old French 'aventure', from Latin 'adventura' ('about to happen'), from 'advenire' ('to arrive'). The historical chain includes Latin adventura and Latin advenire. The quoted older senses, "venture", "-some", "Venture", "adventure", and "aventure", supply the semantic anchors for venturesome. The formation is best read as borrowed: the word venturesome carries its older form-history into a compact English lexical shape. In present English it is used as a adj, "willing to take risks; daring and adventurous". English derivatives include venturesomeness; related English forms include venture, adventure, and venturous. The result is a adj whose etymology preserves both the older form and the later English specialization.

## Topics
- Describing Qualities

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