adventurous
adjEtymology
From Middle English aventurous, aunterous, auntrous, from Old French aventuros (whence French aventureux). By surface analysis, adventure + -ous.
- derived from aventuros
- inherited from aventurous
Definitions
Inclined to adventure
Inclined to adventure; willing to take risks; prone to embark on hazardous enterprises; daring.
- The San Juan market is Mexico City's most famous deli of exotic meats, where an adventurous shopper can hunt down hard-to-find critters such as ostrich, wild boar and crocodile.
Full of risks
Full of risks; risky; liable to be in danger; requiring courage; rash.
- take an adventurous viewpoint
The neighborhood
- antonymshyantonym(s) of “inclined to adventure”
- antonymnervousantonym(s) of “inclined to adventure”
- antonymtimidantonym(s) of “inclined to adventure”
- antonymunadventurousantonym(s) of “inclined to adventure”
- antonymsafeantonym(s) of “full of hazard”
- neighboradventure
- neighboradventurer
- neighboradventuresome
- neighboradventurism
Vish — recursive loop
A definitional loop anchored at adventurous. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.
A definitional loop anchored at adventurous. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.
5 hops · closes at adventurous
curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.
sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA