Adventurer

Noun

 * 1) One who adventures; as, the merchant adventurers; one who seeks his fortune in new and hazardous or perilous enterprises.
 * 2) A soldier of fortune, a speculator.
 * 3) A social pretender on the lookout for advancement; one who pushes his fortune by equivocal means, as false pretences.

Adjectives for Adventurer
venal; intrepid; astute; adroit; unscrupulous; reckless; ambitious; rapacious; martial; noisy; impudent; colossal; hardy; dauntless; despondent; amorous; born; charming; calculating; worthless; thieving; hard-bitten; lusty; penniless; unprincipled; sordid.

Thesaurus
adventuress; alpinist; astronaut; betting ring; bettor; big operator; boneshaker; bounder; bourgeois gentilhomme; brazenface; cad; camper; cardshark; cardsharp; cardsharper; charlatan; cheat; climber; comers and goers; commuter; compulsive gambler; condottiere; cosmopolite; crap shooter; cruiser; daredevil; devil; excursionist; explorer; fare; fire-eater; free lance; gambler; gamester; globe-girdler; globe-trotter; goer; gun; gunman; gunslinger; hajji; harum-scarum; hazarder; hellcat; hero; heroine; hired gun; hired killer; hireling; hotspur; jet set; jet-setter; journeyer; knave; lame duck; madbrain; madcap; margin purchaser; mariner; mercenary; mountaineer; name-dropper; newly-rich; nouveau riche; nouveau roturier; operator; opportunist; palmer; parvenu; passenger; passerby; pathfinder; petty gambler; philanderer; pig in clover; piker; pilgrim; pioneer; player; plunger; professional killer; punter; rantipole; rogue; rubberneck; rubbernecker; sailor; scalper; scoundrel; sharp; sharper; sharpie; sightseer; smart operator; social climber; soldier of fortune; speculator; sport; sporting man; sportsman; sprout; stag; status seeker; straphanger; swashbuckler; swindler; tinhorn; tipster; tourer; tourist; tout; trailblazer; trailbreaker; transient; traveler; trekker; trickster; tripper; tufthunter; upstart; venturer; viator; visiting fireman; voortrekker; voyager; voyageur; wagerer; wayfarer; wild man; world-traveler; would-be gentleman

Etymology
Compare French aventurier:.

Related terms

 * adventuress

Translations

 * Basque: abenturazale
 * Bulgarian:
 * Czech:
 * Dutch:
 * German:, Abenteurerin


 * Hungarian: kalandor
 * Indonesian: petualang
 * Spanish: aventurero, aventurera
 * Volapük: ventüran,  hiventüran,  jiventüran


 * German: Thronbewerber


 * Hungarian: kalandor