Adventure

Noun

 * 1) That which happens without design; chance; hazard; hap; hence, chance of danger or loss.
 * 2) The encountering of risks; hazardous and striking enterprise; a bold undertaking, in which hazards are to be encountered, and the issue is staked upon unforeseen events; a daring feat.
 * 3) A remarkable occurrence; a striking event; a stirring incident; as, the adventures of one's life.
 * 4) A mercantile or speculative enterprise of hazard; a venture; a shipment by a merchant on his own account.

Verb

 * 1)  To risk or hazard; jeopard; venture.
 * 2)  To venture upon; to run the risk of; to dare.
 * 3)  To try the chance; to take the risk.

Adjectives for Adventure
lunatic; divers (plural); romantic; pioneering; nocturnal; foolish; intriguing; blithe; maritime; amusing; gustatory; prodigious; dramatic; weird; preposterous; boisterous; fascinating; glorious; royal; gallant; flagrant; healthful; spiritual; pleasurable;  remarkable; scientific; desperate; petty; vicarious; glamorous; ludicrous; aesthetic; perilous; disgusting; intellectual;  wearisome; terrifying; profitless; formidable;  calamitous; extraordinary; countless (pl);  notorious; stupendous; sensational; fruitful; curious; rambling; peaceful; gay; audacious; epic; colorful;  picturesque; sparkling; piquant; joyous; sentimental; diverting; exuberant; chivalrous; colossal; uproarious; unprecedented; hazardous; astounding;  extravagant; sordid; banal; indecorous; untoward; foolhardly; promiscuous; trying; unbelievable; singular; fantastic;  fearful;  incredible; curious; stimulating; stirring; hectic; mad; daring; breath-taking; strenuous; pathetic; amorous; mental; fearsome; quixotic; unique; exotic; stark; erotic; piscatory; disconcerting; picaresque; alcoholic; engrossing; comic; tragic; void; equivocal; agile.

Verbs for Adventure
achieve -; crown with -; dare -; dishonor -; dread -; embark on -; encounter -; expose to -; go in quest of -; banker after -; hazard -; imperil -; mingle among -s; plunge into -; recount -; ride forth to -; risk -; search for -; seek -; set out upon -; thirst for -; thrill with -; urge to -; weave -; yearn for -; - awakens; - befalls; - diverts; - edges; - enlivens; - grips; - lurks; - sweeps over one; - thrills.

Adverbs for Adventure
amorously; haphazardly; romantically; nocturnally; intriguingly; blithely; prodigiously; dramatically; preposterously; boisterously; gloriously; gallantly; vicariously; glamorously; perilously; breath-takingly; strenuously; fearsomely; quixotically; exotically; erotically.

Synonyms for Adventure
excitement, event, enterprise, circumstance, trip, undertaking, expedition, affair, transaction, venture, trial, experiment, engagement.

Antonyms for Adventure

 * boredom
 * isolation, passiveness, inaction, avoidance, stillness, inertness, inactivity

Related terms

 * advent
 * advene

Derived terms

 * adventurer
 * adventuresome
 * adventuress
 * adventurous
 * adventurously
 * adventurousness

Thesaurus
Clio; accomplished fact; accomplishment; achievement; act; acta; action; adventures; affair; annals; aristeia; autobiography; bet; biographical sketch; biography; blow; bold stroke; case history; casualty; chance; chance hit; chronicle; chronicles; chronology; circumstance; confessions; contingency; contingent; coup; curriculum vitae; danger; dare; dealings; deed; diary; doing; doings; effort; emprise; endanger; endeavor; enterprise; episode; escapade; event; expedition; experience; experiences; exploit; exploration; fact; fait accompli; feat; fluke; fortuity; fortunes; freak accident; gamble; gest; go; hagiography; hagiology; hand; handiwork; hap; happening; happenstance; hazard; heroic act; historiography; history; imperil; incident; jeopardize; job; journal; legend; life; life and letters; life story; long odds; long shot; lucky shot; maneuver; martyrology; matter of fact; measure; memoir; memoirs; memorabilia; memorial; memorials; mission; move; necrology; obituary; occasion; occurrence; operation; overt act; particular; passage; performance; peril; phenomenon; photobiography; pilgrimage; proceeding; production; profile; punt; quest; reality; record; res gestae; resume; risk; speculation; stake; step; story; stroke; stunt; theory of history; thing; thing done; threaten; tour de force; transaction; turn; turn of events; undertaking; venture; wager; waver; work; works

Etymology 1
From aventure:, aunter:, anter:, from  aventure:, from  adventurus:, from  advenire:, adventum:, which in the Romance languages took the sense of "to happen, befall" (see also advene:).

Etymology 2
From aventuren:, auntren:, which from  aventurer:, from aventure:.

Noun

 * Arabic: (mujaazafa)
 * Basque: abentura
 * Bulgarian: ,
 * Chinese: 冒险 (màoxiǎn), 冒險
 * Dutch:
 * Estonian: seiklus
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German:
 * Middle High German:
 * Hebrew: הרפתקה (harpatqa)
 * Icelandic: ævintýri
 * Italian:


 * Japanese: 冒険 (bōken)
 * Latin: fortuna, casus, eventa
 * Maltese:
 * Polish: ,
 * Portuguese:, ,
 * Russian:
 * Serbian: ,
 * Spanish:
 * Turkish: macera, seruven
 * Volapük: ventür


 * Arabic: (mughaamara)
 * Basque: abentura
 * Belarusian: прыгоды
 * Bulgarian:, рискована постъпка
 * Chinese: 冒险 (màoxiǎn)
 * Crimean Tatar: avantüra
 * Czech:
 * Dutch:
 * Estonian: seiklus
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German:


 * Hungarian:
 * Indonesian: petualangan
 * Italian:
 * Japanese: 冒険 (bōken)
 * Latin: periculum, discrimen
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:
 * Volapük: ventür


 * Arabic: (mukhaaTara)
 * Basque: abentura
 * Bulgarian: събитие
 * Catalan:
 * Chinese: 奇遇
 * Dutch:
 * Estonian: seiklus
 * Finnish: seikkailu, tapaus, mullistus


 * French:
 * Italian:
 * Latin: fortuna, fortuna, casus, eventa
 * Polish: ,
 * Portuguese:
 * Spanish:
 * Volapük: ventür


 * Arabic: (mujaazafa)
 * Chinese: 投机
 * Crimean Tatar: avantüra
 * Dutch: ,
 * Estonian: seiklus
 * Finnish:


 * French:
 * Italian: ,
 * Latin: periculum, discrimen
 * Russian:
 * Volapük: ventür

Verb

 * Dutch: ,
 * Russian: рисковать, рискнуть


 * Spanish:


 * Dutch: ,


 * Russian: рисковать, рискнуть

Etymology
avanture:, with the addition of an unetymological undefined:.

Noun

 * 1) adventure