adventurers

noun

plural of adventurer
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as in snobs

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as in explorers

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as in knaves

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  1. snobs
  2. explorers
  3. knaves
  4. travelers
  5. rogues
  6. pioneers
  7. rascals
  8. charlatans
Noun
  • Kate Phillips, the BBC’s content chief, has a message for reality TV snobs.
    — Max Goldbart, Deadline, 12 Oct. 2026
  • Alessi Pulcina Stove Top Coffee Maker Beloved by coffee snobs and design aficionados alike, the Alessi stovetop coffee maker blends high-quality brewing with a form that is beautiful enough to leave out all day long.
    — Audrey Lee, Architectural Digest, 6 Oct. 2026
Definition of snobs
Noun
  • Rubio’s idea of the West is both messier and simpler, populated by muscular explorers and conquerors, from Alexander the Great and the Frankish king Charlemagne to the conquistador Hernán Cortés and the frontiersmen of the American West.
    — Ishaan Tharoor, New Yorker, 14 Oct. 2026
  • When a pair of urban explorers venture into an underground facility associated with sinister audio experiments, the segment’s vlogging setup gets caught between its familiar visual format and the installment’s overarching musical theme.
    — Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 8 Oct. 2026
Definition of explorers
Noun
  • Today, all too many of us risk becoming the prey of political tricksters and knaves.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 14 Oct. 2026
  • The knights who always told the truth and the knaves who always lied.
    — Quanta Magazine, Quanta Magazine, 20 Aug. 2026
Definition of knaves
Noun
  • Even though social distancing may not be the term du jour any longer, the state of commercial aviation certainly has travelers keen to fly on their own time.
    — Debra Kamin, Condé Nast Traveler, 20 Oct. 2026
  • However, travelers could still face disruptions on the ground, with the embassy advising Americans to check for Metro station closures and other transportation interruptions before heading out.
    — Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 20 Oct. 2026
Definition of travelers
Noun
  • Among the Batman’s rogues whom the BTAS crew adored, Bane didn’t quite fit in, even beside relatively recent additions to the comics.
    — Daniel Dockery, Vulture, 24 Aug. 2026
  • Actual rogues tend to skulk in corners and nick your smartphone.
    — Kamal Ahmed, Fortune, 7 Aug. 2026
Definition of rogues
Noun
  • But beyond icon status, Moncler praises its three leading ladies as pioneers.
    — Chris Gardner, HollywoodReporter, 16 Oct. 2026
  • Reps from pioneers such as ReelShort were in town pressing the flesh, while a global microdrama leaders’ summit brought together the likes of COL Group, Roseberry, RJ RisingJoy and NetShort.
    — Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 15 Oct. 2026
Definition of pioneers
Noun
  • Of all the former rascals, Symoné has enjoyed the longest and most successful career in entertainment.
    — Andrew Walsh, Entertainment Weekly, 30 Jan. 2026
  • In the years since 2004’s Harold and Kumar Go to White Castle, Penn’s carved out a niche embodying big-talking, attention-grabbing rascals who say inappropriate things, then shrug their way through the consequences.
    — Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 12 Jan. 2026
Definition of rascals
Noun
  • Despite the claims of any number of charlatans who prey on the American brand of cuddly benighted ignorance, the universe will not manifest an alternate reality for anyone who simply wishes for it with sufficient longing.
    — Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 2 Oct. 2026
  • Ours is not a society that loathes charlatans; look who’s running things.
    — Lauren Michele Jackson, New Yorker, 19 Aug. 2026
Definition of charlatans
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