Synonyms of adventuresome

adventuresome

adjective

əd-ˈven-chər-səm 

as in adventurous

inclined or willing to take risks

not inclined to be adventuresome when it comes to foreign travel, preferring guided bus tours that stick to the beaten path

Synonyms & Similar Words

• adventurous
• daring
• fearless
• brave
• courageous
• bold
• venturesome
• enterprising
• venturous
• hardy
• impulsive
• gutsy
• dashing
• audacious
• reckless
• heroic
• nerved
• heroical
• nervy
• valiant
• foolish
• gallant
• emboldened
• free-swinging
• impetuous
• intrepid
• spirited
• daredevil
• imprudent
• foolhardy
• thoughtless
• wild
• madcap
• rash
• incautious
• dauntless
• unafraid
• stupid
• spunky
• undaunted
• hotheaded
• overconfident
• plucky
• dumb
• heedless
• silly
• valorous
• brash
• hasty
• stalwart
• mad
• swashbuckling
• gritty
• wacky
• unnecessary
• stouthearted
• headlong
• unreasonable
• nutty
• whacky
• scatterbrained
• absurd
• stout
• crazy
• insane
• overbold
• irrational
• lunatic
• idiotic
• lionhearted
• witless
• harebrained
• precipitate
• asinine
• brainless
• moronic
• balmy
• greathearted
• idiotical
• gadarene
• half-witted

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• timid
• unadventurous
• careful
• cautious
• prudent
• wary
• shy
• craven
• timorous
• cowardly
• unenterprising
• coward
• pusillanimous
• afraid
• milky
• fearful
• frightened
• heedful
• overcautious
• scared
• startled
• alarmed
• terrified
• reasonable
• spooked
• wise
• shocked
• rational
• horrified
• sensible
• chickenhearted
• sound
• lily-livered
• sane
• cool
• unnerved
• calm
• levelheaded
• poltroon
• milk-livered
• affrighted
• concerned
• upset
• worried
• overcareful
• fainthearted
• sage
• terrorized
• dismayed
• appalled

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of adventuresome

However, college kids and teens are adventuresome travel companions who enjoy a mix of outdoor adventure, cultural immersion, fine dining, and cool shopping. —Jackie Burrell, Parents, 29 July 2024

Using your physical attributes to get things done will be satisfying and encourage you to be adventuresome. —Eugenia Last, The Mercury News, 15 July 2024

Among adventuresome outings offered, a panoramic flight over the Bungle Bungle Range, an undulating marvel of grey and ochre-striped sandstone domes created by more than 20 million years of erosion. —Janice Wald Henderson, Travel + Leisure, 17 Nov. 2023

Those were adventuresome yet safe days in postwar Los Angeles. —Darrell Kunitomi, Los Angeles Times, 19 Oct. 2023