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
• 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
• absurd
• scatterbrained
• stout
• crazy
• insane
• overbold
• irrational
• lunatic
• idiotic
• lionhearted
• witless
• harebrained
• precipitate
• asinine
• brainless
• moronic
• balmy
• greathearted
• 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

But what is liberated in the eventual production is an adventuresome process in keeping with the grand scale of the story that the film tells. —Richard Brody, New Yorker, 12 Sep. 2025

Ke'Bryan Hayes is admittedly still trying to get his bearings after eight adventuresome days. —John Perrotto, Forbes.com, 8 Aug. 2025

The newly-hyperactive Apple and Amazon, which control relatively few franchises, are more adventuresome with originals than the older studios. —Peter Bart, Deadline, 24 Apr. 2025

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