Thesaurus
adventurous
Synonyms and Antonyms of adventurous
- Let's be adventurous and take a bus into the city for New Year's Eve this year.
brash, daredevil, foolhardy, heedless, hotheaded, impetuous, imprudent, impulsive, incautious, madcap, overbold, overconfident, rash, reckless, thoughtless, wild
brave, courageous, dauntless, fearless, gallant, greathearted, heroic (also heroical), intrepid, lionhearted, stalwart, stout, stouthearted, swashbuckling, unafraid, undaunted, valiant, valorous
gritty, plucky, spirited, spunky
absurd, asinine, balmy, brainless, crazy, foolish, half-witted, harebrained, insane, lunatic, mad, nutty, scatterbrained, silly, wacky (also whacky), witless
chickenhearted, coward, cowardly, craven, lily-livered, milk-livered, milky, shy, timid, timorous
careful, cautious, heedful, prudent, wary
affrighted, afraid, alarmed, fainthearted, fearful, frightened, horrified, scared, shocked, spooked, startled, terrified, terrorized
calm, cool, levelheaded, rational, reasonable, sage, sane, sensible, sound, wise
Synonym Discussion of adventurous
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- adventurous pioneers
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- venturesome stunt pilots
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- daring mountain climbers
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- daredevil motorcyclists
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- a rash decision
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- a reckless driver
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- the foolhardy sailor ventured into the storm
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