Synonyms of misadventure

misadventure

noun

ˌmi-səd-ˈven-chər 

as in misfortune

bad luck or an example of this

a string of financial misadventures eventually left him broke

Synonyms & Similar Words

• misfortune
• tragedy
• mishap
• disaster
• hardship
• accident
• trouble
• catastrophe
• misery
• trial
• ill
• adversity
• mischance
• fate
• calamity
• knock
• circumstance
• disappointment
• defeat
• doom
• suffering
• sorrow
• blow
• failure
• woe
• distress
• casualty
• tribulation
• evil
• unhappiness
• curse
• setback
• cataclysm
• destiny
• affliction
• portion
• nonsuccess
• letdown
• fizzle
• body blow
• lot

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• luck
• fortune
• opportunity
• stroke
• success
• chance
• serendipity
• strike
• hit
• break
• windfall
• achievement
• fluke
• accomplishment
• godsend

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of misadventure

Finlay's misadventures are also set to hit the screen. — Carly Tagen-Dye, PEOPLE, 9 June 2026

Audiences fell in love with Paul Reiser and Helen Hunt’s pitch-perfect chemistry as Paul and Jamie Buchman, a married couple whose everyday misadventures felt hilariously — sometimes painfully — relatable. — Declan Gallagher, Entertainment Weekly, 6 June 2026

Sumner’s uncivil words against Butler provided Brooks with the opportunity to make up for a lifetime of misadventures. — Rob Wolfe, The Atlantic, 5 June 2026

The result of all this has been a public-relations nightmare for CBS News, the sort of misadventure that in a different time would have prompted speculation Weiss was on the way out for imperiling the future of one journalism’s most storied franchises. — Josef Adalian, Vulture, 3 June 2026