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new adventure

new adventure

15 3.3
An exciting experience that is not familiar and brings new challenges
  • noun
: nueva aventura
  • After moving to a new city, she was excited to start her new adventure and explore everything it had to offer.
  • embark on a new adventure
  • start a new adventure
  • looking for a new adventure

And so then we there started a new adventure.

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Examples

Synonyms

exploration
vsnew adventure
156 2.8

To travel through a place to find new things, like a jungle or ocean

refers to one exciting unfamiliar experience rather than an ongoing search
escapade
vsnew adventure
24 6.8

A fun, daring adventure that is a little wild

focuses more on novelty and challenge than on bold risk
change of pace
vsnew adventure
  • Informal
18 3.2

An activity that is different from your normal routine to give you a pleasant break

implies more novelty and challenge than a mild variation
change of scenery
vsnew adventure
  • Informal
18 3.3

A trip to a new place to feel refreshed

involves excitement or challenge beyond a simple move to refresh
uncharted territory
vsnew adventure
14 6.8

A new, not familiar situation that may have unknown risks

emphasizes excitement and novelty rather than unknown risk alone
unique experience
vsnew adventure
8 3.8

A one-of-a-kind event or moment that you cannot have again

highlights excitement and challenge not only uniqueness
whale of an adventure
vsnew adventure
  • Informal
6.1

A very exciting and special experience with surprises

is less extreme in excitement and significance
adventurous trip
vsnew adventure
3.5

A journey that includes exciting activities and some risk

covers non-journey situations as well

Antonyms

793 1.0

Well known because you have seen or experienced it before

354 1.0

A regular way of doing things

How Exciting

thrill
283 2.4
new adventure
15 3.3
event
∞ 1.0
outing
83 1.1
experience
∞ 1.0
routine
354 1.0

Surface Forms

new adventure singular

Morphology

new + adventure

The meaning 'an exciting or unfamiliar experience' is directly and transparently derived from combining 'new' (novel, recent) with 'adventure' (an unusual, exciting experience). This simple compositional pattern is cross-linguistically common and would be readily understood by a B1 learner who knows both constituent words.

Etymology

New adventure comes from the image of explorers starting a fresh journey into unknown places, where new shows it is just beginning and adventure is a risky, exciting trip. So calling something a new adventure gives the picture of stepping into the unknown, which is why it means 'an exciting or unfamiliar experience'.