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venturesome

venturesome

1 7.9
Willing to try new and risky things
  • adjective
  • /ˈvɛn.tʃər.səm/
translation icon : aventurero
  • The venturesome team decided to tackle the difficult mountain route that others had avoided.
  • more venturesome

Examples

  • When you encourage challenge, even the timid become more venturesome and will really start challenging the barriers that get in their way.

    Academic text (1996)
  • For some, I suppose of the less venturesome sort, the prospect seemed not quite conceivable.

    Academic text (2009)
  • "Well, yes, she always was a venturesome sort.

    Fiction book (2001)
  • You were a fierce and venturesome rider.

    Fiction book (1993)
  • One flying student was a nearly deaf and venturesome ex-football player named Cal Rodgers.

    Academic text (2003)
  • Although she has a divergent view of what constitutes the good life, Laura herself is quite taken with the tall, handsome, and venturesome Francois, who reminds her of Samuel (34).

    Academic text (1996)
  • She is known for her venturesome nature, always ready to try new activities like rock climbing or scuba diving.

  • His venturesome spirit led him to travel to remote places around the world, seeking out unforgettable adventures.

Synonyms

adventurous
vsventuresome
65 3.6

Willing to try new and sometimes risky things

is willing to face difficult or unusual undertakings rather than only fun ones
audacious
vsventuresome
26 7.6

To take bold risks and do daring things

is willing to take risks but without the strong unconventional or rule breaking sense
adventuresome
vsventuresome
4 4.9

Willing to try new, risky activities

is willing to take risks generally, not only actively seeking them
daring
vsventuresome
3 3.4

Willing to take risks to try new things

is more about general risk willingness than dramatic visible actions
venturous
vsventuresome
1 7.4

Willing to take risks and try new things

is the same in meaning but differs only in spelling or form
adventuristic
vsventuresome
  • Literature
8.0

Taking bold risks in politics or government policy

is general risk willingness across situations, not limited to political policy contexts

Antonyms

210 2.9

Careful to avoid risk or mistakes

1 3.5

People who are shy and afraid to try new or dangerous things

How Adventurous

daring
1 3.2
adventurous
65 3.6
venturesome
1 7.9
cautious
210 2.9
careful
1.0

Surface Forms

venturesome positive

Morphology

venturesome = venture (transparent) = venture + some

The adjective is a regular formation from 'venture' with the productive suffix '-some' meaning 'characterized by or inclined to', so the meaning is directly inferable.

Etymology

Venturesome comes from the older word venture, which meant a 'chance' or a 'risky action' and is the same root as adventure. So a venturesome person is willing to take risks and try bold new things.