adventure as a noun: - 1
as a verb: - 1
- 2
adventure
noun
1 adventure
A wild and exciting undertaking (not necessarily lawful).
synonyms: dangerous undertaking, escapade, risky venture.
Roget 151:
eventuality,
event,
occurrence,
incident,
affair,
matter,
thing,
episode,
happening,
proceeding,
contingency,
juncture,
experience,
fact;
matter of fact;
naked fact,
bare facts,
just the facts;
phenomenon;
advent.
business,
concern,
transaction,
dealing,
proceeding;
circumstance,
particular,
casualty,
accident,
adventure,
passage,
crisis,
pass,
emergency,
contingency,
consequence;
opportunity
(occasion)
143.
the world,
life,
things,
doings,
affairs in general;
things in general,
affairs in general;
the times,
state of affairs,
order of the day;
course of things,
tide of things,
stream of things,
current of things,
run of things,
march of things,
course of events;
ups and downs of life,
vicissitudes of life;
chapter of accidents
etc.
(chance)
156;
situation
etc.
(circumstances)
8.
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Roget 156:
chance,
indetermination,
accident,
fortune,
hazard,
hap,
haphazard,
chance medley,
random,
luck,
raccroc†,
casualty,
contingence,
adventure,
hit;
fate
etc.
(necessity)
601;
equal chance;
lottery;
tombola†;
toss up
etc.
621;
turn of the table,
turn of the cards;
hazard of the die,
chapter of accidents,
fickle finger of fate;
cast of the dice,
throw of the dice;
heads or tails,
flip of a coin,
wheel of Fortune;
sortes†,
sortes Virgilianae†.
probability,
possibility,
odds;
long odds,
run of luck;
accidentalness;
main chance,
odds on,
favorable odds.
contingency,
dependence
(uncertainty)
475;
situation
(circumstance)
8.
statistics,
theory of Probabilities,
theory of Chances;
bookmaking;
assurance;
speculation,
gaming
etc.
621.
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Roget 622:
pursuit;
pursuing
etc.
v.;
prosecution;
pursuance;
enterprise
etc.
(undertaking)
676;
business
etc.
625;
adventure
etc.
(essay)
675;
quest
etc.
(search)
461;
scramble,
hue and cry,
game;
hobby;
still-hunt.
chase,
hunt,
battue†,
race,
steeple chase,
hunting,
coursing;
venation,
venery;
fox chase;
sport,
sporting;
shooting,
angling,
fishing,
hawking;
shikar
(Geog loc:India).
pursuer;
hunter,
huntsman;
shikari
(Geog loc:India),
sportsman,
Nimrod;
hound
etc.
366.
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Roget 675:
essay,
trial,
endeavor,
attempt;
aim,
struggle,
venture,
adventure,
speculation,
coup d'essai [Fr.],
debut;
probation
etc.
(experiment)
463.
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Roget 676:
undertaking;
compact
etc.
769;
adventure,
venture;
engagement
etc.
(promise)
768;
enterprise,
emprise†;
pilgrimage;
matter in hand
etc.
(business )
625;
move;
first move
etc.
(beginning)
66.
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Dutch: escapade, ervaring, avontuur, belevenis
Polish: przygoda
verb
1 adventure
2 adventure
Put at risk.
synonyms: hazard, jeopardize, stake, venture.
Roget 665:
be in danger
etc.
adj.;
be exposed to danger,
run into danger,
incur danger,
encounter danger
etc.
n.;
run a risk;
lay oneself open to
etc.
(liability)
177;
lean on a broken reed,
trust to a broken reed;
feel the ground sliding from under one,
have to run for it;
have the chances against one,
have the odds against one,
face long odds;
be in deep trouble,
be between a rock and a hard place.
hang by a thread,
totter;
sleep on a volcano,
stand on a volcano;
sit on a barrel of gunpowder,
live in a glass house.
bring in danger,
place in danger,
put in danger,
place in jeopardy,
put in jeopardy
etc.
n.;
endanger,
expose to danger,
imperil;
jeopard†,
jeopardize;
compromise;
sail too near the wind
etc.
(rash)
863.
adventure,
risk,
hazard,
venture,
stake,
set at hazard;
run the gauntlet
etc.
(dare)
861;
engage in a forlorn hope.
threaten danger
etc.
909;
run one hard;
lay a trap for
etc.
(deceive)
545.
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Roget 675:
try,
essay;
experiment
etc.
463;
endeavor,
strive;
tempt,
attempt,
make an attempt;
venture,
adventure,
speculate,
take one's chance,
tempt fortune;
try one's fortune,
try one's luck,
try one's hand;
use one's endeavor;
feel one's way,
grope one's way,
pick one's way.
try hard,
push,
make a bold push,
use one's best endeavor;
do one's best
etc.
(exertion)
686.
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Dutch: bedreigen
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