Antonyms for adventurous

Grammar : Adj

Spell : ad-ven-cher-uhs

Phonetic Transcription : ædˈvɛn tʃər əs

Definition of adventurous

Origin : mid-14c., "hazardous" (also "occurring by chance," late 14c.), from Old French aventuros "chance, accidental, fortuitous;" of persons, "devoted to adventure" (Modern French aventureux), from aventure (see adventure (n.)). Sense evolution is through "rash, risk-taking" (c.1400), "daring, fond of adventure" (mid-15c.).

adj daring, risk-taking

Example sentences :

He was Pepsy's steady comrade and the partner of all her adventurous escapades.
Extract from : « Pee-wee Harris » by Percy Keese Fitzhugh

No adventurous step had ever since the day they were created pierced beyond them.
Extract from : « Imogen » by William Godwin

So saying he hurled the adventurous Frenchman half down the corridor.
Extract from : « Vivian Grey » by Earl of Beaconsfield, Benjamin Disraeli

No one but an adventurous traveller can know the luxury of sleep.
Extract from : « Vivian Grey » by Earl of Beaconsfield, Benjamin Disraeli

Certainly, in his long and adventurous career Bismarck was often close to death.
Extract from : « Blood and Iron » by John Hubert Greusel

Esther had strangely never noted this adventurous way of entering.
Extract from : « The Prisoner » by Alice Brown

Of all these nations it was the Phenicians who were the most adventurous.
Extract from : « A Short History of Spain » by Mary Platt Parmele

The least eventful of lives would be adventurous if placed alongside of mine.
Extract from : « Sir Jasper Carew » by Charles James Lever

I have told you that the adventurous spirit is not my strongest characteristic.
Extract from : « Luttrell Of Arran » by Charles James Lever

Here it was that Quesada, the adventurous Spaniard, had sought this treasure.
Extract from : « The Web of the Golden Spider » by Frederick Orin Bartlett

Synonyms for adventurous

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