'adventure' definitions:
Definition of 'adventure'
From: WordNet
noun
A wild and exciting undertaking (not necessarily lawful) [syn: adventure, escapade, risky venture, dangerous undertaking]
verb
Take a risk in the hope of a favorable outcome; "When you buy these stocks you are gambling" [syn: gamble, chance, risk, hazard, take chances, adventure, run a risk, take a chance]
verb
Put at risk; "I will stake my good reputation for this" [syn: venture, hazard, adventure, stake, jeopardize]
Synonyms of 'adventure'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- accomplished fact,
- accomplishment,
- achievement,
- act,
- acta,
- action,
- adventures,
- affair,
- annals,
- aristeia,
- autobiography,
- bet,
- biographical sketch,
- biography,
- blow,
- bold stroke,
- case history,
- casualty,
- chance,
- chance hit,
- chronicle,
- chronicles,
- chronology,
- circumstance,
- Clio,
- confessions,
- contingency,
- contingent,
- coup,
- curriculum vitae,
- danger,
- dare,
- dealings,
- deed,
- diary,
- doing,
- doings,
- effort,
- emprise,
- endanger,
- endeavor,
- enterprise,
- episode,
- escapade,
- event,
- expedition,
- experience,
- experiences,
- exploit,
- exploration,
- fact,
- fait accompli,
- feat,
- fluke,
- fortuity,
- fortunes,
- freak accident,
- gamble,
- gest,
- go,
- hagiography,
- hagiology,
- hand,
- handiwork,
- hap,
- happening,
- happenstance,
- hazard,
- heroic act,
- historiography,
- history,
- imperil,
- incident,
- jeopardize,
- job,
- journal,
- legend,
- life,
- life and letters,
- life story,
- long odds,
- long shot,
- lucky shot,
- maneuver,
- martyrology,
- matter of fact,
- measure,
- memoir,
- memoirs,
- memorabilia,
- memorial,
- memorials,
- mission,
- move,
- necrology,
- obituary,
- occasion,
- occurrence,
- operation,
- overt act,
- particular,
- passage,
- performance,
- peril,
- phenomenon,
- photobiography,
- pilgrimage,
- proceeding,
- production,
- profile,
- punt,
- quest,
- reality,
- record,
- res gestae,
- resume,
- risk,
- speculation,
- stake,
- step,
- story,
- stroke,
- stunt,
- theory of history,
- thing,
- thing done,
- threaten,
- tour de force,
- transaction,
- turn,
- turn of events,
- undertaking,
- venture,
- wager,
- waver,
- work,
- works