adventurer
/ædˈvɛn.t͡ʃɚ.ɚ/
adventurer noun: one who enjoys adventures.
Noun
adventurer (plural adventurers)
- One who enjoys adventures.
- European adventurers found themselves within a watery world, a tapestry of streams, channels, wetlands, lakes and lush riparian meadows enriched by floodwaters from the Mississippi River.2013 January, Nancy Langston, “The Fraught History of a Watery World”, in American Scientist, volume 101, number 1, archived from the original on 22 Jan 2013, page 59
- Synonyms:
- man of action
- A person who seeks a fortune in new and possibly dangerous enterprises.
- A soldier of fortune, a speculator.
- Synonyms:
- mercenary
- A person who tries to advance their social position by somewhat devious means.
- A player of adventure games or text adventures.
- Meanwhile, the ranks of adventurers grow, be they manic puzzle-solvers or people like me, who like to look under the Robners' beds just for the hell of it.1983 July, PC Mag, volume 2, number 2, page 351
- It's a challenging game for the inexperienced adventurer, and should even give the hardened pros a bit of a run for their money.1992, Tim Kemp, Microfair Madness (game review in Your Sinclair issue 75, March 1992)
adventurer meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Bengali and Telugu
adventurer in Tamil
- சாகசக்காரன், விடாது முயலுபவன், துணிந்தவன்
adventurer in Urdu
- adventurer
- جوکھمی jōkhimī
adventurer in Bengali
- অ্যাডভেঞ্চারারার
adventurer in Telugu
- సాహసోపేతుడు
More languagesFewer languages
- adventurer in Malayalam
- സാഹസികൻ sāhasikaṉ, മുട്ടാളൻ muṭṭāḷaṉ
- adventurer in Kannada
- ಸಾಹಸಿ, ಗಟ್ಟಿಗ, ಶೂರ
- adventurer in Punjabi
- ਸਾਹਸਵਾਨ
- adventurer in Odia
- ଦୁଃସାହସିକ, ଦୁଃସାହସୀ, ଦୁଃସାହସିକ ବ୍ଯ଼କ୍ତି
- adventurer in Nepali
- एडभेन्चरर, साहसकर्मी
- adventurer in Arabic
- مُغَامِر muḡāmir, مُغَامِرَة muḡāmira, مُخاطِر muḵāṭir, مُخاطِرَة muḵāṭira
- adventurer in Indonesian
- petualang
- adventurer in Thai
- นักผจญภัย
Examples of adventurer in a sentence
- The adventurer was attacked by a shade.
- The young adventurer set out on the new planet alone, thankful that she could still call on her captain for advice in case of emergency.
- There have been many attempts to find Genghis’ tomb by grave robbers, adventurers and archaeologists.
Synonyms of adventurer
Forms of adventurer
| plural | adventurers |
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Origin of adventurer
From adventure + -er.
Words formed from adventurer
Questions about adventurer
- What does adventurer mean?
- Adventurer means one who enjoys adventures.
- What is adventurer in Tamil?
- Adventurer in Tamil is சாகசக்காரன், விடாது முயலுபவன், துணிந்தவன். See Adventurer meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is adventurer?
- Adventurer is a noun.
- How do you pronounce adventurer?
- Adventurer is pronounced /ædˈvɛn.t͡ʃɚ.ɚ/ (US).
- What is the plural of adventurer?
- The plural of adventurer is adventurers.
Words near adventurer in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: adventurer (page history and authors); adventurer (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); جوکھمی (Urdu) (page history and authors); adventurer (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); adventurer (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); മുട്ടാളൻ (Malayalam) (page history and authors); adventurer (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); adventurer (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); adventurer (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); adventurer (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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