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Adventure

That which happens without design; chance; hazard; hap; hence, chance of danger or loss.

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Broader term 11

Assay 76% connected

Trial; attempt; essay.

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Attempt 76% connected

To make trial or experiment of; to try; to endeavor to do or perform (some action); to assay; as, to attempt to sing; to attempt a bold flight.

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Essay 76% connected

An effort made, or exertion of body or mind, for the performance of anything; a trial; attempt; as, to make an essay to benefit a friend.

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Labor 76% connected

Physical toil or bodily exertion, especially when fatiguing, irksome, or unavoidable, in distinction from sportive exercise; hard, muscular effort di…

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Labour 76% connected

productive work (especially physical work done for wages); "his labor did not require a great deal of skill"

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Project 76% connected

The place from which a thing projects, or starts forth.

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Risk 76% connected

Hazard; danger; peril; exposure to loss, injury, or destruction.

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Seek 76% connected

Sick.

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Task 76% connected

Labor or study imposed by another, often in a definite quantity or amount.

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Try 76% connected

To divide or separate, as one sort from another; to winnow; to sift; to pick out; -- frequently followed by out; as, to try out the wild corn from th…

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Undertaking 76% connected

of Undertake

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Derivationally related 12

Adventurer 74% connected

One who adventures; as, the merchant adventurers; one who seeks his fortune in new and hazardous or perilous enterprises.

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Adventurer 74% connected

One who adventures; as, the merchant adventurers; one who seeks his fortune in new and hazardous or perilous enterprises.

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Adventuresome 74% connected

Full of risk; adventurous; venturesome.

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Adventuresome 74% connected

Full of risk; adventurous; venturesome.

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Explorer 74% connected

One who explores; also, an apparatus with which one explores, as a diving bell.

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Explorer 74% connected

One who explores; also, an apparatus with which one explores, as a diving bell.

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Gamble 74% connected

To play or game for money or other stake.

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Gamble 74% connected

To play or game for money or other stake.

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Peril 74% connected

Danger; risk; hazard; jeopardy; exposure of person or property to injury, loss, or destruction.

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Peril 74% connected

Danger; risk; hazard; jeopardy; exposure of person or property to injury, loss, or destruction.

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Venture 74% connected

An undertaking of chance or danger; the risking of something upon an event which can not be foreseen with certainty; a hazard; a risk; a speculation.

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Venture 74% connected

An undertaking of chance or danger; the risking of something upon an event which can not be foreseen with certainty; a hazard; a risk; a speculation.

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Synonym 8

Chance 92% connected

A supposed material or psychical agent or mode of activity other than a force, law, or purpose; fortune; fate; -- in this sense often personified.

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Escapade 92% connected

The fling of a horse, or ordinary kicking back of his heels; a gambol.

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Gamble 92% connected

To play or game for money or other stake.

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Hazard 92% connected

A game of chance played with dice.

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Jeopardize 92% connected

To expose to loss or injury; to risk; to jeopard.

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Risk 92% connected

Hazard; danger; peril; exposure to loss, injury, or destruction.

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Stake 92% connected

A piece of wood, usually long and slender, pointed at one end so as to be easily driven into the ground as a support or stay; as, a stake to support…

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Venture 92% connected

An undertaking of chance or danger; the risking of something upon an event which can not be foreseen with certainty; a hazard; a risk; a speculation.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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